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ICU Nurse Says Parts of Her Face Are 'All Metal' Following 'Devastating' Moped Accident That Left Her with Brain Bleed
An ICU nurse has said parts of her face are 'all metal' now after she was seriously injured in a 'devastating' moped accident ...
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In-hospital Mortality is Lower in Brain-Injured Patients After Admission to a Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit: A Multi-Center Cohort Study.
ObjectiveTo study the impact of dedicated Neuroscience Intensive Care Units (NSU) on clinical outcomes in patients with acute brain injury.DesignRetrospective, multicenter cohort study.Setting172 ...
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'Show up and share': How one ICU helps patients and staff live with dying
"Our business is living, surviving and getting whatever the patient needs to get there," said Mojca Nemanic, a critical care registered nurse in the unit. But sometimes, despite everyone's best ...
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Perceived versus Actual Sedation Practices in Adult Intensive Care Unit Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation
A total of 85 surveys (corresponding to 85 ICUs) were completed by 53 pharmacists from 42 different hospitals. Most hospitals had more than one ICU, and therefore more than one participating ...