MRI and the Critical Care Patient: Clinical, Operational, and Financial Challenges
Crit Care Res Pract. 2023 Jun 6;2023:2772181. doi: 10.1155/2023/2772181. eCollection 2023.ABSTRACTNeuroimaging in conjunction with a neurologic examination has become a valuable resource for today's intensive care unit (ICU) physicians. Imaging provides critical information during the assessment and ongoing neuromonitoring of patients for toxic-metabolic or structural injury of the brain. A patient's condition can change rapidly, and interventions may require imaging. When making this determination, the benefit must be weighed against possible risks associated with intrahospital transport. The patient's condition is assess...
Source: Critical Care Research and Practice - June 16, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Barbara McLean Douglas Thompson Source Type: research

In-ICU Outcomes of Critically Ill Patients in a Reference Cameroonian Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Cohort Study
CONCLUSION: The in-ICU mortality rate in this major referral Cameroonian ICU is high. Six in 10 patients admitted to the ICU die. Patients were more likely to die if admitted with deep coma and high sodium levels in the blood.PMID:37197155 | PMC:PMC10185429 | DOI:10.1155/2023/6074700 (Source: Critical Care Research and Practice)
Source: Critical Care Research and Practice - May 17, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Edgar Mandeng Ma Linwa Charles Binam Bikoi Joel Tochie Noutakdie Emmanuel Ndoye Ndo Jean Moise Bikoy Charlotte Eposse Ekoube Raissa Fogue Mogoung Igor Simo Ghomsi Michael Ngenge Budzi Esther Eleonore Ngo Linwa Martin Geh Meh David Mekolo Source Type: research

Critical Care Nurses' Adherence to Ethical Codes and Its Association with Spiritual Well-Being and Moral Sensitivity
CONCLUSION: Critical care nurses showed a good adherence to ethical codes. MS and SWB also positively affected their adherence to ethical codes. Nursing managers can use these findings to devise plans for the promotion of MS and SWB in nurses and thus help improve their ethical performance.PMID:37197156 | PMC:PMC10185430 | DOI:10.1155/2023/8248948 (Source: Critical Care Research and Practice)
Source: Critical Care Research and Practice - May 17, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Marzieh Momennasab Zohreh Homayoon Camellia Torabizadeh Source Type: research

In-ICU Outcomes of Critically Ill Patients in a Reference Cameroonian Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Cohort Study
CONCLUSION: The in-ICU mortality rate in this major referral Cameroonian ICU is high. Six in 10 patients admitted to the ICU die. Patients were more likely to die if admitted with deep coma and high sodium levels in the blood.PMID:37197155 | PMC:PMC10185429 | DOI:10.1155/2023/6074700 (Source: Critical Care Research and Practice)
Source: Critical Care Research and Practice - May 17, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Edgar Mandeng Ma Linwa Charles Binam Bikoi Joel Tochie Noutakdie Emmanuel Ndoye Ndo Jean Moise Bikoy Charlotte Eposse Ekoube Raissa Fogue Mogoung Igor Simo Ghomsi Michael Ngenge Budzi Esther Eleonore Ngo Linwa Martin Geh Meh David Mekolo Source Type: research

Critical Care Nurses' Adherence to Ethical Codes and Its Association with Spiritual Well-Being and Moral Sensitivity
CONCLUSION: Critical care nurses showed a good adherence to ethical codes. MS and SWB also positively affected their adherence to ethical codes. Nursing managers can use these findings to devise plans for the promotion of MS and SWB in nurses and thus help improve their ethical performance.PMID:37197156 | PMC:PMC10185430 | DOI:10.1155/2023/8248948 (Source: Critical Care Research and Practice)
Source: Critical Care Research and Practice - May 17, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Marzieh Momennasab Zohreh Homayoon Camellia Torabizadeh Source Type: research

In-ICU Outcomes of Critically Ill Patients in a Reference Cameroonian Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Cohort Study
CONCLUSION: The in-ICU mortality rate in this major referral Cameroonian ICU is high. Six in 10 patients admitted to the ICU die. Patients were more likely to die if admitted with deep coma and high sodium levels in the blood.PMID:37197155 | PMC:PMC10185429 | DOI:10.1155/2023/6074700 (Source: Critical Care Research and Practice)
Source: Critical Care Research and Practice - May 17, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Edgar Mandeng Ma Linwa Charles Binam Bikoi Joel Tochie Noutakdie Emmanuel Ndoye Ndo Jean Moise Bikoy Charlotte Eposse Ekoube Raissa Fogue Mogoung Igor Simo Ghomsi Michael Ngenge Budzi Esther Eleonore Ngo Linwa Martin Geh Meh David Mekolo Source Type: research

Critical Care Nurses' Adherence to Ethical Codes and Its Association with Spiritual Well-Being and Moral Sensitivity
CONCLUSION: Critical care nurses showed a good adherence to ethical codes. MS and SWB also positively affected their adherence to ethical codes. Nursing managers can use these findings to devise plans for the promotion of MS and SWB in nurses and thus help improve their ethical performance.PMID:37197156 | PMC:PMC10185430 | DOI:10.1155/2023/8248948 (Source: Critical Care Research and Practice)
Source: Critical Care Research and Practice - May 17, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Marzieh Momennasab Zohreh Homayoon Camellia Torabizadeh Source Type: research