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Sharing ICU Patient Data Responsibly Under the Society of Critical Care Medicine/European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Joint Data Science Collaboration: The Amsterdam University Medical Centers Database (AmsterdamUMCdb) Example*
CONCLUSIONS: Technical, legal, ethical, and privacy challenges related to responsible data sharing can be addressed using a multidisciplinary approach. A risk-based deidentification strategy, that complies with both U.S. and European privacy regulations, should be the preferred approach to releasing ICU patient data. This supports the shared Society of Critical Care Medicine and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine vision to improve critical care outcomes through scientific inquiry of vast and combined ICU datasets.
Source: Critical Care Medicine - May 30, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Online Clinical Investigations Source Type: research

Critical Care Implications of the Affordable Care Act
Conclusions: The Affordable Care Act represents the furthest reaching regulatory changes in the U.S. healthcare system since the 1965 Medicare and Medicaid provisions of the Social Security Act. The Affordable Care Act aims to expand health insurance coverage to millions of Americans and place an emphasis on quality and cost-effectiveness of care. From models which link pay and performance to those which center on episodic care, the Affordable Care Act outlines sweeping changes to health systems, reimbursement structures, and the delivery of critical care. Staffing models that include daily rounding by an intensivist, pall...
Source: Critical Care Medicine - February 24, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Online Special Communication Source Type: research

Rising Billing for Intermediate Intensive Care Among Hospitalized Medicare Beneficiaries Between 1996 and 2010.
CONCLUSIONS: Intermediate care billing increased markedly between 1996 and 2010. These findings highlight the need to better define the value, specific practices, and effective use of intermediate care for patients and hospitals. PMID: 26372779 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine - September 15, 2015 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Sjoding MW, Valley TS, Prescott HC, Wunsch H, Iwashyna TJ, Cooke CR Tags: Am J Respir Crit Care Med Source Type: research

Mobilization of patients in neurological Intensive Care Units of India: A survey
Conclusion: Mobilization in various forms is being practiced in the neurological ICUs of India. However, fewer mobilization sessions are conducted on weekends and night hours in Indian Neurological ICUs.
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - June 12, 2016 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Anup BhatKalyana ChakravarthyBhamini K Rao Source Type: research

Addressing health care inequities in Canadian critical care through inclusive science: a pilot tool for standardized data collection
CONCLUSION: We developed a standardized, practical, and convenient demographic data collection tool for critical care research studies. Questions and response options can be adapted by researchers for inclusion in individual study questionnaires or case report forms.PMID:37165123 | DOI:10.1007/s12630-023-02450-1
Source: Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia - May 10, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Yiyan Li Kirsten Fiest Karen E A Burns Katie O'Hearn Christina Maratta Kusum Menon Bram Rochwerg Srinivas Murthy Rob Fowler Sangeeta Mehta Canadian Critical Care Trials Group Source Type: research

End-of-Life Care in Taiwan: Single-Center Retrospective Study of Modes of Death*
This study describes change in modes of death and end-of-life care in a single center, 2011–2017. SETTING: Multidisciplinary PICU in a tertiary referral Children’s Hospital in Taiwan. PATIENTS: There were 316 deaths in PICU patients. INTERVENTIONS: Palliative care consultation in the PICU service occurred after the 2013 “Hospice Palliative Care Act” revision. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: In the whole cohort, 22 of 316 patients (7%) were determined as “death by neurologic criteria”. There were 94 of 316 patients (30%) who had an event needing cardiopulmonary resuscitation within 24 ...
Source: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - August 1, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Clinical Investigations Source Type: research

Contemporary Postnatal Incidence of Acquiring Acute Myocarditis by Age 15 Years and the Outcomes From a Nationwide Birth Cohort
Conclusions: This birth cohort study determined the cumulative incidence of acute myocarditis for neonates by 15 years old to be one in 2,105. In an era of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, the need of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation may reflect the severity of acute myocarditis and predict its outcome.
Source: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - December 1, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Cardiac Intensive Care Source Type: research

Critical care medicine in Taiwan from 1997 to 2013 under National Health Insurance.
Conclusions: ICU admissions significantly increased from 1997 to 2013, especially for elderly patients, in contrast, the mortality rate of ICU patients significantly declined with time. In addition, the ICU LOS did not change during the study period. PMID: 30233870 [PubMed]
Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - September 21, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Thorac Dis Source Type: research

Investigations of the Pediatric Hospice Care in Taiwan: 2005 to 2010.
CONCLUSIONS: Pediatric hospice care revealed characteristics different from adults. Underlying late referrals were prevalent. There is space to promote the utilization of hospices for terminally ill pediatric patients. PMID: 23739240 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care - June 4, 2013 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Kang SC, Hwang SJ, Wang WS Tags: Am J Hosp Palliat Care Source Type: research

Medical Home and Pediatric Primary Care Utilization Among Children With Special Health Care Needs
This study examined the relationship between the presence of a medical home and pediatric primary care office visits by children with special health care needs (CSHCN) using the data from 2005-2006 National Survey of Children with Special Healthcare Needs.Method: Survey logistic regression was used to analyze the relationship.Results: When CSHCN age, gender, ethnicity/race, functional status, insurance status, household education, residence, and income were included in the model, CSHCN with a medical home were 1.6 times more likely to have six or more annual pediatric primary care office visits than were children without ...
Source: Journal of Pediatric Health Care - January 16, 2012 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Kathryn Ann Willits, Elena A. Platonova, Mary A. Nies, Elizabeth F. Racine, Meredith L. Troutman, Henry L. Harris Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Association of Post-discharge Rehabilitation with Mortality in Intensive Care Unit Survivors of Sepsis.
Conclusions: Post-discharge rehabilitation may be associated with a reduced risk of 10-year mortality in the subset of patients with particularly long ICU courses. PMID: 25210792 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine - September 11, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Chao PW, Shih CJ, Lee YJ, Tseng CM, Kuo SC, Shih YN, Chou KT, Tarng DC, Li SY, Ou SM, Chen YT Tags: Am J Respir Crit Care Med Source Type: research

Age-Specific Distribution of Diagnosis and Outcomes of Children Admitted to ICUs: A Population-Based Cohort Study*
Objectives: Although several studies have reported outcome data on critically ill children, detailed reports by age are not available. We aimed to evaluate the age-specific estimates of trends in causes of diagnosis, procedures, and outcomes of pediatric admissions to ICUs in a national representative sample. Design: A population-based retrospective cohort study. Setting: Three hundred forty-four hospitals in South Korea. Patients: All pediatric admissions to ICUs in Korea from August 1, 2009, to September 30, 2014, were covered by the Korean National Health Insurance Corporation, with virtually complete coverag...
Source: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - July 1, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Online Clinical Investigations Source Type: research

Association of Insurance Status With Treatment and Outcomes in Pediatric Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Objective: To determine whether a health insurance disparity exists among pediatric patients with severe traumatic brain injury using the National Trauma Data Bank. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: National Trauma Data Bank, a dataset containing more than 800 trauma centers in the United States. Patients: Pediatric patients (
Source: Critical Care Medicine - June 20, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Online Clinical Investigations Source Type: research