Search Tag: JAMA

ICU Management

New-jama-article-highlights-the-outcome-and-safety-benefits-of-remote-patient-monitoring

2022 12 Apr

Masimo SafetyNet® Reduced Mortality Among COVID-19 Patients Masimo  has announced the findings of a Viewpoint article recently published in the  Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)  which highlighted the benefits of remote home patient monitoring, reporting in part on research that used Masimo SafetyNet®, a remote patient management...Read more

ICU Management

Covid-19-online-resources-for-health-care-professionals

2020 23 Apr

Below you can find a summarised overview of online resources with developments, guidelines and recommendations for physicians and medical staff for COVID-19 patients in critical condition (e.g. patients in intensive care), as well as other general resources. ICU Therapy guideline for the treatment of patients with a SARS CoV2 infection Autoren:...Read more

ICU Management

Study-mismatch-between-dnr-orders-and-patient-prognosis

2015 22 Sep

Do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders are often established for patients whose prognosis is poor. Now new research published in JAMA finds that almost two-thirds of patients with the worst prognosis after in-hospital cardiac arrest did not have DNR orders. “Among patients with a low likelihood of favourable neurological survival after in-hospital cardiac...Read more

ICU Management

Predicting-disability-and-death-after-the-icu

2015 11 Feb

Although an increasing number of older adults are surviving visits to hospital intensive care units (ICUs), many emerge with disabilities such as impaired walking and poor overall function. Interestingly, a Yale School of Medicine study has shown that that the level of disability the year before an ICU visit can predict post-ICU disability and death....Read more

ICU Management

Immunonutrition-no-proven-benefit

2014 05 Aug

There have been many questions surrounding the use of immune-modulating nutrients as to whether specific critically ill populations may benefit from it; whether the administration of multiple potential immunologic modulating agents would alter the individual effects of each agent; or whether enteral and parenteral administration may result in differential...Read more