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ICU Management

Should-family-members-be-present-in-the-icu-during-procedures

2019 23 May

Should family members of loved ones who are critically ill and undergoing treatment in an intensive care unit be there when clinicians are performing bedside procedures? A new study from Intermountain Healthcare searched for answers and found that many critical care doctors had conflicted feelings about this practice. The findings were presented...Read more

ICU Management

Family-conferences-tips-from-isicem-2017

2017 28 Mar

The key to successful family conferences is interdisciplinary communication, and Randall Curtis, Director of the University of Washington Cambia Palliative Care Center , USA, shared his top tips on family conferences at the 37th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, held in Brussels, 21-24 March 2017. Why Include the...Read more

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Icu-rounds-top-tips-from-isicem-2017

2017 28 Mar

A systematic, standardised approach to rounds, with the patient at the centre, makes for successful rounds, according to Craig Coopersmith , Professor of Surgery at Emory University School of Medicine, and past president of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. Coopersmith was presenting at the 37th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency...Read more