The Case for Palliative Care in the ICU
Hospice News
JANUARY 31, 2024
“It seems to indicate that we can have a much more efficient sort of throughput of patients when we have palliative care engagement for many subpopulations,” said Akgün.
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Longleaf Medical Director: Hospice Care Needs a ‘Revolution’
Hospice News
DECEMBER 18, 2023
If I need to do a ventilator on someone, if we need to have a BiPAP, or non-invasive ventilation, or if we need different modalities, those will be done. If I need to do a ventilator on someone, if we need to have a BiPAP, or non-invasive ventilation, or if we need different modalities, those will be done.
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Risk of Respiratory Failure Evolves After Sepsis Onset
Daily Nurse
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
An analysis of 10 years of health data showed that risk factors for needing mechanical ventilation changed for patients with newly diagnosed sepsis as more time passed after onset. of patients with a new diagnosis of sepsis required initiation of mechanical ventilation. In the study, 13.5% of patients.
Brushing away the risk: The crucial role of daily toothbrushing in preventing hospital-acquired pneumonia
Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder
JANUARY 18, 2024
The article, titled “Daily Toothbrushing to Prevent Hospital — Acquired Pneumonia — Brushing Away the Risk,” emphasizes the significance of routine oral care in preventing hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), a serious concern that affects both ventilated and non-ventilated patients.
NHS staff need adequate RPE and they need it NOW
Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs
JULY 17, 2022
The authors of this paper conclude: “Reducing contacts, always wearing well-fitted FFP2 respirators when indoors, using ventilation and other methods to reduce airborne virus concentrations, and avoiding situations with loud voices seem critical to limiting these latest waves of the COVID-19 pandemic.”.
Done Right, Advance Care Planning Can Reduce High-Acuity Utilization
Hospice News
MAY 17, 2023
Those were a group of outcomes that we looked at that included mechanical ventilation, hospital admissions within the last 30 days of life, intensive care unit admissions, receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and chemotherapy within the last two weeks of life. So these are generally seen as treatments that are futile.
Former Mercy Health CEO: U.S. Needs to Embrace ‘Death Literacy’
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
It’s going into an intensive care unit and getting feeding tubes and ventilators and all this stuff that isn’t going to change anything. Often in families you always have one member that wants to do every possible thing. But they don’t always understand what that means. It’s just postponing it.
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