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Glycemic Management in the Hospital Setting: Challenges and Opportunities for Pharmacists
CE Explore the importance for pharmacists and the role they play in improving glycemic control in hospitalized patients.
January 2012
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Use of Beta Blockers in the Perioperative and Intensive Care Unit Settings
CME Discuss the importance of hemodynamic control, focusing on stability of blood pressure and heart rate, and the goals of therapy, including agents of choice for advantageous response and control
July 2011
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Late Parenteral Nutrition Reduces Complications in Critically Ill Adults
CME Late initiation of parenteral nutrition was linked with faster recovery and fewer complications in critically ill adults compared with early initiation.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, July 2011
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Telemedicine Intervention May Improve ICU Outcomes
CME Implementing a tele-ICU intervention was linked to reduced adjusted odds of mortality and hospital length of stay, changes in best practice adherence, and lower rates of preventable complications.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, May 2011
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Long-Term Quality of Life Lower After Surgical ICU Admission
More than 6 years after surgical admission to the intensive care unit, health-related quality of life was reduced, with a variety of health problems including decreased cognitive functioning.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, April 2011
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MRSA, VRE Prevention Ineffective in ICU Intervention
An intervention in the intensive care unit did not reduce the transmission of MRSA or vancomycin-resistant enterococcus, but providers failed to adequately use required barrier precautions.
Medscape Medical News, April 2011
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ICU Cleaning Intervention May Reduce MRSA, VRE Transmission
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci transmission may be reduced by an enhanced intensive care unit cleaning intervention, according to a recent study.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, April 2011
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Prophylactic Antibiotics Lower Bacterial Resistance
In a randomized crossover study, preventive antibiotic use significantly lowered the risk for infection with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in patients in the intensive care unit.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, March 2011
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Steroids Reduce Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia
Patients admitted to a hospital with major trauma and treated with hydrocortisone vs placebo were less likely to go on to have hospital-acquired pneumonia.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, March 2011
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One Quarter of ICU Providers Perceive Inappropriate Care
CME/CE A survey of intensive care unit physicians and nurses demonstrated that these clinicians often perceived that they were providing inappropriate care, leading to moral distress.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, January 2011
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Minimum Waiting Period for Conducting Newborn Neurobehavioral Scale Assessed
Effect of too-recent labor and delivery can alter the results of this important assessment.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, December 2010
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Preventing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections
Central line infections can result in unnecessary morbidity and mortality. Dr. Marin Kollef walks you through the risk factors for a CLABSI and use of bundles to prevent future occurrences.
Medscape Education General Surgery, December 2010
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Healthcare-Acquired Infections Linked to Increased ICU Mortality
In a prospective cohort, healthcare-acquired infections greatly increased the risk of dying in the intensive care unit, but antimicrobial resistance had little additional effect.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, December 2010
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New Electronic Score for Preterm Infants Predicts Later Illness Severity
PhysiScore, a noninvasive, electronically scored tool to predict need for future medical treatment in preterm infants, uses integration of early physiological responses.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, September 2010
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Large Study Assesses Recent Data on Respiratory Morbidity in Late Preterm Neonates
For neonates born in the late preterm period of 34 weeks, the odds of respiratory distress syndrome were increased 40-fold, as was the risk for other respiratory disorders.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, July 2010
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Lethargy and Mental Status Changes in a 94-Year-Old Man
CME An elderly man is presented to the ED with altered mental status. He was recently hospitalized for several conditions, including hypothyroidism and a myocardial infarction. What is the diagnosis?
Medscape CME Case Presentations, July 2010
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Hyperoxia in ICU
Data from the Project IMPACT critical care database of intensive care units shows that hyperoxic patients have worse outcomes than normoxic or hypoxic patients.
Heartwire CME, June 2010
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Resistance Wars IV. In the Trenches: Case Studies in the War on Resistance
Review and evaluate strategies for accurate diagnosis, tailoring therapy to culture and sensitivity results, and shortening the duration of therapy for the effective treatment of serious bacterial infections in an era of resistance.
April 2010
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Early vs Late Tracheotomy May Not Lower Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Risk
In adult patients in the intensive care unit, tracheotomy 6 to 8 days vs 13 to 15 days after mechanical ventilation did not significantly lower the risk for ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, April 2010
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MRSA in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
How common is community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in hospitals? This activity describes the prevalence of MRSA in a pediatric intensive care unit.
Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 2010
