Critical Care News

WASHINGTON — Partnering with community physicians, having nurses take responsibility for medication reconciliation and arranging follow-up appointments before discharge are among the strategies that can significantly reduce readmission rates, according to data presented at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting.

WASHINGTON — Research into the diagnosis and management of sepsis that was published in 2015 should improve patient care, Nathan E. Brummel, MD, MSCI, said at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting.

WASHINGTON — Michael Blaivas, MD, professor of medicine at the University of South Carolina, discusses the expanding role of ultrasound for internists and hospitalists at the annual meeting of the American College of Physicians.

WASHINGTON – A team-based approach and awareness of published guidelines related to critical care are crucial strategies to avoiding medical errors, said David P. Gurka, MD, PhD, from the Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine at Rush University.

Researchers identified several factors that contribute to concussion recovery time, according to data presented at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.

More than 830,000 visits were made to emergency departments by patients with uncontrolled epilepsy in 2012, according to research presented at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.

Results from a study to be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s Annual Meeting found the use of transcranial Doppler ultrasound accurately diagnosed concussions in athletes.

Investigators of an ongoing study to be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s Annual Meeting found 42.5% of retired National Football League players evaluated had evidence of traumatic brain injury as indicated by diffusion tensor imaging MRIs, demonstrating players had a significantly higher incidence of traumatic brain injury compared with the general population.

Healio Internal Medicine presents the most read stories to date in 2016, including opioid addiction, immunization guidelines, improving sleep and ABIM assessments.

Delaying parenteral nutrition in critically ill children for 1 week in the ICU resulted in clinically superior health outcomes compared with early parenteral feeding, according to data published in the New England Journal of Medicine.