Although effective and appropriate fluid management is a critical aspect of quality care
during hospitalization, the widespread adoption of consistent policies that ensure adequate …

Background Optimal sedation of patients in intensive care units (ICUs) requires the
avoidance of pain, agitation, and unnecessary deep sedation, but these outcomes are …

Background National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines on
intravenous fluid prescribing for adults in hospital, issued in 2013, advised less use of 0.9 …

Objective: To develop sedation, pain, and agitation quality measures using process control
methodology and evaluate their properties in clinical practice. Design: A Sedation Quality …

Nutritional support in intensive care requires a multidisciplinary approach involving
intensivists, surgeons, nurses, dietitians and pharmacists. Many critically ill patients are …

Abstract Nutritional support in Intensive Care requires a multidisciplinary approach involving
intensivists, surgeons, nurses, dietitians and pharmacists. Many critically ill patients are …

The intravascular space, separated from the interstitial space by the capillary endothelium,
contains red cells, white cells and plasma (Lobo et al, 2013). The cell membrane contains a …

Critical Care Nutrition, coordinated by Heyland's group, has set up a yearly audit of
nutritional practices across the world. In 2007, 156 ICUs took part and collected feeding …

Nutritional practices in Scottish ICUs vary widely, according to a survey carried out in 2006.
Most striking is the variation in the use of parenteral nutrition and naso-jejunal feeding …

Employers have both direct (claims costs) and indirect (productivity, risk management,
employee attraction and retention) financial incentives to focus on improving employee …