Articles: critical-care.
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Editorial Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Albumin--does the bell toll for thee?
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Critical care medicine · Jan 1999
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical TrialEffects of prognosis, perceived benefit, and decision style on decision making and critical care on decision making in critical care.
To assess the effects of prognostic estimates, perceived benefit of treatment, and practice style on decision-making in critical care. ⋯ There is no evidence that erroneous or biased prognostic estimates affect intensive care unit treatment choices. Neither the principle of maximizing expected utility nor the Rule of Rescue appear to affect these decisions systematically, but practice style does.
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Critical care medicine · Jan 1999
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical TrialInstillation of calf lung surfactant extract (calfactant) is beneficial in pediatric acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. Members of the Mid-Atlantic Pediatric Critical Care Network.
Prospective study of the efficacy of calf lung surfactant extract in pediatric respiratory failure. ⋯ Administration of calf lung surfactant extract, calfactant, appears to be safe and is associated with rapid improvement in oxygenation, earlier extubation, and decreased requirement for intensive care in children with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. Further study is needed, however, before widespread use in pediatric respiratory failure can be recommended.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
Transfusion requirements in critical care (TRICC): a multicentre, randomized, controlled clinical study. Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care Investigators and the Canadian Critical care Trials Group.
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The COPE program: a strategy to improve outcomes of critically ill young children and their parents.
Critically ill young children and their parents are subjected to multiple stressors during hospitalization, which may predispose them to short- and long-term negative outcomes. Nurses who care for children who are critically ill and their families during and following their intensive care unit stay must be knowledgeable of the impact of a child's critical illness on the family and factors influencing adjustment to the stressful experience. Knowledge of these issues is essential in planning effective intervention strategies to enhance coping outcomes in this population. This article (a) discusses how young children and their parents are affected by critical illness; (b) outlines major sources of stress for families; (c) identifies factors influencing coping outcomes; and (d) describes the COPE program, a newly devised early intervention program for critically ill young children and their parents.