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Shim L, Wensley C, Casement J, Parke R. What determinants impact deceased organ donation consent in the adult intensive care unit? An integrative review exploring the perspectives of staff and families. Aust Crit Care 2024; 37:638-650. [PMID: 38216416 DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2023.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2023] [Revised: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/14/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Deceased organ donation saves lives. Donation processes in New Zealand operate under an opt-in system, which requires consent from families of patients diagnosed with brain death or circulatory death while in the intensivecare unit. The donation demand and supply mismatch is a global phenomenon. OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to understand the determinants of deceased organ donation decisions in the adult intensive care setting from the perspectives of staff and families. METHODS An integrative review based on Whittemore and Knafl's approach searched literature through databases CINAHL Plus, SCOPUS, Proquest Medline Ovid, and manual ancestry searches. Inclusion/exclusion criteria screened for pertinent literature, which were reported using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. Selected studies were appraised using a generic scoring tool, and data were systematically extracted and coded onto spreadsheets using inductive, thematic analysis. RESULTS A total of 21 studies (12 qualitative, seven quantitative, two mixed methods) were included. Publication dates ranged from 1993 to 2021 from multiple countries (18 opt-in, three opt-out systems). Four overarching themes pertaining to families and staff were generated. Important knowledge related to families' knowledge deficits around brain death, the purpose of ventilation, donation procedures, patients' wishes, and staffs' lack of training. Challenging communication highlighted miscommunications due to language choices and interrupted continuity of care during staff-family interactions. Internal determinants explored the cultural, spiritual, and emotional perspectives of families, while staff faced a sense of burden and conflicting values in delivering care between donors and recipients. External determinants related to the clinical environment impacting on grieving families, while for the staff, it explained concerns around resources and organisational processes. CONCLUSIONS Factors underpinning deceased organ donation are multifaceted and complex. Staff actions and families' decisions are inextricably intertwined. Modifiable factors include a lack of formal training and communicational skills and environmental limitations of an intensive care setting.
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- Auckland City Hospital Department of Critical Care Medicine, Te Toka Tumai, Grafton, New Zealand; School of Nursing, The University of Auckland, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Grafton, New Zealand.
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- School of Nursing, The University of Auckland, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Grafton, New Zealand.
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- Organ Donation New Zealand, New Zealand Blood Service, 71 Great South Rd, Epsom PO Box 99 431, Newmarket, Auckland 1149, New Zealand; Intensive Care Unit, North Shore Hospital, Waitemata, Te Whatu Ora, Auckland, New Zealand.
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- School of Nursing, The University of Auckland, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Grafton, New Zealand; Cardiothoracic and Vascular Intensive Care Unit, Te Toka Tumai Auckland, Grafton, New Zealand.
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Atallah O, Krauss JK, Hermann EJ. External ventricular drainage in pediatric patients: indications, management, and shunt conversion rates. Childs Nerv Syst 2024; 40:2071-2079. [PMID: 38557894 PMCID: PMC11180004 DOI: 10.1007/s00381-024-06367-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2024] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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PURPOSE Placement of an external ventricular drainage (EVD) is one of the most frequent procedures in neurosurgery, but it has specific challenges and risks in the pediatric population. We here investigate the indications, management, and shunt conversion rates of an EVD. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the data of a consecutive series of pediatric patients who had an EVD placement in the Department of Neurosurgery at Hannover Medical School over a 12-year period. A bundle approach was introduced to reduce infections. Patients were categorized according to the underlying pathology in three groups: tumor, hemorrhage, and infection. RESULTS A total of 126 patients were included in this study. Seventy-two were male, and 54 were female. The mean age at the time of EVD placement was 5.2 ± 5.0 years (range 0-17 years). The largest subgroup was the tumor group (n = 54, 42.9%), followed by the infection group (n = 47, 37.3%), including shunt infection (n = 36), infected Rickham reservoir (n = 4), and bacterial or viral cerebral infection (n = 7), and the hemorrhage group (n = 25, 19.8%). The overall complication rate was 19.8% (n = 25/126), and the total number of complications was 30. Complications during EVD placement were noted in 5/126 (4%) instances. Complications during drainage time were infection in 9.5% (12 patients), dysfunction in 7.1% (9 patients), and EVD dislocation in 3.2% (4 patients). The highest rate of complications was seen in the hemorrhage group. There were no long-term complications. Conversion rates into a permanent shunt system were 100% in previously shunt-dependent patients. Conversion rates were comparable in the tumor group (27.7%) and in the hemorrhage group (32.0%). CONCLUSION EVD placement in children is an overall safe and effective option in children. In order to make further progress, carefully planned prospective and if possible randomized studies are needed controlling for multivariable aspects.
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- Oday Atallah
- Department of Neurosurgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
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Team V, Bouguettaya A, Qiu Y, Turnour L, Banaszak‐Holl JC, Weller CD, Sussman G, Jones A, Teede H. Nurses' experiences of hospital-acquired pressure injury prevention in acute healthcare services in Victoria, Australia: A qualitative study using the Theoretical Domains Framework. Int Wound J 2024; 21:e14956. [PMID: 38949176 PMCID: PMC11215697 DOI: 10.1111/iwj.14956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2024] [Revised: 06/15/2024] [Accepted: 06/16/2024] [Indexed: 07/02/2024] Open
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We investigated nurses' experiences of hospital-acquired pressure injury (PI) prevention in acute care services to better understand how PI prevention may be optimised. We used the Theoretical Domains Framework to systematically identify barriers and enablers to evidence-based preventive practices as required by the International Guideline. This study was one element of a complex capacity building project on PI surveillance and prevention within the acute health service partners of Monash Partners Academic Health Science Centre, an accredited academic health partnership located in Melbourne, Australia. We adopted a qualitative descriptive design. We interviewed 32 nurses that provided care in intensive care units, general wards and COVID wards of four acute care services. Nurses were recruited from four large acute care services (three public, one private) located in Melbourne. Most of them worked with patients who were at high risk of hospital-acquired PI on a daily basis. Interview transcripts were coded and analysed using thematic analysis guided by the Theoretical Domains Framework. The domains referred to most frequently by all participants included: Knowledge, Skills, Social/Professional Role and Identity, Beliefs about Capabilities, and Environmental Context and Resources. The key barriers discussed by nurses included gaps in nurses' knowledge and skills related to identification and staging of PI, heavy nursing workload and inadequate staffing levels, stigma and self-blame related to PI identification, and exacerbating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Main facilitators discussed were training programmes, nursing audits and feedback, and teamwork. Participants suggested improvements including accessible and tailored training, visual reminders, and addressing heavy workloads and emotional barriers nurses face. Investing in tailored training initiatives to improve nurses' knowledge and organisational changes to address low level staffing and heavy workloads are urgently needed to support nurses in delivering optimal care and preventing hospital-acquired PI.
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- School of Nursing and MidwiferyMonash UniversityClaytonVictoriaAustralia
- Monash Partners Academic Health Science CentreClaytonVictoriaAustralia
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- School of Nursing and MidwiferyMonash UniversityClaytonVictoriaAustralia
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- School of Nursing and MidwiferyMonash UniversityClaytonVictoriaAustralia
- School of Nursing and MidwiferyUniversity of Technology SydneyUltimoNew South WalesAustralia
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- School of Nursing and MidwiferyMonash UniversityClaytonVictoriaAustralia
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- Department of Health Services Administrations, School of Health ProfessionsThe University of Alabama at BirminghamBirminghamAlabamaUSA
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- School of Nursing and MidwiferyMonash UniversityClaytonVictoriaAustralia
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- Austin HealthMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
- Department of General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health ScienceMonash UniversityMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
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- Monash Partners Academic Health Science CentreClaytonVictoriaAustralia
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- Monash Partners Academic Health Science CentreClaytonVictoriaAustralia
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Leclerc C, Gervais C, Hjeij D, Briand MM, Williamson D, Bernard F, Duclos C, Arbour C. Sleep Disruptions in Hospitalized Adults Sustaining a Traumatic Brain Injury: A Scoping Review. J Head Trauma Rehabil 2024; 39:E201-E215. [PMID: 37767918 DOI: 10.1097/htr.0000000000000899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Adults sustaining a traumatic brain injury (TBI) are at risk of sleep disturbances during their recovery, including when such an injury requires hospitalization. However, the sleep-wake profile, and internal and external factors that may interfere with sleep initiation/maintenance in hospitalized TBI patients are poorly understood. This review aimed to: (1) identify/summarize the existing evidence regarding sleep and sleep measurements in TBI adults receiving around-the-clock care in a hospital or during inpatient rehabilitation, and (2) identify internal/external factors linked to poor sleep in this context. METHODS A scoping review was conducted in accordance with the PRISMA Scoping Review Extension guidelines. A search was conducted in MEDLINE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and Web of Science databases. RESULTS Thirty relevant studies were identified. The most common sleep variables that were put forth in the studies to characterize sleep during hospitalization were nighttime sleep time (mean = 6.5 hours; range: 5.2-8.9 hours), wake after sleep onset (87.1 minutes; range: 30.4-180 minutes), and sleep efficiency (mean = 72.9%; range: 33%-96%) using mainly actigraphy, polysomnography, and questionnaires (eg, the sleep-wake disturbance item of the Delirium Rating Scale or the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index). Twenty-four studies (80%) suggested that hospitalized TBI patients do not get sufficient nighttime sleep, based on the general recommendations for adults (7-9 hours per night). Sleep disruptions during hospitalization were found to be associated to several internal factors including TBI severity, cognitive status, and analgesia intake. External and modifiable factors, such as noise, light, and patient care, were consistently associated with sleep disruptions in this context. CONCLUSION Although the literature on sleep disturbances in hospitalized TBI patients has been increasing in recent years, many gaps in knowledge remain, including phenotypes and risk factors. Identifying these factors could help clinicians better understand the multiple sources of TBI patients' sleep difficulties and intervene accordingly.
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- Catherine Leclerc
- Author Affiliations: Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, CIUSSS du Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Mss Leclerc and Hjeij, Mr Gervais, and Drs Williamson, Bernard, Duclos, and Arbour); Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Ms Leclerc and Mr Gervais); Faculty of Medicine (Drs Briand and Bernard), Faculty of Pharmacy (Dr Williamson), and Faculty of Nursing (Dr Arbour), Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Division of Trauma Research, Departments of Surgery and of Neurological Sciences, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, CIUSSS du Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Drs Briand, Bernard, Duclos, and Arbour); and Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Dr Duclos)
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Winkels JL, Mullins ME. Comments on severe caffeine poisoning with ventricular dysrhythmia. Am J Emerg Med 2024:S0735-6757(24)00307-3. [PMID: 38971636 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2024.06.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2024] [Accepted: 06/29/2024] [Indexed: 07/08/2024] Open
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- Jessica L Winkels
- Division of Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, United States of America.
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- Division of Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, United States of America
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Barnes S, Macdonald I, Rahmaty Z, de Goumoëns V, Grandjean C, Jaques C, Ramelet AS. Effectiveness and family experiences of interventions promoting partnerships between families and pediatric and neonatal intensive care units: a mixed methods systematic review. JBI Evid Synth 2024; 22:1208-1261. [PMID: 38505961 PMCID: PMC11230661 DOI: 10.11124/jbies-23-00034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this mixed methods review was to examine the effectiveness and family experiences of interventions promoting partnerships between families and the multidisciplinary health care team in pediatric and neonatal intensive care units. INTRODUCTION Hospitalization of infants and children in neonatal intensive care units and pediatric intensive care units has a significant effect on their families, including increased stress, anxiety, and depression. Available evidence syntheses focused on specific family-centered care, but not on partnership, which is another aspect that may improve families' outcomes and experiences. INCLUSION CRITERIA This review considered studies that focused on effectiveness or family experiences of interventions by health professionals in partnership with families of infants or children hospitalized in an intensive care unit. For the quantitative component of the review, the type of intervention was a partnership between the health care team and the family, and focused on outcomes of stress, anxiety, depression, quality of life, attachment, or satisfaction with family-centered care. For the qualitative component, the phenomenon of interest was family experiences of interventions that included collaboration and partnering with the health care team in the pediatric or neonatal intensive care unit. Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods studies, published from 2000 to August 2022 in English or French, were eligible for inclusion. METHODS The JBI methodology for convergent segregated mixed methods systematic reviews was followed using the standardized JBI critical appraisal and data extraction tools. Ten databases were searched in December 2019 and again in August 2022. Study selection, critical appraisal, and data extraction were performed by 2 reviewers independently. Findings of quantitative studies were statistically pooled through meta-analysis and those that could not be pooled were reported narratively. Qualitative studies were pooled through meta-synthesis. RESULTS This review included 6 qualitative and 42 quantitative studies. The methodological quality varied, and all studies were included regardless of methodological quality. Meta-analyses showed improvements in anxiety, satisfaction with family-centered care, and stress, yet no conclusive effects in attachment and depression. These results should be interpreted with caution due to high heterogeneity. Qualitative analysis resulted in 2 synthesized findings: "Interventions that incorporate partnerships between families and the health care team can improve the family's experience and capacity to care for the child" and "Having a child in intensive care can be an experience of significant impact for families." Integration of quantitative and qualitative evidence revealed some congruence between findings; however, the paucity of qualitative evidence minimized the depth of this integration. CONCLUSIONS Partnership interventions can have a positive impact on parents of children in intensive care units, with improvements reported in stress, anxiety, and satisfaction with family-centered care. REVIEW REGISTRATION PROSPERO CRD42019137834. SUPPLEMENTAL DIGITAL CONTENT A Chinese-language version of the abstract of this review is available at http://links.lww.com/SRX/A50 . A French-language version of the abstract of this review is available at http://links.lww.com/SRX/A51 .
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- Shannon Barnes
- JBI, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
- School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
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- University Institute of Higher Education and Research in Healthcare, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Bureau d’Echange des Savoirs pour des praTiques exemplaires de soins (BEST): A JBI Centre of Excellence, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- University Institute of Higher Education and Research in Healthcare, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Bureau d’Echange des Savoirs pour des praTiques exemplaires de soins (BEST): A JBI Centre of Excellence, Lausanne, Switzerland
- La Source School of Nursing, HES-SO, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Department Women-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Bureau d’Echange des Savoirs pour des praTiques exemplaires de soins (BEST): A JBI Centre of Excellence, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Medical Library, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- University Institute of Higher Education and Research in Healthcare, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Bureau d’Echange des Savoirs pour des praTiques exemplaires de soins (BEST): A JBI Centre of Excellence, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Sánchez-Sánchez MM, Campos-Asensio C, Arias-Rivera S. Workloads of intensive care nurses. Validity of their estimation using mobile applications and comparison with Nursing Activities Score. Systematised review of the literature. ENFERMERIA INTENSIVA 2024; 35:229-241. [PMID: 38092607 DOI: 10.1016/j.enfie.2023.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Revised: 05/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 07/24/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Adjusting human resources to intensive care units (ICU) workload is essential. The development of software for estimating nursing workload using mobile devices (smartphone, smartwatch and/or tablets) could be a useful tool and complement and/or improve the measurements made with the Nursing Activities Score (NAS), a validated scale. OBJECTIVES To analyze the validity of devices and mobile applications for estimating ICU nurses' workloads and their comparison with NAS. METHODOLOGY Systematised literature review from 2009 to 2021 informed by flowchart PRISMA-2020 and its extension PRISMA-S. Critical reading (CASPe). Steps:elaboration of the research question, concept identification (English and Spanish natural language and descriptors MesH, Emtree and CINAHL Headings), search strategy and data collection in MEDlars online (MEDLINE), OVID, Excerpta Medica dataBASE (EMBASE), Elsevier, Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), EBSCO and Web of Science (WoS); data extraction and evaluation, analysis and synthesis of results. We included studies with abstracts published in English and Spanish conducted in ICU with workload measurement (preferably NAS) using mobile devices. RESULTS 223 studies of which 84 in MEDLINE, 50 in CINAHL, 48 in EMBASE, 33 in WOS and 8 in other sources. 117 were eligible for screening, of which 95 did not meet the inclusion criteria. 22 studies were screened for eligibility, of which 17 were excluded. Five articles were selected for final review. None of the studies provided results on costs, acceptance testing, validity, reliability, system problems, advantages, disadvantages or resource estimation. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS The use of mobile devices and applications to measure ICU workloads is not yet validated and has not been shown to be more accurate than traditional NAS assessment.
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- Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid, Spain.
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- Investigación en Enfermería, Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid, Spain
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Lai AY, Wee KZ, Frimpong JA. Proactive behaviors and health care workers: A systematic review. Health Care Manage Rev 2024; 49:239-251. [PMID: 38757911 DOI: 10.1097/hmr.0000000000000409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2024]
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BACKGROUND Proactive behaviors at work refer to discretionary actions among workers that are self-starting, change oriented, and future focused. Proactive behaviors reflect the idiosyncratic actions by individual workers that shape the delivery and experience of professional services, highlight a bottom-up perspective on workers' agency and motivation that can influence organizational practices, and are associated with a variety of employee and organizational outcomes. PURPOSE This systematic review aims to understand the various forms of proactive behaviors in health care workers that have been studied, and how these proactive behaviors are associated with employee-level outcomes and quality of care. METHODS Systematic review of articles published to date on proactive behaviors in health care workers. RESULTS Based on the identification of 40 articles, we find that job crafting, active problem solving, voice, extra-role behaviors, and idiosyncratic deals have been investigated as proactive behaviors among health care workers. Among these, job crafting is the most commonly studied (35% of articles), and it has been conceptualized and measured in the most consistent way, including as individual- and group-level phenomena, and as organizational interventions. Studies on active problem solving, which refers to workers accepting responsibility, exercising control, and taking action around anticipated or experienced problems at work, have not been consistently investigated as a form of proactive behavior but represent 25% of the articles identified in this review. Overall, this review finds that proactive behaviors in health care is a burgeoning area of research, with the majority of studies being cross-sectional in design and published after 2010, and focused on workers' job satisfaction as the outcome. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS Health care workers and managers should consider the distinct influences and contributions of proactive behaviors as ways to improve employee-level outcomes and quality of care.
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Benbenishty J, Ganz FD, Lautrette A, Jaschinski U, Aggarwal A, Søreide E, Weiss M, Dybwik K, Çizmeci EA, Ackerman RCM, Estebanez-Montiel B, Ricou B, Robertsen A, Sprung CL, Avidan A. Variations in reporting of nurse involvement in end-of-life practices in intensive care units worldwide (ETHICUS-2): A prospective observational study. Int J Nurs Stud 2024; 155:104764. [PMID: 38657432 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2024.104764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2023] [Revised: 03/21/2024] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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BACKGROUND ICU nurses are most frequently at the patient's bedside, providing care for both patients and family members. They perform an essential role and are involved in decision-making. Despite this, research suggests that nurses have a limited role in the end-of-life decision-making process and are occasionally not involved. OBJECTIVE Explore global ICU nurse involvement in end of life decisions based on the physician's perceptions and sub-analyses from the ETHICUS-2 study. DESIGN This is a secondary analysis of a prospective multinational, observational study of the ETHICUS-2 study. SETTING End of life decision-making processes in ICU patients were studied during a 6-month period between Sept 1, 2015, and Sept 30, 2016, in 199 ICUs in 36 countries. INTERVENTION None. METHODS The ETHICUS II study instrument contained 20 questions. This sub-analysis addressed the four questions related to nurse involvement in end-of-life decision-making: Who initiated the end-of-life discussion? Was withholding or withdrawing treatment discussed with nurses? Was a nurse involved in making the end-of-life decision? Was there agreement between physicians and nurses? These 4 questions are the basis for our analysis. Global regions were compared. RESULTS Physicians completed 91.8 % of the data entry. A statistically significant difference was found between regions (p < 0.001) with Northern Europe and Australia/New Zealand having the most discussion with nurses and Latin America, Africa, Asia and North America the least. The percentages of end-of-life decisions in which nurses were involved ranged between 3 and 44 %. These differences were statistically significant. Agreement between physicians and nurses related to decisions resulted in a wide range of responses (27-86 %) (p < 0.001). There was a wide range of those who replied "not applicable" to the question of agreement between physicians and nurses on EOL decisions (0-41 %). CONCLUSION There is large variability in nurse involvement in end-of-life decision-making in the ICU. The most concerning findings were that in some regions, according to physicians, nurses were not involved in EOL decisions and did not initiate the decision-making process. There is a need to develop the collaboration between nurses and physicians. Nurses have valuable contributions for best possible patient-centered decisions and should be respected as important parts of the interdisciplinary team. TWEETABLE ABSTRACT Wide global differences were found in nurse end of life decision involvement, with low involvement in North and South America and Africa and higher involvement in Europe and Australia/New Zealand.
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- Julie Benbenishty
- Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center and School of Nursing Jerusalem Israel, PO Box 12000, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
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- Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center and School of Nursing Jerusalem Israel, PO Box 12000, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel; Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, Jerusalem College of Technology, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, University Hospital Augsburg, Germany
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- Department of General Anesthesiology, Department of Intensive Care and Resuscitation Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA
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- Section for Quality and Patient Safety, Stavanger University Hospital and Faculty of Health Sciences University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway
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- Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Ulm, Germany
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- Intensive Care Unit, Nordland Hospital, Bodø, Norway
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- University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada
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- Intensive Care of Geneva, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Intensive Care, Geneva Hospital and University of Geneva, Switzerland
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- Centre for Medical Ethics, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Division of Emergencies and Critical Care, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Hadassah Medical Organization and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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MacEachen D, Johnston B, McGuire M. Memory making in critical care: A qualitative thematic synthesis. Nurs Crit Care 2024; 29:795-806. [PMID: 37807724 DOI: 10.1111/nicc.12983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Caring for bereaved families is an important aspect of the nursing role in critical care. Memory making practices are one way in which dying, death and bereavement can be acknowledged and supported within critical care. Memory making was introduced into the care of stillborn babies and neonatal deaths to improve parents' experiences of bereavement, and has since become common practice in adult critical care. AIMS The aim of this qualitative thematic synthesis was to explore families' experiences of memory making in critical care, with a view of gaining greater understanding of the ways in which memory making impacts bereaved families. METHODS A systematic search strategy was developed, and five databases were searched (Medline, CINAHL, PsychINFO, Embase and ASSIA). Seven qualitative studies were included: four were conducted in adult and three in paediatric critical care settings in which memory making was initiated between 2014 and 2020. Memory making practices included, patient diaries, general keepsakes, word clouds and photography. RESULTS The thematic synthesis generated four main themes to describe families' experience of memory making in critical care: 'connection', 'compassion', 'engagement and creation' and 'continuation'. CONCLUSIONS Memory making is a meaningful activity for families whose loved one dies in critical care; it brings focus and meaning during a devastating process in a highly technical environment. Families rely heavily on nursing staff for support and guidance. The creation of memories and/or keepsakes can have a positive impact on the bereavement experience for families and can facilitate a continuing bond with their loved one. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE Memory making is a worthwhile practice to support and guide family bereavement within critical care. It can provide structure and purpose during an emotionally challenging transition, by supporting families to focus on a meaningful activity during a devasting time.
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- Doreen MacEachen
- Critical Care, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland
- Chief Nurse Reserach, NHS, Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland
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- Chief Nurse Reserach, NHS, Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland
- School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland
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- Chief Nurse Reserach, NHS, Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland
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Dwyer T, Flenady T, Signal T, Boyle CM, Connor J, Le Lagadec D, Goodwin B, Browne M. A theoretical framework for identifying sociocultural factors that influence nurses' compliance with early warning systems for acute clinical deterioration: A cross-sectional survey. Int J Nurs Stud 2024; 158:104846. [PMID: 39043112 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2024.104846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Revised: 06/06/2024] [Accepted: 06/20/2024] [Indexed: 07/25/2024]
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BACKGROUND Systematic adoption of early warning systems in healthcare settings is dependent on the optimal and reliable application by the user. Psychosocial issues and hospital culture influence clinicians' patient safety behaviours. OBJECTIVE (i) To examine the sociocultural factors that influence nurses' EWS compliance behaviours, using a theory driven behavioural model and (ii) to propose a conceptual model of sociocultural factors for EWS compliance behaviour. DESIGN A cross-sectional survey. SETTING Nurses employed in public hospitals across Queensland, Australia. PARTICIPANTS Using convenience and snowball sampling techniques eligible nurses accessed a dedicated web site and survey containing closed and open-ended questions. 291 nurses from 60 hospitals completed the survey. METHODS Quantitative data were analysed using ANOVA or t-tests to test differences in means. A series of path models based on the theory were conducted to develop a new model. Directed or theory driven content analysis informed qualitative data analysis. RESULTS Nurses report high levels of previous compliance behaviour and strong intentions to continue complying in the future (M=4.7; SD 0.48). Individual compliance attitudes (β 0.29, p<.05), perceived value of escalation (β 0.24, p<.05) and perceived ease or difficulty complying with documentation (β -0.31, p<.05) were statistically significant, predicting 24% of variation in compliance behaviour. Positive personal charting beliefs (β 0.14, p<.05) and subjective norms both explain higher behavioural intent indirectly through personal attitudes. High ratings of peer charting beliefs indirectly explain attitudes through subjective norms (β 0.20, p<.05). Perceptions of control over one's clinical actions (β -0.24, p<.05) and early warning system training (β -0.17, p<.05) directly contributed to fewer difficulties complying with documentation requirements. Prior difficulties when escalating care (β -0.31, p<.05) directly influenced the perceived value of escalating. CONCLUSIONS The developed theory-based conceptual model identified sociocultural variables that inform compliance behaviour (documenting and escalation protocols). The model highlights areas of clinical judgement, education, interprofessional trust, workplace norms and cultural factors that directly or indirectly influence nurses' intention to comply with EWS protocols. Extending our understanding of the sociocultural and system wide factors that hamper nurses' use of EWSs and professional accountability has the potential to improve the compliance behaviour of staff and subsequently enhance the safety climate attitudes of hospitals. TWEETABLE ABSTRACT A newly developed model reports nurse's personal attitudes, peer influence, perceived difficulties encountered documenting and escalation beliefs all predict early warning system compliance behaviour.
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- Trudy Dwyer
- Appleton Institute, CQUniversity Australia, Australia; School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Studies, CQUniversity Australia, Australia.
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- School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Studies, CQUniversity Australia, Australia.
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- Appleton Institute, CQUniversity Australia, Australia; School of Health, Medical & Applied Sciences, CQUniversity Australia, Australia.
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- School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Studies, CQUniversity Australia, Australia
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- School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Studies, CQUniversity Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Health Research, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
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- School of Health, Medical & Applied Sciences, CQUniversity Australia, Australia
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Crimi C, Chiaramonte R, Vignera F, Vancheri C, Vecchio M, Gregoretti C, Carlucci A, Andersen T, Cortegiani A. Effects of high-flow nasal therapy on swallowing function: a scoping review. ERJ Open Res 2024; 10:00075-2024. [PMID: 38978547 PMCID: PMC11228606 DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00075-2024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 07/10/2024] Open
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Background High-flow nasal therapy is widely used in patients with respiratory failure in different clinical settings, but the effect of high-flow nasal therapy on respiratory-swallow coordination is unknown. Understanding this relationship is crucial, considering the necessity for patients to maintain adequate nutrition during daytime high-flow nasal therapy. This scoping review aims to synthesise available data on the effects of high-flow nasal therapy flow rates on swallowing function and the possible risk of aspiration during treatment, focusing on knowledge and evidence gaps. Methods PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar databases were searched from inception to 30 May 2023 for studies reporting data on swallowing assessment in healthy adults or patients with acute or chronic respiratory failure receiving high-flow nasal therapy. Data on study design, patients' characteristics and quality outcomes were extracted. Results Eight studies were included, four including cohorts of healthy volunteers (n=148) and four including patients with acute or chronic respiratory failure (n=151). Study designs, patient populations and quality outcome measures were heterogeneous. Two studies indicated improvement while four articles showed impairment in swallowing function during high-flow nasal therapy; two studies showed that patients' overall clinical picture and underlying medical conditions influenced swallowing-breathing coordination rather than high-flow nasal therapy per se. Conclusion This scoping review found limited and controversial evidence on the impact of high-flow nasal therapy on swallowing function. Remarkably, methods for swallowing function assessment were quite heterogeneous. Additional research is required to test the effect of high-flow nasal therapy on respiratory-swallowing coordination.
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- Claudia Crimi
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
- Respiratory Medicine Unit, Policlinico "G. Rodolico-San Marco" University Hospital, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
- Rehabilitation Unit, Policlinico "G. Rodolico-San Marco" University Hospital, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
- Respiratory Medicine Unit, Policlinico "G. Rodolico-San Marco" University Hospital, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
- Rehabilitation Unit, Policlinico "G. Rodolico-San Marco" University Hospital, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Precision Medicine in Medical, Surgical and Critical Care (Me.Pre.C.C.), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- Fondazione "Giglio", Cefalù, Italy
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- Department of Medicina e Chirurgia, Università Insubria Varese-Como, Como, Italy
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, Pavia, Italy
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- Thoracic Department, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
- The Department of Health and Functioning, Western Norway University of Applied Science, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Precision Medicine in Medical, Surgical and Critical Care (Me.Pre.C.C.), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Policlinico Paolo Giaccone, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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Butler AE, Riegel M, Speedie L, Ranse K, Buckley T. The impact of COVID-19 on the provision of bereavement support in Australian intensive care units: A national survey. Aust Crit Care 2024; 37:577-584. [PMID: 38065795 DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2023.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/15/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Bereavement support is a vital part of caring for families when a patient dies in the intensive care unit (ICU). Previous research has demonstrated that while many ICUs provide some informal aspects of bereavement care, formalised follow-up programmes are uncommon. The impacts of COVID-19 on ICU-based bereavement support are currently unknown. OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to explore the current provision of bereavement support in Australian ICUs and identify the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on these services. METHODS A cross-sectional exploratory web-based survey was used. The survey was distributed to one senior nurse in each public and private adult, paediatric, and neonatal ICU in Australia between April and July 2022. Descriptive statistics and reflexive thematic analysis were used to analyse the data. Ethical approval was received from La Trobe University. RESULTS One hundred and four ICUs from 82 hospitals responded to the survey, with 36 units reporting a formal bereavement follow-up service. When compared to prepandemic levels, almost all of the common bereavement care practices explored in the survey were significantly reduced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Open-ended responses also demonstrated significant impacts of COVID-19 on bereavement care provision, particularly related to Restricted family togetherness, Logistical Challenges, and Impacts on Staff. Staff members reported adjusting care provision in response to these challenges by exploring Alternative family communications, Facilitation of family togetherness, and Increasing familysupports. CONCLUSIONS Many of the common elements of ICU-based bereavement care were significantly reduced during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the number of formal bereavement follow-up services in Australian ICUs remains largely unchanged since 2015. Ongoing research is needed to explore the long-term effects of these changes on staff and family wellbeing and on ongoing provision of ICU-based bereavement support.
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- Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Australia
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- School of Nursing & Midwifery, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Australia; Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Australia
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- Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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Dotevall H, Tuomi L, Lindell E, Finizia C. Long-term effects on swallowing and laryngeal function after treatment for severe COVID-19 disease in intensive care. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2024; 281:3679-3691. [PMID: 38642087 PMCID: PMC11211183 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-024-08648-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/22/2024]
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PURPOSE This study aimed to assess swallowing and laryngeal function at long-term follow-up in patients treated for severe COVID-19 in the ICU. METHODS Thirty-six patients with severe COVID-19 were prospectively examined with fiberendoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) about 6 and 12 months after ICU discharge. Comparison with initial FEES examinations during the time in hospital was performed in 17 patients. Analysis of swallowing function and laryngeal features was performed from video recordings. Twenty-five participants responded to Eating Assessment Tool, Voice Handicap Index, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale at follow-up. RESULTS Penetration to the laryngeal vestibule (PAS ≥ 3) was seen in 22% and silent aspiration (PAS = 8) in 11% of patients on at least one swallow at follow-up. Fourteen percent had obvious residue in the vallecula and/or pyriform sinuses after swallowing thick liquid or biscuits. Self-reported eating and swallowing difficulties were found in 40% of patients. Abnormal findings in the larynx were present in 53% at follow-up. Thirty-three percent had reduced or impaired vocal fold movement, of whom 22% had bilateral impaired abduction of the vocal folds. Possible anxiety and depression were found in 36% and 24% of responders, respectively. CONCLUSION Although a majority of patients appear to regain normal swallowing function by 1 year after treatment for severe COVID-19, our results indicate that dysphagia, abnormal laryngeal function, and anxiety/depression may remain in a substantial proportion of patients. This suggests that swallowing and laryngeal function, and emotional symptoms, should be followed up systematically over time in this patient group.
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- Hans Dotevall
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenburg, Sweden.
- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Speech and Language Pathology Unit, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Research, Education and Innovation, Södra Älvsborgs Hospital, Region Västra Götaland, Borås, Sweden
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Liang S, Wang X, Li C, Shao L. Screening for post-intensive care syndrome: Validation of the Healthy Aging Brain Care Monitor Self-Report Chinese version. Nurs Crit Care 2024; 29:824-829. [PMID: 37458160 DOI: 10.1111/nicc.12949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/25/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND The Healthy Aging Brain Care Monitor Self-Report (HABC-M SR) is a tool to evaluate physical, mental and cognitive impairments. It has been validated in several countries for post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) assessment, but there is no Chinese version yet. AIM The aim of this study is to translate and cross-cultural adapt HABC-M SR, and validate its psychological properties among Chinese ICU survivors. STUDY DESIGN This is a cross-sectional study. the HABC-M SR was translated into Chinese and validated in intensive care unit survivors (n = 145). Measures of internal consistency, construct validity, concurrent validity, and content validity were evaluated. RESULTS A 19-item Chinese version of HABC-M SR was yielded, with good reliability (Cronbach's α = 0.92) and validity (the variance was 64.4%, overall content validity was 0.91, and correlation coefficients were 0.62-0.90). CONCLUSIONS The 19-item Chinese version HABC-M SR is a reliable and valid tool for PICS assessing and may be regarded as a standard measurement. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE The Chinese version HABC-M SR may help in selecting PICS high-risk survivors for ICU follow-up interventions. The HABC-M SR can also be regarded as a standard specific PICS measurement, thus promote the comparability between studies and transformation of the clinical evidence.
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- Shiyu Liang
- Nursing Department, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Nursing Department, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Nursing Department, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Nursing Department, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Yiğit Avcı Ş, Yılmaz D. The effect of different bed head angles on the hemodynamic parameters of intensive care patients lying in the supine position: A quasi-experimental study. Jpn J Nurs Sci 2024; 21:e12589. [PMID: 38351461 DOI: 10.1111/jjns.12589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/07/2024] [Indexed: 07/03/2024]
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AIMS The aim of this study was to research the effect of different bed head angles on the hemodynamic parameters of intensive care patients lying in the supine position. METHODS This study was a non-randomized and non-controlled, quasi-experimental repeated measures study. The study was conducted with 50 intensive care patients aged 18 and over in a general surgery intensive care unit in Turkey. With each patient in the supine position, the bed head was raised to an angle of 0°, 20°, 30°, and 45° without a pillow, and the hemodynamic parameters of central venous pressure, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, breathing rate, and peripheral oxygen saturation were recorded after 0 and 10 min. RESULTS It was found that the mean central venous pressure value measured at min 0 and 10 was higher when the intensive care patients' bed head angle was raised to 45° than when the bed head was at an angle of 0° or 20° (p < .05). It was found that the patients' other hemodynamic parameters were not affected by different bed head angles. CONCLUSIONS It was concluded as a result of this research that in intensive care patients in the supine position, only central venous pressure was affected by bed head angle, and that central venous pressure measurement can be reliably made at a bed head angle of 30°.
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- Şenay Yiğit Avcı
- Vocational School, First and Emergency Aid Program, Mudanya University, Bursa, Turkey
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- Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bursa Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey
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Weatherly AJ, Johnson CA, Liu D, Kannankeril PJ, Smith HAB, Betters KA. Association of Hyperoxia During Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Postoperative Delirium in the Pediatric Cardiac ICU. Crit Care Explor 2024; 6:e1119. [PMID: 38968166 PMCID: PMC11230773 DOI: 10.1097/cce.0000000000001119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/07/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE ICU delirium commonly complicates critical illness associated with factors such as cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) time and the requirement of mechanical ventilation (MV). Recent reports associate hyperoxia with poorer outcomes in critically ill children. This study sought to determine whether hyperoxia on CPB in pediatric patients was associated with a higher prevalence of postoperative delirium. DESIGN Secondary analysis of data obtained from a prospective cohort study. SETTING Twenty-two-bed pediatric cardiac ICU in a tertiary children's hospital. PATIENTS All patients (18 yr old or older) admitted post-CPB, with documented delirium assessment scores using the Preschool/Pediatric Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU and who were enrolled in the Precision Medicine in Pediatric Cardiology Cohort from February 2021 to November 2021. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Of 148 patients, who underwent cardiac surgery, 35 had delirium within the first 72 hours (24%). There was no association between hyperoxia on CPB and postoperative delirium for all definitions of hyperoxia, including hyperoxic area under the curve above 5 predetermined Pao2 levels: 150 mm Hg (odds ratio [95% CI]: 1.176 [0.605-2.286], p = 0.633); 175 mm Hg (OR 1.177 [95% CI, 0.668-2.075], p = 0.572); 200 mm Hg (OR 1.235 [95% CI, 0.752-2.026], p = 0.405); 250 mm Hg (OR 1.204 [95% CI, 0.859-1.688], p = 0.281), 300 mm Hg (OR 1.178 [95% CI, 0.918-1.511], p = 0.199). In an additional exploratory analysis, comparing patients with delirium within 72 hours versus those without, only the z score for weight differed (mean [sd]: 0.09 [1.41] vs. -0.48 [1.82], p < 0.05). When comparing patients who developed delirium at any point during their ICU stay (n = 45, 30%), MV days, severity of illness (Pediatric Index of Mortality 3 Score) score, CPB time, and z score for weight were associated with delirium (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Postoperative delirium (72 hr from CPB) occurred in 24% of pediatric patients. Hyperoxia, defined in multiple ways, was not associated with delirium. On exploratory analysis, nutritional status (z score for weight) may be a significant factor in delirium risk. Further delineation of risk factors for postoperative delirium versus ICU delirium warrants additional study.
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- Allison J Weatherly
- Department of Pediatrics, Monroe Carell Jr Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Pediatrics, Monroe Carell Jr Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Pediatrics, Monroe Carell Jr Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
- Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Pediatrics, Monroe Carell Jr Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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Winters BD. Rapid Response Systems. Crit Care Clin 2024; 40:583-598. [PMID: 38796229 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2024.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2024]
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The hospital rapid response system (RRS) is a patient safety and quality intervention that responds quickly to clinical deteriorations on general wards with the goal of preventing cardiopulmonary arrests, reducing hospital mortality, and facilitating triage and level of care escalations. The RRS is one of the first organized, and systematic, elements of the "ICU without walls" model. RRSs have been shown to be effective in preventing deterioration to cardiopulmonary arrest on general hospital wards and reducing total and unexpected hospital mortality. Recent studies have demonstrated that this benefit can be enhanced through targeted improvements and modifications of existing RRSs.
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- Bradford D Winters
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 9127 Zayed 1800 Orealns Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
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Papathanassoglou E, Park T, Punjani N, Pokharel B, Taha M, Hegadoren K. Implementing integrative therapies in adult critical care: Barriers and strategies. Aust Crit Care 2024; 37:563-570. [PMID: 38218673 DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2023.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/24/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Critically ill patients experience intense physical and psychological stressors in the intensive care unit (ICU). More than half of ICU survivors report overwhelming mental health symptoms after ICU discharge, such as post-traumatic stress symptoms, anxiety, and depression. Relaxation-inducing integrative therapies such as guided imagery, massage, therapeutic touch, music therapy, and spirituality-based healing practices have the potential to promote comfort and relaxation and improve patient outcomes. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to explore the attitudes of healthcare professionals towards the implementation of relaxation-inducing integrative therapies in critical care, barriers to implementation, and potential strategies to overcome them. METHODS We conducted seven focus group interviews with 23 critical care clinicians (70% nurses, 17% allied health professionals, 13% physicians). Interviews were audiotaped and transcribed verbatim. Data were thematically analysed using an inductive content analysis approach. FINDINGS Results reveal a constant interplay between mostly positive personal attitudes towards implementation of integrative therapies and the perceived culture and priorities of the unit. The main benefits for critically ill patients as perceived by participants were promotion of comfort, sleep, and coping, increase of trust, and decrease of pain and stress. As for barriers, dominant themes were a perceived lack of evidence, cost, and time constraints and the fear of loss of professional credibility. Participants related nurses' education and training, family involvement, and leadership were seen as main strategies for implementation. CONCLUSIONS The dominant ICU culture needs to be considered when implementing integrative therapies. Education, access to evidence, and role modelling are proposed as means to shift the ICU culture towards utilisation of integrative therapies in critical care.
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Leggett N, Emery K, Rollinson TC, Deane AM, French C, Manski-Nankervis JA, Eastwood G, Miles B, Witherspoon S, Stewart J, Merolli M, Ali Abdelhamid Y, Haines KJ. Clinician- and Patient-Identified Solutions to Reduce the Fragmentation of Post-ICU Care in Australia. Chest 2024; 166:95-106. [PMID: 38382876 DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2024.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2023] [Revised: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 02/10/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Critical care survivors experience multiple care transitions, with no formal follow-up care pathway. RESEARCH QUESTION What are the potential solutions to improve the communication between treating teams and integration of care following an ICU admission, from the perspective of patients, their caregivers, intensivists, and general practitioners (GPs) from diverse socioeconomic areas? STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS This study included a qualitative design using semi-structured interviews with intensivists, GPs, and patients and caregivers. Framework analysis was used to analyze data and to identify solutions to improve the integration of care following hospital discharge. Patients were previously mechanically ventilated for > 24 h in the ICU and had access to a video-enabled device. Clinicians were recruited from hospital networks and a state-wide GP network. RESULTS Forty-six interviews with clinicians, patients, and caregivers were completed (15 intensivists, eight GPs, 15 patients, and eight caregivers). Three higher level feedback loops were identified that comprised 10 themes. Feedback loop 1 was an ICU and primary care collaboration. It included the following: (1) developing collaborative relationships between the ICU and primary care; (2) providing interprofessional education and resources to support primary care; and (3) improving role clarity for patient follow-up care. Feedback loop 2 was developing mechanisms for improved communication across the care continuum. It included: (4) timely, concise information-sharing with primary care on post-ICU recovery; (5) survivorship-focused information-sharing across the continuum of care; (6) empowering patients and caregivers in self-management; and (7) creation of a care coordinator role for survivors. Feedback loop 3 was learning from post-ICU outcomes to improve future care. It included: (8) developing comprehensive post-ICU care pathways; (9) enhancing support for patients following a hospital stay; and (10) integration of post-ICU outcomes within the ICU to improve clinician morale and understanding. INTERPRETATION Practical solutions to enhance the quality of survivorship for critical care survivors and their caregivers were identified. These themes are mapped to a novel conceptual model that includes key feedback loops for health system improvements and foci for future interventional trials to improve ICU survivorship outcomes.
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- Nina Leggett
- Department of Physiotherapy, Western Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Critical Care, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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- Department of Physiotherapy, Western Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Physiotherapy, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Physiotherapy, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Intensive Care, Melbourne Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Critical Care, School of Medicine, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Intensive Care, Western Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of General Practice and Primary Care, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Critical Care, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Intensive Care, Melbourne Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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- Centre for Digital Transformation of Health, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Critical Care, School of Medicine, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Intensive Care, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Physiotherapy, Western Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Critical Care, School of Medicine, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Jennerich AL. An Approach to Caring for Patients and Family of Patients Dying in the ICU. Chest 2024; 166:127-135. [PMID: 38354905 DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2024.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Revised: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
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TOPIC IMPORTANCE Death is common in the ICU and often occurs after a decision to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining therapies. Care of the dying is a core skill for ICU clinicians, requiring expert communication, primarily with family of critically ill patients. REVIEW FINDINGS Limited high-quality evidence supports specific practices related to the care of dying patients in the ICU; thus, many of the recommendations that exist are based on expert opinion. Value exists in sharing a practical approach to caring for patients during the dying process, including topics to be addressed with family members, rationales for recommended care, and strategies for implementing comfort measures only. Through dedicated preparation and planning, clinicians can help family members navigate this intense experience. SUMMARY After a decision had been made to discontinue life-sustaining therapies, family members need to be given a clear description of comfort measures only and provided with additional detail about what it entails, including therapies or interventions to be discontinued, monitoring during the dying process, and common features of the dying process. Order sets can be a valuable resource for ensuring that adequate analgesia and sedation are available and the care plan is enacted properly. To achieve a good death for patients, a collaborative effort among members of the care team is essential.
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- Ann L Jennerich
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, and the Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
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Zhang F, Chen Z, Xue DD, Zhang R, Cheng Y. Barriers and facilitators to offering post-intensive care follow-up services from the perspective of critical care professionals: A qualitative study. Nurs Crit Care 2024; 29:682-694. [PMID: 38146140 DOI: 10.1111/nicc.13002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2023] [Revised: 10/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Various programmes and models for post-intensive care unit (ICU) follow-up services have been developed worldwide. In China, post-ICU follow-up remains in the exploratory stage and little is known regarding the appropriate form and challenges of implementation, which need to be further explored. AIM This study aimed to explore and describe the barriers to and facilitators of post-ICU follow-up services from the perspective of critical care professionals. DESIGN This was a descriptive qualitative study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 21 health care workers whose units had offered ICU survivors different forms of follow-up services; the data were analysed by qualitative content analysis during August 2022 and December 2022. SETTING The study was conducted at 14 ICUs in 11 tertiary hospitals in Shanghai, China. FINDINGS Seventeen subthemes were extracted as barriers and facilitators in the follow-up of ICU survivors. In the initiating process, the barriers included the restriction of decision-making rights and scope of practice, indifferent attitude towards survivors and repeated work. The facilitators included admitted significance, the needs of ICU survivors, the conscientiousness of professionals and the pioneers and leadership support. In the implementation process, lack of confidence, lack of cooperation in medical consortium, distrusted relationships, restrictions of medical insurance, ageing problems and insufficient human resources acted as barriers, whereas lessons learned, positive feedback and digital support served as facilitators. Furthermore, recommendations and tips were identified for offering follow-up services. CONCLUSION Medical personnel can better utilize available resources and develop strategies to overcome constraints by gaining insights into the abovementioned barriers and facilitators. The findings of this study can provide a useful reference for structured and systematic follow-ups to ameliorate post-intensive care syndrome in low- and middle-income countries. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE Publicity and educational measures play a crucial role in enhancing the awareness of survivors and the consensus of health care professionals from medical consortium regarding impairments after critical care. Leadership and policy support can address numerous obstacles to guiding follow-up services.
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- Feng Zhang
- Intensive Care Unit, Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- School of Nursing, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Intensive Care Unit, Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- School of Nursing, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Intensive Care Unit, Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- School of Nursing, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Nursing Department, Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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Alqarawi N, Alhalal E. Factors affecting family-centered care practice by nurses: A systematic review. J Pediatr Nurs 2024; 78:158-171. [PMID: 38944912 DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2024.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2024] [Revised: 05/26/2024] [Accepted: 06/10/2024] [Indexed: 07/02/2024]
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PURPOSE This study presents a systematic review of the obstacles to and enablers of family-centered care (FCC) implementation by nurses. FCC, which has demonstrated beneficial outcomes, is regarded as a crucial quality measure in certain pediatric units. However, not all nurses incorporate FCC into their practice. DESIGN AND METHODS A systematic review was conducted from January to June 2023, adhering to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Various medical subject heading keywords and terms were used to search electronic databases, with the aim of synthesizing and evaluating the results. RESULTS Twenty-three articles were identified for review. Most of these studies were carried out in Western countries. They revealed several facilitators and obstacles to FCC implementation by nurses when caring for sick children. Some of these factors are linked to the personal attributes of the nurses, while others are associated with the characteristics of the families and the healthcare system itself. CONCLUSION Nurses face multi-level barriers that hinder their ability to implement FCC practice. This systematic review identifies the need to leverage nurses' attributes, foster effective nurse-client relationships, and promote organizational changes. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS Nurses need to comprehend and work toward altering the factors that influence the delivery of FCC. The findings of this review can be used by healthcare organization leaders and policymakers to customize interventions and allocate resources to promote FCC practice. Further research in diverse cultural contexts is needed to examine the cause-and-effect relationship concerning the influence of the identified barriers and facilitators on FCC practice. In addition, experimental studies are required to evaluate the effectiveness of evidence-based interventions on FCC practice by nurses.
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- Nada Alqarawi
- Department of Community, Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia; College of Nursing, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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- Community and mental health nursing, Nursing college, King Saud University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Inglis R, Leaver M, Pell C, Ahmad S, Akter S, Bhuia FIA, Ansary M, B. S. S, Begum M, Chakraborty SR, Chowdhury H, Chowdhury MAR, Deb P, Akhter Farzana N, Ghose A, Harun Or Roshid M, Hoque Tipu MR, Hosain S, Hossain MM, Moinul Islam M, Kumar Tirupakuzhi Vijayaraghavan B, Mohsin M, Mund M, Nasrin S, Kumar Nath R, Nayak S, Pani N, Ahmmad Sarker S, Dondorp A, Tripathy S, Faiz MA. Understanding patient and family experiences of critical care in Bangladesh and India: What are the priority actions to promote person-centred care? PLOS GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH 2024; 4:e0003372. [PMID: 38941335 PMCID: PMC11213345 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2024] [Accepted: 05/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/30/2024]
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Patients' experiences in the intensive care unit (ICU) can enhance or impair their subsequent recovery. Improving patient and family experiences on the ICU is an important part of providing high quality care. There is little evidence to guide how to do this in a South Asian critical care context. This study addresses this gap by exploring the experiences of critically ill patients and their families in ICUs in Bangladesh and India. We elicit suggestions for improvements from patients, families and staff and highlight examples of practices that support person-centred care. This multi-site hospital ethnography was carried out in five ICUs in government hospitals in Bangladesh and India, selected using purposive sampling. Qualitative data were collected using non-participant observation and semi-structured interviews and analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. A total of 108 interviews were conducted with patients, families, and ICU staff. Over 1000 hours of observation were carried out across the five study sites. We identified important mediators of patient and family experience that span many different aspects of care. Factors that promote person-centred care include access to ICU for families, support for family involvement in care delivery, clear communication with patients and families, good symptom management for patients, support for rehabilitation, and measures to address the physical, environmental and financial needs of the family. This study has generated a list of recommendations that can be used by policy makers and practitioners who wish to implement person-centred principles in the ICU.
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- Rebecca Inglis
- Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Amsterdam University Medical Center, Department of Global Health, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD), Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences—Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Pain, Palliative and Intensive Care, Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences—Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Pain, Palliative and Intensive Care, Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Chittagong Medical College Hospital, Chattogram, Bangladesh
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Chittagong Medical College Hospital, Chattogram, Bangladesh
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Chittagong Medical College Hospital, Chattogram, Bangladesh
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Chittagong Medical College Hospital, Chattogram, Bangladesh
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Chittagong Medical College Hospital, Chattogram, Bangladesh
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Pain, Palliative and Intensive Care, Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Pain, Palliative and Intensive Care, Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, SCB Medical College & Hospital, Cuttack, Odisha, India
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Chittagong Medical College Hospital, Chattogram, Bangladesh
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences—Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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- Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research and Capital Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences—Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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Bayram A, Şara Y, Uzgör F, Öztürk H. Exploring the relationship between pressure ulcer knowledge and self-efficiency among nursing students: A multicenter study. J Tissue Viability 2024:S0965-206X(24)00092-5. [PMID: 38951049 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtv.2024.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2023] [Revised: 06/11/2024] [Accepted: 06/27/2024] [Indexed: 07/03/2024]
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AIM To determine the relationship between the knowledge and self-efficiency regarding pressure ulcers of nursing students. METHODS This descriptive and correlational study was conducted with 775 nursing students from three different universities in various regions of Turkey. The "Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Assessment Tool-Updated Version" and "Pressure Ulcer Management Self-Efficiency Scale for Nurses" tool were used to collect data between May and September 2023. The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies checklist was followed to report this study. RESULTS The mean knowledge score was 7.27 ± 3.09, and the mean self-efficiency on pressure ulcer management score was 35.5 ± 18.3. A statistically significant positive correlation was found between nursing students' knowledge and self-efficiency mean scores regarding pressure ulcers (p < 0.05). A significant difference was also found between the students' academic levels and gender and their knowledge and self-efficiency scores regarding pressure ulcers. CONCLUSION In this study, where the data covers these three institutions, students' pressure ulcer knowledge and self-efficiency scores were lower compared to all academic years. Accordingly, it was also determined that students with more nursing practice experience showed higher knowledge and self-efficacy scores than students with less nursing practice experience. Additionally, the students' self-efficacy increased along with their knowledge level. Training courses may be suggested to improve students' knowledge and self-efficiency regarding pressure ulcers.
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- Aysun Bayram
- Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkiye.
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- Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Konya Selçuk University, Konya, Turkiye
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- Nursing Department, Faculty of Fethiye Health Sciences, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Muğla, Turkiye
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- Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkiye
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Chang YC, Wu MS, Siao SF, Wang MJ, Xu YJ, Chen CCH. Identifying High-Quality Non-Instrumental Dysphagia Screening Tools for Detection of Adult Dysphagia Case in Acute-Care Settings: A Systematic Review. Clin Otolaryngol 2024. [PMID: 38940226 DOI: 10.1111/coa.14194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Revised: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 06/08/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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INTRODUCTION As patients nowadays tend to have multiple diseases and complex medical histories, our aim was to identify high-quality, non-instrumental dysphagia screening tools used for the detection of adult dysphagia cases in all disease categories in acute-care settings. METHOD A literature search was conducted in five databases from each database's earliest inception to 31 July 2021 and guided by five keywords: 'dysphagia', 'deglutition', 'screening', 'test' and 'measure'. Without limiting the search in any specific disease category, reviewers assessed original studies and identified tools if they had been validated against instrumental evaluations and if they had been designed as a pass-fail procedure to screen whether dysphagia is absent or present. We further excluded any tool if it was (1) for pediatric focus, or (2) a patient self-report questionnaire. All final tool candidates underwent a methodological quality appraisal using the Revised Tool for the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (QUADAS-2). RESULT Out of 195 studies with 165 tools identified, 20 tool candidates underwent QUADAS-2 review. We found six high-quality, non-instrumental screening tools for detecting adult dysphagia cases in acute-care settings, including the Yale Swallow Protocol, Gugging Swallowing Screen, Toronto Bedside Swallowing Screening Test (both English and Portuguese versions), Sapienza Global Bedside Evaluation of Swallowing and Two-Step Thickened Water Test. These high-quality tools were developed primarily for patients with stroke. Only Yale Swallow Protocol was originally tested for heterogeneous populations with stroke, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, oesophageal surgery, neurosurgery and head-and-neck cancer. CONCLUSIONS The results highlight the gap in the unavailability of high-quality dysphagia screening tool in several emerged high-risk populations including elderly inpatients, or patients following endotracheal extubation. Further research is needed to determine whether these six tools can be effectively applied across different high-risk populations in acute-care settings to screen for cases finding.
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- Yu-Chun Chang
- School of Nursing, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Nursing, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Nursing, Buddhist Taichung Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- School of Nursing, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Nursing, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Green Rice Home Health Care Center, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- School of Nursing, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Nursing, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Gregory A, Ender J, Shaw AD, Denault A, Ibekwe S, Stoppe C, Alli A, Manning MW, Brodt JL, Galhardo C, Sander M, Zarbock A, Fletcher N, Ghadimi K, Grant MC. ERAS/STS 2024 Expert Consensus Statement on Perioperative Care in Cardiac Surgery: Continuing the Evolution of Optimized Patient Care and Recovery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2024:S1053-0770(24)00399-9. [PMID: 39004570 DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2024.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2024] [Accepted: 06/20/2024] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
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- Alexander Gregory
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine and Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Heartcenter Leipzig GmbH, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Intensive Care and Resuscitation, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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- Montreal Heart Institute, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Department of Cardiac Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charité Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto CA
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- Department of Anesthesia, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
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- Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Justus Liebig University Giessen, University Hospital Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Cleveland Clinic London, London, UK
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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Preuss J, Forbes C, Gibbs N, Weightman W, Matzelle S, Michalopoulos N. The Diagnostic Accuracy of EXTEM and HEPTEM Clotting Times Versus Standard Laboratory Tests in Cardiac Surgical Patients With and Without Normal FIBTEM Values. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2024:S1053-0770(24)00425-7. [PMID: 39013708 DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2024.06.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2024] [Revised: 06/18/2024] [Accepted: 06/23/2024] [Indexed: 07/18/2024]
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OBJECTIVES There is extensive evidence to support the use of FIBTEM to identify hypofibrinogenemia during cardiac surgery, but less to support the use of EXTEM and INTEM clotting times (CTs) to identify other plasmatic coagulation factor deficiencies. The aim of the current study was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of EXTEM, INTEM, and HEPTEM CTs, using laboratory international normalized ratio (INR) and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) as reference standards. DESIGN This was a retrospective diagnostic accuracy study. SETTING The work took place at a tertiary referral hospital. PARTICIPANTS A total of 176 cardiac surgical patients were enrolled. INTERVENTIONS INR, aPTT, ROTEM EXTEM, INTEM, and HEPTEM were measured post-heparin reversal after cardiopulmonary bypass. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Sensitivity, specificity, and positive (PPVs) and negative predictive values (NPVs) for EXTEM CT >80 seconds and HEPTEM CT >280 seconds to detect INR ≥2.0, and INTEM CT >205 seconds to detect aPTT ≥38.5 seconds were calculated for all patients and the subset with normal FIBTEM A5 (>6 mm). The prevalence of INR ≥2.0 was 13%. EXTEM CT >80 seconds had a sensitivity of 1.00, specificity of 0.25, PPV of 0.17, and NPV of 1.00. HEPTEM CT >280 seconds had a sensitivity of 0.91, specificity of 0.38, PPV of 0.18, and NPV of 0.97. INTEM CT >205 seconds had a sensitivity of 0.97, specificity of 0.11, PPV of 0.57, and NPV of 0.75 for aPTT ≥38.5 seconds. These values were similar for the subset of patients with normal FIBTEM A5. CONCLUSIONS EXTEM CT >80 seconds and HEPTEM CT >280 seconds have high sensitivities and NPVs for INR >2.0, which would effectively "rule out" INR >2.0 as a cause for excessive bleeding. However, the low specificities and PPVs indicate they would be less effective in ruling it in. INTEM CT >205 seconds had low PPV and NPV in identifying aPTT >38.5 seconds.
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- James Preuss
- Department of Anaesthesia, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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- PathWest Laboratory Medicine, Department of Haematology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, 6009, Western Australia, Australia
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Yıldız İ, Özkaraman A. Vascular complications in extremities of physically restrained intensive care unit patients: A prospective, observational study. Nurs Crit Care 2024. [PMID: 38937619 DOI: 10.1111/nicc.13107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2024] [Revised: 04/29/2024] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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BACKGROUND Physical restraint is used to prevent agitation, to continue treatments and to ensure safety in intensive care patients. Physical restraint has negative effects on physical and psychological health, and physical restraint should not be used unless necessary. AIMS The purpose of this study was to evaluate the development of vascular complications in extremities of physically restrained patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU) and the associated factors. STUDY DESIGN A prospective, observational study. The study was conducted between September 1, 2022, and March 31, 2023 in eight ICUs of a hospital located in the inner regions of Türkiye. The development of vascular complications (discolouration, distemperature, variations in capillary refill time, fluctuations in peripheral pulse, skin ulceration and oedema in the area of physical restraint) rate in patients hospitalized in the ICUs who were physically restrained. Independent sample t test, Mann-Whitney U test and Pearson-χ2 test were used to analyse the data. RESULTS During the study, 2409 patients were admitted to ICUs. Physical restraint was applied to 209 of these patients. Of the 209 patients, 112 patients who met the inclusion criteria were included in the study. The physical restraint site of the patients was evaluated an average of 230.12 times and physical restraint was terminated in 9.8% of the patients (n = 112) because of vascular complications that developed in the physical restraint site. The rate of vascular complications at the site of physical restraint was higher in patients with endotracheal tubes (p < .05), lower GCS scores (p < .05) and higher INR values (p < .05). Patients with skin ulceration at the restraint site received more massages and cream applications (%95CL = 1. 1.692-34.734, OR = 7.667, p = .032). It was determined that more massage was applied to patients with changes in skin temperature at the restraint site (%95Cl = 1.062-11.599, OR = 3.510, p = .032). CONCLUSIONS Vascular complications may develop at the restraint site in patients hospitalized in the ICU. This may be more common in ICU patients with endotracheal tube, lower GCS score and higher INR values. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE Nurses should closely monitor ICUs patients with endotracheal tube, lower GCS score and higher INR values, and implement care interventions to prevent the development of vascular complications.
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- Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Odunpazarı, Eskişehir, Türkiye
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Beyls C, Lefebvre T, Mollet N, Boussault A, Meynier J, Abou-Arab O, Mahjoub Y. Norepinephrine weaning guided by the Hypotension Prediction Index in vasoplegic shock after cardiac surgery: protocol for a single-centre, open-label randomised controlled trial - the NORAHPI study. BMJ Open 2024; 14:e084499. [PMID: 38926148 PMCID: PMC11216048 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2024] [Accepted: 06/04/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Norepinephrine (NE) is the first-line recommended vasopressor for restoring mean arterial pressure (MAP) in vasoplegic syndrome (vs) following cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. However, solely focusing on target MAP values can lead to acute hypotension episodes during NE weaning. The Hypotension Prediction Index (HPI) is a machine learning algorithm embedded in the Acumen IQ device, capable of detecting hypotensive episodes before their clinical manifestation. This study evaluates the clinical benefits of an NE weaning strategy guided by the HPI. MATERIAL AND ANALYSIS The Norahpi trial is a prospective, open-label, single-centre study that randomises 142 patients. Inclusion criteria encompass adult patients scheduled for on-pump cardiac surgery with postsurgical NE administration for vs patient randomisation occurs once they achieve haemodynamic stability (MAP>65 mm Hg) for at least 4 hours on NE. Patients will be allocated to the intervention group (n=71) or the control group (n=71). In the intervention group, the NE weaning protocol is based on MAP>65 mmHg and HPI<80 and solely on MAP>65 mm Hg in the control group. Successful NE weaning is defined as achieving NE weaning within 72 hours of inclusion. An intention-to-treat analysis will be performed. The primary endpoint will compare the duration of NE administration between the two groups. The secondary endpoints will include the prevalence, frequency and time of arterial hypotensive events monitored by the Acumen IQ device. Additionally, we will assess cumulative diuresis, the total dose of NE, and the number of protocol weaning failures. We also aim to evaluate the occurrence of postoperative complications, the length of stay and all-cause mortality at 30 days. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethical approval has been secured from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the University Hospital of Amiens (IRB-ID:2023-A01058-37). The findings will be shared through peer-reviewed publications and presentations at national and international conferences. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT05922982.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Amiens-Picardy University Hospital, Amiens, France
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- CHU Amiens-Picardie Pôle Coeur Thorax Vaisseaux, Amiens, France
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- CHU Amiens-Picardie Pôle Coeur Thorax Vaisseaux, Amiens, France
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- CHU Amiens-Picardie Pôle Coeur Thorax Vaisseaux, Amiens, France
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Åkerman S, Axelin A, Traube C, Frithiof R, Thernström Blomqvist Y. Adapting the Cornell assessment of pediatric delirium for Swedish context: translation, cultural validation and inter-rater reliability. BMC Pediatr 2024; 24:413. [PMID: 38926708 PMCID: PMC11202322 DOI: 10.1186/s12887-024-04886-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 06/17/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Pediatric delirium causes prolonged hospital stays, increased costs, and distress for children and caregivers. Currently, there is no delirium screening tool available in Sweden that has been translated, culturally validated, and tested for reliability. This study aimed to translate, culturally adapt, and assess the suitability of the Cornell Assessment of Pediatric Delirium (CAPD) for implementation in Swedish healthcare settings. METHODS The CAPD was translated and culturally adapted to Swedish context following the ten-step process recommended by the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Task Force for Translation and Cultural Adaptation. The Swedish CAPD was tested in the pediatric intensive care unit of Uppsala University Hospital, a tertiary hospital in Sweden. Inter-rater reliability was tested using intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), with both Registered Nurses (RNs) and Assistant Nurses (ANs) conducting parallel measurements using the Swedish CAPD. A reliability score of ICC > 0.75 was considered indicative of good reliability. RESULTS After translation of the CAPD into Swedish, 10 RNs participated in the cultural adaptation process. Issues related to word choice, education, and instructions were addressed. Wording improvements were made to ensure accurate interpretation. Supplementary training sessions were organized to strengthen users' proficiency with the Swedish CAPD. Additional instructions were provided to enhance clarity and usability. Inter-rater reliability testing resulted in an ICC of 0.857 (95% CI: 0.708-0.930), indicating good reliability. CONCLUSION This study successfully translated and culturally adapted the CAPD to align with Swedish contextual parameters. The resulting Swedish CAPD demonstrated good inter-rater reliability, establishing its viability as a tool for measuring delirium among pediatric patients in Swedish pediatric intensive care units. TRAIL REGISTRATION Not applicable.
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- Sara Åkerman
- Department of Surgical Sciences, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
- Uppsala Centre for Paediatric Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Research, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Uppsala Centre for Paediatric Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Research, Uppsala, Sweden
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Conway A, Goudarzi Rad M, Chang K, Parotto M, Mafeld S. Integrated pulmonary index during procedural sedation and analgesia: A cluster-randomized trial. J Adv Nurs 2024. [PMID: 38924169 DOI: 10.1111/jan.16286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2024] [Revised: 04/05/2024] [Accepted: 06/07/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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AIM To evaluate the effectiveness of utilizing the integrated pulmonary index for capnography implementation during sedation administered by nurses. DESIGN Cluster-randomized trial. METHODS Participants were enrolled from the interventional radiology department at an academic hospital in Canada. Nurses were randomized to either enable or disable the Integrated Pulmonary Index feature of the capnography monitor. Procedures were observed by a research assistant to collect information about alarm performance characteristics. The primary outcome was the number of seconds in an alert condition state without an intervention being applied. RESULTS The number of seconds in an alarm state without intervention was higher in the group that enabled the integrated pulmonary index compared to the group that disabled this feature, but this difference did not reach statistical significance. Likewise, the difference between groups for the total alarm duration, total number of alarms and the total number of appropriate alarms was not statistically significant. The number of inappropriate alarms was higher in the group that enabled the Integrated Pulmonary Index, but this estimate was highly imprecise. There was no difference in the odds of an adverse event (measured by the Tracking and Reporting Outcomes of Procedural Sedation tool) occurring between groups. Desaturation events were uncommon and brief in both groups but the area under the SpO2 90% desaturation curve scores were lower for the group that enabled the integrated pulmonary index. CONCLUSION Enabling the integrated pulmonary index during nurse-administered procedural sedation did not reduce nurses' response times to alarms. Therefore, integrating multiple physiological parameters related to respiratory assessment into a single index did not lower the threshold for intervention by nurses. IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PROFESSION AND/OR PATIENT CARE The time it takes to respond to capnography monitor alarms will not be reduced if the integrated pulmonary Iindex feature of capnography monitors is enabled during nurse-administered procedural sedation. IMPACT Results do not support the routine enabling of the integrated pulmonary index when nurses use capnography to monitor patients during procedural sedation as a strategy to reduce the time it takes to initiate responses to alarms. REPORTING METHOD CONSORT. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION There was no patient or public contribution. TRIAL REGISTRATION This study was prospectively registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (ID: NCT05068700).
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- Aaron Conway
- School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Joint Department of Medical Imaging, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Pentaris P, Dudley A, Evans D, Hockham D, Yau C, Matthews K, Hassan R. An Exploration of Lived Experiences of Sexually and Gender Diverse Staff Members in Higher Education: A Case Study. JOURNAL OF HOMOSEXUALITY 2024:1-22. [PMID: 38923917 DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2024.2370321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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Sexually and gender diverse staff in Higher Education Institutions may experience a sense of belonging and acceptance in inclusive environments, but may also face discrimination and bias, leading to feelings of isolation and exclusion. This paper reports on findings from 40 in-depth interviews and six focus group discussions with LGBTQIA+ self-identified staff members in a HEI and LGBTQIA+ allies who may identify as LGBTQIA+ themselves. Findings reveal that first impressions when joining a university as a staff member may have a long-lasting effect, while both positive and negative experiences are present. Further, a pattern is developed among gay men who may be placing more emphasis on their relationship with line managers, which can be supportive but at times toxic, unsupportive and inattentive. In addition to this, the findings highlight discrimination faced by staff, its impact on their wellbeing, and the significance of visibility and representation. This paper concludes that lived experiences of LGBTQIA+ staff members in Higher Education continue to be mixed with a high percentage of staff experiencing discrimination, primarily in the form of microaggressions, but institutions need to be more pro-active to foster safe spaces for all with more inclusive policies and practices.
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- Panagiotis Pentaris
- Department of Social, Therapeutic and Community Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK
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- Institute for Lifecourse Development, University of Greenwich, London, UK
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- Institute for Lifecourse Development, University of Greenwich, London, UK
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- School of Stage and Screen, Institute for Lifecourse Development, University of Greenwich, London, UK
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- Department of Social, Therapeutic and Community Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK
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- Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, London, UK
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Coelho F, Furtado L, Mendonça N, Soares H, Duarte H, Costeira C, Santos C, Sousa JP. Predisposing Factors to Medication Errors by Nurses and Prevention Strategies: A Scoping Review of Recent Literature. NURSING REPORTS 2024; 14:1553-1569. [PMID: 39051353 DOI: 10.3390/nursrep14030117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2024] [Revised: 06/21/2024] [Accepted: 06/24/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024] Open
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Medication errors have serious consequences and high costs for the patient and the system. The treatment process and the care required for critically ill patients are complex, and these patients are more vulnerable to errors and potential consequences. A scoping review using the JBI methodology was conducted across PubMed, CINAHL, and MEDLINE databases and reported by the PRISMA-ScR guidelines to explore strategies that can mitigate medication errors by nurses. The search strategy focused on references published between January 2012 and April 2023. Sixteen studies were included, and the results were organized into thematic areas. Medication errors by nurses are in the areas of preparation, administration, and documentation; organizational, system-related, procedural, personal, and knowledge and training factors are predisposing factors for errors; educational intervention, verification and safety methods, organizational changes, and error reporting are the strategic areas to mitigate medication error. The organization of the data could be different, as it depends on the reviewers' experience. Knowledge of the factors that cause medication errors and interventions to mitigate them make it possible to outline strategies to minimize their occurrence and achieve health gains. The protocol preceding this review has been registered in the Open Science Framework and published.
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- Fábio Coelho
- Department of Nursing, Mental Health, and Gerontology, School of Health, University of the Azores, 9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
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- Department of Nursing, Mental Health, and Gerontology, School of Health, University of the Azores, 9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
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- Department of Nursing, Mental Health, and Gerontology, School of Health, University of the Azores, 9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
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- Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechCare), School of Health Sciences, Polytechnic of Leiria, 2411-090 Leiria, Portugal
- Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), 3004-011 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechCare), School of Health Sciences, Polytechnic of Leiria, 2411-090 Leiria, Portugal
- Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), 3004-011 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechCare), School of Health Sciences, Polytechnic of Leiria, 2411-090 Leiria, Portugal
- Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), 3004-011 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechCare), School of Health Sciences, Polytechnic of Leiria, 2411-090 Leiria, Portugal
- Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), 3004-011 Coimbra, Portugal
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Jørgensen VL, Adelsten J, Christensen S, Nielsen DV, Eschen CT, Sørensen HM, Sørensen M, Madsen SA, Gjedsted J, Pedersen FM, Nielsen J, Grønlykke L. The use of prone position ventilation in Danish patients with COVID-19-induced severe acute respiratory distress syndrome treated with veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A nationwide cohort study with focus on pulmonary effects. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2024. [PMID: 38932581 DOI: 10.1111/aas.14481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Revised: 05/25/2024] [Accepted: 06/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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BACKGROUND Prone position ventilation (PPV) is recommended for patients with COVID-19 induced severe Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and is used for patients supported with V-V ECMO as well. The purpose of this study was to describe the use of PPV in these patients focusing on physiological effects with the hypothesis that PPV could reduce oxygen need and improve dynamic compliance. METHODS This study was a nationwide retrospective analysis of all COVID-19 patients in Denmark from March 2020 - December 2021 with severe ARDS and need of V-V ECMO support. Data on the number of patients treated with PPV, number of PPV sessions, timing, the time spent in prone position, pulmonary physiological response types with analysis of variables affecting the response are reported. RESULTS Out of 68 patients 44 were treated with 220 PPV sessions and a positive clinical response was observed in 80% of patients but only in 45% of sessions. On a single session level, increased compliance was observed in 38% and increased oxygenation in only 15% of 220 sessions, with within-patient heterogeneity. Higher dynamic compliance at the beginning of a PPV session was associated with a lower delta change in dynamic compliance during PPV. The response to a PPV session could not be predicted by the response in the prior session. Dynamic compliance did not change during the ECMO course. CONCLUSION Eighty percent of patients responded positively during a PPV session, but this was not associated with overall pulmonary improvement. On a single patient level, responses were heterogenous and only 45% of sessions resulted in clinical improvement. Response in dynamic compliance was associated with starting values of compliance.
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- Vibeke Lind Jørgensen
- Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Intensive Care, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Mizubuti GB, E Lima LHN, E Lima RM, Ho AK, de Cássia Rodrigues R, Cagnolati DC, Dos Santos Júnior V, Belfiore EBR, Santos FNC, Lam WSV, Chu M, Korz LTC, Szulewski A, McMullen M, Burjorjee J, Sydor D, Carten K, Wang L, Phelan R, Smethurst B, Cheng C, Hopman WM, Ho AMH. Identifying intraoperative events in a simulated laparotomy video: a multinational study of inattentional blindness among anesthesiologists. Can J Anaesth 2024:10.1007/s12630-024-02788-0. [PMID: 38918271 DOI: 10.1007/s12630-024-02788-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2023] [Revised: 02/18/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024] Open
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PURPOSE Medical errors may be occasionally explained by inattentional blindness (IB), i.e., failing to notice an event/object that is in plain sight. We aimed to determine whether age/experience, restfulness/fatigue, and previous exposure to simulation education may affect IB in the anesthetic/surgical setting. METHODS In this multicentre/multinational study, a convenience sample of 280 anesthesiologists watched an attention-demanding video of a simulated trauma patient undergoing laparotomy and (independently/anonymously) recorded the abnormalities they noticed. The video contained four expected/common abnormalities (hypotension, tachycardia, hypoxia, hypothermia) and two prominently displayed unexpected/rare events (patient's head movement, leaky central venous line). We analyzed the participants' ability to notice the expected/unexpected events (primary outcome) and the proportion of expected/unexpected events according to age group and prior exposure to simulation education (secondary outcomes). RESULTS Anesthesiologists across all ages noticed fewer unexpected/rare events than expected/common ones. Overall, younger anesthesiologists missed fewer common events than older participants did (P = 0.02). There was no consistent association between age and perception of unexpected/rare events (P = 0.28), although the youngest cohort (< 30 yr) outperformed the other age groups. Prior simulation education did not affect the proportion of misses for the unexpected/rare events but was associated with fewer misses for the expected/common events. Self-perceived restfulness did not impact perception of events. CONCLUSION Anesthesiologists noticed fewer unexpected/rare clinical events than expected/common ones in an attention-demanding video of a simulated trauma patient, in keeping with IB. Prior simulation training was associated with an improved ability to notice anticipated/expected events, but did not reduce IB. Our findings may have implications for understanding medical mishaps, and efforts to improve situational awareness, especially in acute perioperative and critical care settings.
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- Glenio B Mizubuti
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston General Hospital site, 76 Stuart Street, Kingston, ON, K7L 2V7, Canada.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Public Health Sciences (Epidemiology), Queen's University School of Medicine, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Chai Wan, Hong Kong
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Chai Wan, Hong Kong
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- Department of Anesthesia, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
- Department of Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Kingston General Hospital Research Institute, Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston, ON, Canada
- Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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Tang M, Chui PL, Chong MC, Liu X. Post-traumatic stress disorder in children after discharge from the pediatric intensive care unit: a scoping review. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2024:10.1007/s00787-024-02505-8. [PMID: 38916767 DOI: 10.1007/s00787-024-02505-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2024] [Accepted: 06/17/2024] [Indexed: 06/26/2024]
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As the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among children discharged from pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) continues to rise, corresponding research efforts have also increased. This scoping review aimed to review the PTSD prevalence, influencing factors, and tools used for PTSD measurements in children discharged from the PICU. This review employed the five-stage framework proposed by Arksey and O'Malley. The data sources included PubMed, Web of Science, Ovid, ScienceDirect, Springer, Scopus, CNKI, and WANFANG. Studies in English or Chinese published up to September 2023 were eligible for inclusion. The search yielded a total of 3536 results, with 31 articles meeting the inclusion criteria. The included studies reported that the prevalence of PTSD ranged from a minimum of 13% to a maximum of 84.6%. Risk factors for PTSD included medical interventions, child-related factors, and family environment. A total of 17 assessment tools for PTSD in PICU patients were reported. Given the significance of PTSD in this pediatric population, further attention, research, and intervention are warranted to help alleviate the burden of PTSD.
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- Maoting Tang
- Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia
- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Nursing, West China Second University Hospital, West China School of Nursing, Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children, Sichuan University, Ministry of Education, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia.
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- Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia
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- School of Nursing and Health Studies, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Homantin, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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Girault C, Artaud-Macari E, Jolly G, Carpentier D, Cuvelier A, Béduneau G. [High-flow nasal oxygen therapy and hypercapnic acute respiratory failure]. Rev Mal Respir 2024:S0761-8425(24)00228-6. [PMID: 38926023 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2024.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2024] [Accepted: 05/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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Humidified high-flow nasal oxygen therapy (HFNO) has, in recent years, come to assume a key role in the management of hypoxemic acute respiratory failure (ARF). While non-invasive ventilation (NIV) currently represents the first-line ventilatory strategy in patients exhibiting hypercapnic ARF, the operating principles and physiological effects of HFNO could be interesting and useful in the initial management of hypercapnic ARF and/or after extubation, particularly in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Under these conditions, HFNO could be used either alone continuously or in combination with NIV during breaks in spontaneous breathing, depending on the severity and etiology of the underlying hypercapnic ARF.
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- C Girault
- Service de médecine intensive et réanimation, GRHVN UR-3830, CHU-hôpitaux de Rouen, Normandie univ, 76000 Rouen, France.
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- Service de pneumologie, oncologie thoracique et soins intensifs respiratoires, GRHVN UR-3830, CHU-hôpitaux de Rouen, Normandie univ, 76000 Rouen, France
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- Service de médecine intensive et réanimation, CHU-hôpitaux de Rouen, 76000 Rouen, France
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- Service de médecine intensive et réanimation, CHU-hôpitaux de Rouen, 76000 Rouen, France
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- Service de pneumologie, oncologie thoracique et soins intensifs respiratoires, GRHVN UR-3830, CHU-hôpitaux de Rouen, Normandie univ, 76000 Rouen, France
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- Service de médecine intensive et réanimation, GRHVN UR-3830, CHU-hôpitaux de Rouen, Normandie univ, 76000 Rouen, France
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Asadi N, Salmani F. The experiences of the families of patients admitted to the intensive care unit. BMC Nurs 2024; 23:430. [PMID: 38918819 PMCID: PMC11197245 DOI: 10.1186/s12912-024-02103-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2023] [Accepted: 06/17/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND The admission of close family members to intensive care units can cause significant stress and anxiety for both patients and their families. The sudden and unexpected nature of such admissions often leaves families feeling worried, confused, and shocked. This study aimed to explore the experiences of families with loved ones admitted to the intensive care unit. METHOD The current qualitative study used conventional content analysis. The researchers purposefully selected 11 close family members of patients admitted to the intensive care unit. Semi-structured in-depth face-to-face interviews were conducted with the participants. These interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed the data. FINDINGS After reviewing and analyzing the data, three themes and nine categories emerged. These themes included the search for support resources, psychological consequences within the family, and the presence of various needs within the families. CONCLUSION The study findings revealed that families, when present in the intensive care unit, actively sought support resources due to their fear of their loved one's mortality. The interactions with the healthcare team and the fulfillment of their needs could significantly affect their sense of hope and confidence in the patient's condition. It is recommended that nurse managers, who possess a genuine perception of the family's needs, implement family-oriented measures and interventions to provide the necessary support.
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- Neda Asadi
- Nursing Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Nursing and Midwifery Sciences Development Research Center, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran.
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Li L, Liu R, He J, Li J. "Effects of threshold respiratory muscle training on respiratory muscle strength, pulmonary function and exercise endurance after stroke: a meta-analysis". J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2024; 33:107837. [PMID: 38936646 DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2024.107837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2024] [Revised: 06/17/2024] [Accepted: 06/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Most studies on improvements in respiratory muscle strength, activities of daily living (ADL) and quality of life (QoL) in stroke patients receiving threshold respiratory muscle training (TRMT) have small sample sizes, and some studies have contradictory results. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effectiveness of TRMT on respiratory muscle strength, pulmonary function and exercise endurance in stroke patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS PubMed, Cochrane Library, Physical Therapy Evidence Database (PEDro), Embase (via OVID) and Web of Science databases were searched for randomized controlled trial (RCT) from inception to January 17, 2024. The primary outcome was maximum inspiratory pressure (MIP) or maximum expiratory pressure (MEP). Secondary outcomes included pulmonary function measured by forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) and peak expiratory flow (PEF), and exercise endurance measured by 6-minute walk test (6MWT). RESULTS A total of eight randomized controlled trials(RCTs), including 305 persons, were included in this study. The training time ranged from 3 weeks to 10 weeks. Among them, the intervention group in 4 studies used inspiratory muscle training, and the other 4 studies used inspiratory muscle training and expiratory muscle training. For the primary outcome, TRMT significantly improved MIP (mean=14.68 cmH2O, 95 %CI=2.28 to 27.09 cmH2O, P=0.02) and MEP (mean=9.37 cmH2O, 95 %CI=2.89 to 15.84 cmH2O, P=0.005) in stroke patients. Regarding the secondary outcomes, TRMT improved FVC, FEV1 and 6MWT (P<0.05) but did not significantly improve PEF. CONCLUSION TRMT improved inspiratory muscle strength and expiratory muscle strength, improved exercise endurance, and improved FVC and FEV1 of pulmonary function but did not significantly improve PEF.
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- Lei Li
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, PR China; Key Laboratory of Rehabilitation Medicine in Sichuan Province, Chengdu, Sichuan, PR China.
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, PR China; Key Laboratory of Rehabilitation Medicine in Sichuan Province, Chengdu, Sichuan, PR China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, PR China; Key Laboratory of Rehabilitation Medicine in Sichuan Province, Chengdu, Sichuan, PR China
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Sichuan, China
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Johnen D, Krüger L, Mannebach T, Squiccimarro F, Langer G, Hotze E. [Effects of nursing visits on primary nursing : An evaluation study in an intensive care unit]. Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed 2024:10.1007/s00063-024-01163-7. [PMID: 38916654 DOI: 10.1007/s00063-024-01163-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2024] [Revised: 05/16/2024] [Accepted: 05/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/26/2024]
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BACKGROUND After a pilot phase in 2017, nursing visits (PV) were implemented in an intensive care unit (ICU) at a university hospital. So far, published findings on the impact of PV on the primary nursing organisation system (process-responsible nursing [PP]) could not be identified. AIM Primary aim was to investigate the effects of PV on PP from the nurses perspective. Secondary aims included comparison with the results of the pilot phase (t0) to determine further effects, general conditions of the PP and the overall evaluation. METHODS A quantitative evaluation study using a standardised questionnaire was used. RESULTS The survey was conducted in September to October 2023 (t1) with a response rate of 74.6% (n = 47). On a scale of 1-6 (strongly agree; strongly disagree), 100.0% of the process-responsible nurses (PP; n = 8) and 77.0% of the nurses without process responsibility (P; n = 30) rated the PV at levels 1-3 (p = 0.328) as contributing to the evaluation of care planning for patients with process responsibility. PV provided support for the implementation of PP (PP: 100.0%, n = 8; P: 79.5%, n = 31; p = 0.318) and had a statistically significant effect (r = 0.97, p = 0.035) on improving the quality of care and care planning for patients with procedural responsibility. The nurses indicated with levels 1-3 that the patients were more consciously brought into the focus of nursing care through the PV (t1: 74.4%, n = 35; t0: 86.4%, n = 38; p = 0.953). The PV should take place weekly and was rated with a median of 2 (IQR t1: 1-3; t0:1-2). CONCLUSION PV support the implementation of PP and patient-centred care in the ICU.
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- Dirk Johnen
- Intensivstation E 0.1, Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Georgstraße 11, 32345, Bad Oeynhausen, Deutschland
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- Stabsstelle Projekt- und Wissensmanagement/Pflegeentwicklung Intensivpflege, Pflegedirektion, Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Georgstraße 11, 32545, Bad Oeynhausen, Deutschland.
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- Intensivstation E 0.1, Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Georgstraße 11, 32345, Bad Oeynhausen, Deutschland
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- Intensivstation A 1.4, Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Georgstraße 11, 32345, Bad Oeynhausen, Deutschland
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- Institut für Gesundheits- und Pflegewissenschaft, German Center for Evidence-based Nursing, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Straße 8, 06112, Halle (Saale), Deutschland
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- Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Hochschule Osnabrück, Caprivistraße 30a, 49076, Osnabrück, Deutschland
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Uzun S. The effectiveness of nurses' psychosocial interventions for sensory deprivation in intensive care patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ir J Med Sci 2024:10.1007/s11845-024-03735-0. [PMID: 38918276 DOI: 10.1007/s11845-024-03735-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2024] [Accepted: 06/04/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024]
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OBJECTIVE This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the effectiveness of nurses' psychosocial interventions for addressing sensory deprivation in intensive care units (ICUs). MATERIALS AND METHODS A comprehensive search of PubMed, Web of Science, EBSCOhost, Google Scholar, CİNAHL, Embase, Cochrane Library, and YÖK Thesis Center databases was conducted from August 2023 to May 2024, without any temporal restrictions. In addition, a physical search was made in the university library for grey literature. RESULTS The study revealed that nurses' psychosocial interventions significantly improved patients' level of consciousness (SMD = 1.042, %95 CI = 0.716 to 1.369; Z = 6.25; p < .05) and sleep quality in ICUs (SMD=1.21, 95% CI= 0.232 to 1.810; Z = 2.49; p < .05). The effectiveness of psychosocial interventions varied based on the type of intervention, patient age, ICU type, patient group, and intervention duration. Notably, auditory stimuli and aromatherapy demonstrated particularly high effect sizes, significantly enhancing patients' levels of consciousness and sleep quality. CONCLUSION In conclusion, psychosocial interventions aimed at reducing sensory deprivation in intensive care units exert beneficial effects on individuals, notably enhancing their level of consciousness and improving sleep quality.
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- Sevda Uzun
- Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Gümüşhane University Faculty of Health Sciences, Gümüşhane, Turkey.
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Li W, Lin X, Fang Z, Fang X, Zheng X, Tu W, Feng X. Risk factors for converting traditional wards to temporary intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from nurses' perspectives. Nurs Crit Care 2024. [PMID: 38924665 DOI: 10.1111/nicc.13106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Revised: 05/24/2024] [Accepted: 05/27/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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BACKGROUND The surge in critically ill COVID-19 patients caused a shortage of intensive care unit (ICU) beds. Some hospitals temporarily transformed general wards into ICUs to meet this pressing health care demand. AIM This study aims to evaluate and analyse the risk factors in temporary ICU from the perspective of nurses. By identifying these factors, the goal is to provide actionable insights and recommendations for effectively establishing and managing temporary ICUs in similar crisis scenarios in the future. STUDY DESIGN The study was conducted in China within a public hospital. Specifically, it focused on examining 62 nurses working in a temporary ICU that was converted from an infectious disease ward. The research utilized the Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA) scoring method to identify potential threats, evaluate their probability, estimate their impact on specific organizations or regions and calculate the relative risk associated with such occurrences. RESULTS Staff demonstrated the highest risk percentage (32.74%), with Stuff (16.11%), Space (15.19%) and System (11.30%) following suit. The most critical risk factors included insufficient knowledge and decision-making competence in critical care (56.14%), lacking decision-making abilities and skills in renal replacement therapy care (55.37%), inadequate decision-making capacity and relevant skills in respiratory support care (50.64%), limited decision-making capability in circulatory support care (45.73%) and unfamiliarity with work procedures or systems (42.09%). CONCLUSIONS Urgent implementation of tailored training and support for temporary ICU nurses is paramount. Addressing capability and skill-related issues among these nurses supersedes resource availability, infrastructure, equipment and system considerations. Essential interventions must target challenges encompassing nurses' inability to perform critical treatment techniques autonomously and ensure standardized care. These measures are designed to heighten patient safety and elevate care quality during emergencies. These findings offer a viable avenue to mitigate potential moral distress, anxiety and depression among nurses, particularly those transitioning from non-critical care backgrounds. These nurses swiftly assimilate into temporary ICUs, and the study's insights offer practical guidance to alleviate their specific challenges. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE The study on risk factors for converting traditional wards into temporary ICU during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially from the perspective of nurses, provides crucial insights into the challenges and requirements for effectively establishing and managing these emergency settings. The findings highlight several key areas of concern and opportunities for improvement directly related to clinical practice, particularly in situations where there is a rapid need to adapt to increased demands for critical care. By addressing the identified risk factors through enhanced training, support systems, resource management, process improvements and cultivating a culture of adaptability, not only can the quality of care in temporary ICUs be improved, but also can the health care system be better prepared for future emergencies. These actions will help mitigate the risks associated with such conversions, ultimately benefiting patient safety, staff well-being and the overall effectiveness of health care services in crises.
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- Wenyu Li
- Nursing Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- General Surgery Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Nursing Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Nursing Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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Safi F, Areshtanab HN, Ghafourifard M, Ebrahimi H. The association between self-efficacy, perceived social support, and family resilience in patients undergoing hemodialysis: a cross-sectional study. BMC Nephrol 2024; 25:207. [PMID: 38918709 PMCID: PMC11202372 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-024-03629-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Self-efficacy of patients on hemodialysis is considered a main component of the successful management of chronic kidney diseases. The self-efficacy of these patients may be influenced by many individual and social factors. This study aimed to assess the association between perceived self-efficacy and social support by patients on hemodialysis treatment and the resilience of their families. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted on 183 patients and 183 families of hemodialysis patients in the largest hemodialysis center in northwest of Iran. Data was collected from July to December 2021 using chronic kidney disease self-efficacy, multidimensional perceived social support (MSPSS), and the Walsh family resilience questionnaire (WFRQ). The collected data were analyzed by SPSS software using descriptive and inferential statistical tests. RESULTS The findings showed that the mean score of patients' self-efficacy was 171.63 ± 38.19 in a possible range of 25 to 250. Moreover, the mean score of perceived social support was 62.12 ± 16.12 in a possible range of 7 to 84. The mean total score of family resilience was 119.08 ± 26.20 in a possible range of 32 to 84. Also, the results of the study showed a positive and significant relationship between the self-efficacy of patients with their perceived social support and the resilience of their families (p < 0.01). CONCLUSION The results of the study showed that there is a significant relationship between patient self-efficacy and family resilience and social support received in chronic kidney patients undergoing hemodialysis. Therefore, it is suggested to consider practical strategies in the field of family resilience and social support to improve patients' self-efficacy.
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- Farzaneh Safi
- Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, RN, Iran
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- Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, RN, Iran.
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- Medical Education Research Center, Health Management and Safety Promotion Research Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
- Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, RN, Iran
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Perme CS, Damasceno MS, Chandrashekar R, Xu J, Ratnani I, Masud F, Wilches-Luna EC. Perme ICU Physical Therapy Competency: Development of an ICU Knowledge and Skills Assessment Tool. Intensive Crit Care Nurs 2024; 85:103750. [PMID: 38924825 DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2024.103750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2024] [Revised: 05/16/2024] [Accepted: 06/08/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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BACKGROUND Physical therapy for patients in the ICU is advanced practice demanding specialized knowledge and skills. However, ICU physical therapy competency standards lack uniformity or defined processes. OBJECTIVES To describe the development process of the Perme ICU Physical Therapy Competency and to assess its face and content validity. METHODS Quantitative research study for the content validation of the Perme ICU Physical Therapy Competency using a panel of experts. The face validity assessment consisted of two informal surveys and discussions with clinicians representing various disciplines in ICU. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES A content validation survey included analysis of sufficiency, clarity, coherence, and relevance for items in the Perme ICU Physical Therapy Competency. For the quantitative analysis of content validity, the item-level content validity index (I-CVI) was used. Scale-level content validity index based on the universal agreement method (S-CVI/UA) was calculated as the proportion of items on the scale that achieve a relevance scale of 3 or 4 by all experts. Scale-level content validity index was calculated based on the average method (S-CVI/Ave). RESULTS The sufficiency, clarity, coherence, and relevance of the Perme ICU Physical Therapy Competency items presented S-CVI/Ave greater than 80 % (97 %, 97 %, 99 %, 95 %, respectively). CONCLUSION This study establishes that the Perme ICU Physical Therapy Competency has a satisfactory level of face and content validity. IMPLICATIONS FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE The Perme ICU Physical Therapy Competency, with its solid framework, is a valuable assessment tool applicable for integration in any ICU competency program. It can be utilized as a self-assessment tool by individual therapists or in collaboration with mentors and evaluators to evaluate knowledge and skills effectively. This innovative tool not only enhances clinical practice but also presents an opportunity for advancing the physical therapy profession within the ICU setting.
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- Christiane S Perme
- Rehab Services Department, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, United States.
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- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Department, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Center for Health Data Science and Analytics, Research Institute Houston Methodist, Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston, TX, United States
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- Dept of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Dept of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston, TX, United States
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- Facultad de Salud, Escuela de Rehabilitación Humana, Programa de Fisioterapia, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia; Departamento de Ciencias ds Saude, Facultade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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Li Q, Liu T, Chen X. Medical Adhesive-related Skin Injuries Caused by Eye Taping: A Case Report. J Perianesth Nurs 2024:S1089-9472(24)00098-4. [PMID: 38935012 DOI: 10.1016/j.jopan.2024.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Revised: 03/05/2024] [Accepted: 03/10/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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This case report discusses medical adhesive-related skin injuries (MARSIs) caused by eye taping during an emergency open reduction internal fixation surgery under general anesthesia. The presented case involves a 72-year-old woman with a proximal humeral fracture, where 3M Transpore adhesive tape caused blisters on both eyelids. This tape is an acrylic-based medical adhesive and is commonly used to keep eyelids closed during general anesthesia. MARSIs can largely be prevented through evidence-based clinical guidance. Enhancing awareness of MARSIs among anesthesia providers and perianesthesia nurses is crucial to prevent and manage such injuries effectively.
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- Qing Li
- Department of Anesthesiology and Operating Theater, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Operating Theater, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Operating Theater, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Bavaresco T, Menegon DB, Macedo ABT, Tanaka RY, Candaten AE. Association between clinical characteristics of patients with pressure ulcer in the COVID-19 pandemic. Rev Gaucha Enferm 2024; 45:e20230086. [PMID: 38922229 DOI: 10.1590/1983-1447.2024.20230086.en] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/27/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the associations between the clinical characteristics of patients hospitalized with pressure injuries (PI) during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHOD Cross-sectional study of 237 PI notifications in a hospital in southern Brazil. Collection took place in 2021 in an institutional management program, with interlocution to the patient's medical record. Analysis using descriptive statistics, Student's t-test, Pearson's chi-square and Wilcoxon. RESULTS The mean age was 59.4±14.4 years, with 59.7% male, 74.7% diagnosed with COVID-19. High risk (57.8%), stage 2 (80.2%), sacral region, intergluteal/gluteal region (73.0%) were predominant and death was the prevalent outcome (51.1%), with a median of 9.5 (0-217) days after notification. There was no association of death with diabetes, systemic arterial hypertension, smoking and reason for hospitalization. CONCLUSION The association between the clinical characteristics of hospitalized patients with pressure injuries reflects the systemic inflammation of patients affected by COVID-19.
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- Taline Bavaresco
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Escola de Enfermagem. Departamento de Enfermagem Médico-Cirúrgica. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
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- Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre. Comissão de Prevenção e Tratamento de Feridas. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
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- Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre. Comissão de Prevenção e Tratamento de Feridas. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
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- Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre. Comissão de Prevenção e Tratamento de Feridas. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
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Poh PF, Carey MC, Manning JC, Lee JH, Latour JM. Parental emotional, social and transitional health in the first 6 months after childhood critical illness: A longitudinal qualitative study. J Adv Nurs 2024. [PMID: 38922972 DOI: 10.1111/jan.16288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2023] [Revised: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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AIM To explore the experiences and support needs of parents in the first 6 months after paediatric critical care. DESIGN Longitudinal qualitative design. METHODS Sequential semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with a sample of 28 parents in succession at 1 month and at 6 months (n = 22) after their child's discharge from paediatric critical care using purposive sampling. Data were analysed using the adapted five-stage framework analysis. RESULTS Data were developed into eight synthesized themes, three domains and an overarching theme: Regaining Normalcy. Families of children requiring medical treatment at 6 months showed signs of adaption to daily care routines. The two domains were Parental Emotional Health and Parental Social Health. Parental Transitional Health, a third domain, was added to the Post Intensive Care Syndrome-paediatric framework. Parents were forward-looking and discussed emotional health, relating to current caregiving issues. Emotional attention was related to present challenges and concerns about current health and possible readmission to the hospital. In terms of Parental Social Health, families isolated themselves for infection control while remaining connected with families using chat applications. Parents were selective to whom they allowed access to their lives. The impact of parental transitional health was evident and emphasized the daily challenges associated with integration back to home life. Flexible work arrangements allowed working parents to support caregiving needs in the first 6 months after discharge. CONCLUSION In the first 6 months after paediatric critical illness, most families reported having moved past the experiences while having provoking memories of the admission period. Parents viewed the point of normalcy as child returned to school or when all medications were discontinued. Extension of transitional support can facilitate discharge experiences between paediatric critical care and normalcy. The findings highlight the importance of understanding the medium- and longer-term impact of paediatric critical care. IMPACT What problem did the study address? ○ Limited understanding of long-term parental experiences and support needs after PICU discharge. What were the main findings? ○ Most families regained normalcy when child returns to school or when medications were discontinued. Some families continued to show signs of adaptations at 6 months after PICU discharge. Where and on whom did the research have an impact? ○ The research has an impact on improving the understanding of long-term parental experiences and support needs after PICU discharge, informing clinical practice, guiding policy development and shaping parental support programs. REPORTING METHOD We reported this study using the COREQ guidelines. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION Prior to confirming the interview guide, three parents of critically ill children actively participated by reviewing and providing feedback on its content. They provided suggestions to refine the wording and ensure clarity to enhance the participants' understanding. By including the perspectives of these parents, we aimed to improve the overall quality and relevance of the interview guide.
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- Pei-Fen Poh
- Division of Nursing, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
- Paediatrics Academic Clinical Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
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- Nottingham Children's Hospital, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
- School of Healthcare, College of Life Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Paediatrics Academic Clinical Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
- Children's Intensive Care Unit, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
- Department of Nursing, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- School of Nursing, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Barr P. Moral foundations, moral emotions, and moral distress in NICU nurses. Nurs Ethics 2024:9697330241262468. [PMID: 38910344 DOI: 10.1177/09697330241262468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/25/2024]
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Background: Moral distress is common in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nurses. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationships between NICU nurses' moral foundations, moral emotions, and moral distress. Research design and method: This is an observational cross-sectional self-report questionnaire study. Participants and research context: One hundred and forty-two (24%) of 585 Level 3-4 NICU nurses completed pen-and-paper self-report measures of moral foundations (harm, fairness, ingroup, authority, and purity) (Moral Foundations Questionnaire-20), proneness to self-conscious moral emotions (guilt and shame) (modified Personal Feelings Questionnaire-2), and moral distress (futile care, compromised care, and untruthful care) (modified Revised Moral Distress Scale). Ethical considerations: Participation was voluntary and anonymous. The ethics committees of the participating hospitals approved the study protocol (HREC Reference: LNR/18/SCHN/316). Results: Non-parametric statistical analyses showed medium to large correlations between moral foundations and moral emotions. Moral foundations and moral emotions had trivial to small correlations with moral distress. Using a liberal p-value of <.10 for statistical significance because of the small sample size, harm (rs = 0.22) and fairness (rs = 0.16) predicted futile care, ingroup predicted compromised care (rs = 0.19) and untruthful care (rs = 0.15), and purity predicted untruthful care (rs = 0.15). Guilt-proneness predicted futile care (rs = 0.15). Shame-proneness did not predict moral distress. Conclusion: The correlations between moral foundations and moral emotions were significant. Moral foundations and guilt-proneness predicted one or more dimensions of moral distress. The smaller than expected effect sizes may have been owing to how moral foundations, moral emotions, and moral distress were conceptualized and measured, or to moral disengagement, including NICU nurses' possible reluctance to countenance aversive but morally warranted feelings of guilt and especially shame. Understanding the nature of these relationships may complement the efforts of NICU administrators, educators, counsellors, and nurses themselves to mitigate moral distress.
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Alves P, Bååth C, Manuel T, Almeida S, Källman U. Pressure ulcers during the COVID-19 pandemic in intensive care:A multicenter cohort study. J Tissue Viability 2024:S0965-206X(24)00082-2. [PMID: 38937249 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtv.2024.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 06/16/2024] [Accepted: 06/21/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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AIM The objective of the present study is twofold: to describe the prevalence and incidence of pressure ulcers (PUs) among ICU patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to identify the risk factors associated with the development of PUs in this cohort of ICU patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retrospective cohort study of adult critical care patients admitted in two general ICUs of two different countries (Sweden and Portugal) between March 1st, 2020, and April 30th, 2021, through the analysis of the electronic health record database. The prevalence and incidence were calculated, and a multivariate logistic-regression model was used to calculate odds ratios (ORs), of possible risk factors of PU development. RESULTS The sample consisted of 1717 patients. The overall prevalence of PU was 15.3 %, and the incidence of ICU-acquired PUs was 14.1 %. Most of the pressure ulcers documented in this study were at the anterior part of the body (45.35 %) and regarding classification, Category 2 (38.40 %) and Category 3 (22.71 %) pressure ulcers together accounted for over fifty percent of the cases recorded. In the multivariate logistic regression model for PU, age, having COVID-19 (OR = 1.58, 95 % CI: 1.20-2.09), use of mechanical ventilation (OR = 1.49, 95 % CI: 1.13 = 1.97), use of vasopressors (OR = 1.31, 95 % CI: 1.00-1.70), having a Braden risk score ≤16 at admission (OR = 1.63; 95 % CI: 1.04-2.56), and length of stay (LOS) (OR = 1.43, 95 % CI 1.03-2.00 if LOS 90-260 h, OR = 2.34, 95 % CI: 1.63-3.35 if LOS >260 h) were associated with the likelihood of developing an ICU-acquired PUs. CONCLUSION When adjusted for covariates patients with COVID-19 had a higher risk for PU development during the ICU stay compared to patients without COVID-19. Health care personnel in ICU may consider incorporating COVID-19, age, use of mechanical ventilation, vasopressors and estimated LOS in addition to a comprehensive risk assessment including both a risk score and clinical assessment.
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- Paulo Alves
- Universidade Católica Portuguesa | Wounds Research Lab - Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Health, Portugal; Universidade Católica Portuguesa | School of Nursing of the Institute of Health Sciences, Porto, Portugal; Portuguese Wound Management Association (APTFeridas), Portugal.
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- Karlstad University, Department of Health Sciences, Karlstad, Sweden; Østfold University College, Faculty of Health, Welfare and Organization, Fredrikstad, Norway
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- Universidade Católica Portuguesa | Wounds Research Lab - Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Health, Portugal; Universidade Católica Portuguesa | School of Nursing of the Institute of Health Sciences, Porto, Portugal; Portuguese Wound Management Association (APTFeridas), Portugal
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- Universidade Católica Portuguesa | Wounds Research Lab - Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Health, Portugal; Universidade Católica Portuguesa | School of Nursing of the Institute of Health Sciences, Porto, Portugal
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- Research Unit, FoUI Department, Södra Älvsborgs Hospital, Borås, Sweden; University of Gothenburg, Faculty of Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Health and Care Sciences, Gothenburg, Sweden
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