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New Storage Systems Could Expand Donor-Organ Availability Two new organ preservation systems could improve the availability of donor hearts and lungs, researchers report.
Reuters Health Information, August 15, 2019
Racial/Ethnic Disparities Continue in NICU Care Extensive racial and ethnic disparities in the structure, processes, and outcomes of NICU care exist; however, there are multiple actionable steps to address the problem, experts say.
Medscape Medical News, July 29, 2019

Docs No Less Likely to Die in Hospital Than Other Patients
Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2019
Researchers Try to Make ICU Less Traumatic for Patients, Families
Reuters Health Information, July 17, 2019
Alert AFM 'Season' Starts With 11 Cases, CDC Urges Docs to Be Vigilant
News Alerts, July 9, 2019
Survival of In-Hospital Arrests Shines Under BSN Nurse Care
Medscape Medical News, July 9, 2019

Critical Care Nursing Perspective

Facing Death, a Physician Has a Change of Heart Dr Alin Gragossian describes her own heart transplant experience with Dr Robert Glatter and provides advice for healthcare workers.
Medscape Emergency Medicine, August 13, 2019
Will This Be the Holy Grail for Sepsis? An effective intervention for severe sepsis and septic shock can't come soon enough.
Medscape Infectious Diseases, July 2, 2019

Are Compression Devices Effective at Reducing DVT Risk?
Medscape Critical Care, May 23, 2019
Two Ways We Transmit Pathogens to Hospitalized Patients
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), May 8, 2019
New Sepsis Definition and Treatment--What Changed?
Medscape Hospital Medicine, April 19, 2019
Surgeon Wins Again in Lawsuit Appeal; More
Medscape Business of Medicine, April 16, 2019

Journals

Delirium and Benzodiazepines Linked to Prolonged ICU Stay
Critical Care Medicine, November 1, 2017
Lung Ultrasound to Monitor VAP in Critically Ill Patients
Critical Care, December 5, 2016
Involving the Family in Developmental Care of the NICU Baby
Journal of Perinatology : Official Journal of the California Perinatal Association, February 4, 2016
Differential Outcome of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Audit and Feedback Program in Two Intensive Care Units
BMC Infectious Diseases, December 15, 2015
Risk Factors for Delirium After On-Pump Cardiac Surgery
Critical Care, December 2, 2015

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