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Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) 46th Critical Care Congress

January 21 - 25, 2017; Honolulu, Hawaii

January 21 - 25, 2017 Honolulu, Hawaii

SCCM ICU Readmissions Do Not Signal Inferior Care Regulators commonly use readmissions to evaluate the quality of critical care; however, a new study looking at outcomes for more than 10,000 patients calls the association into question.
Medscape Medical News, January 27, 2017
SCCM Critical Care Clinicians at High Risk for Burnout Teams working in intensive care units are at especially high risk for stress and exhaustion, but effective strategies to help individuals and organizations are being developed.
Medscape Medical News, January 23, 2017

Conference News

SCCM Sepsis-3 Recommendations Fortified by External Study
Medscape Medical News, February 1, 2017
SCCM ICU Readmissions Do Not Signal Inferior Care
Medscape Medical News, January 27, 2017
SCCM Hospitals Need to Plan for Mass Casualties
Medscape Medical News, January 26, 2017

SCCM MRSA Culture Results Can Drive Antibiotic De-escalation
Medscape Medical News, January 24, 2017
SCCM Critical Care Clinicians at High Risk for Burnout
Medscape Medical News, January 23, 2017
SCCM New Infection Data and Sepsis-Guideline Critique at SCCM
Medscape Medical News, January 17, 2017

Popular News From SCCM 2016

New Criteria Released for Defining Sepsis, Septic Shock One of the largest collaborative studies ever conducted in the field of critical care has resulted in updated definitions for sepsis and septic shock and the development of a new assessment score.
Medscape Medical News, Feb 23, 2016
New Measure for Sepsis Promises Rapid Diagnosis Monocyte distribution width, a new biomarker, is more accurate than white blood cell count for determining which patients are truly septic, report researchers.
Medscape Medical News, Mar 2, 2016
Early Nutrition Improves Outcome in Pediatric Brain Injury The timing of initiation of nutritional support varies for children with traumatic brain injury, but outcomes are better when feeding is started early, new research suggests.
Medscape Medical News, Feb 29, 2016

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