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Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) 2019 Congress

February 17 - 20, 2019; San Diego, California

February 17 - 20, 2019 San Diego, California

SCCM 2019 Bag-Mask Ventilation Helps Prevent Hypoxemia 'For every nine critically ill adults undergoing tracheal intubation, providing bag-mask ventilation between induction and laryngoscopy would prevent severe hypoxemia in one patient,' researchers say.
Medscape Medical News, February 21, 2019

SCCM 2019 Move to Take CMS Sepsis Mandates Nationwide Debated
Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2019
SCCM 2019 Bag-Mask Ventilation Helps Prevent Hypoxemia
Medscape Medical News, February 21, 2019
SCCM 2019 Health Record Change Curbs Daily Chest X-rays in ICUs
Medscape Medical News, February 20, 2019

Thirty-Day Readmission Rules Associated With Increased Mortality In a retrospective analysis of 8.3 million hospitalizations, a program created by the Affordable Care Act to reduce costs may have led to harm. Policy experts call for better evaluation of new policy.
Medscape Medical News, Dec 28, 2018
Incorrect Survival Prediction Ups Aggressive End-of-Life Care naccurate survival predictions increase the risk that terminal cancer patients will receive poor-quality end-of-life care, such as whole-brain radiation therapy, from which they derive no benefit.
Medscape Medical News, Oct 23, 2018
Fewer Deaths After Sepsis Protocol Mandate Fewer sepsis deaths occurred after implementation of state-mandated sepsis care bundles and reporting on sepsis care and patient outcomes, a study found.
Medscape Medical News, Sep 07, 2018

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