Lehmkuhl, Lene Dreyer, Pia Laerkner, Eva Tanghus Olsen, Hanne Jespersen, Eva Juel Rothmann, Mette
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Intensive & critical care nursing
To gain an in-depth understanding of the phenomenon of mobilisation when conscious and mechanically ventilated patients are mobilised in the intensive care unit. A qualitative study with a phenomenological-hermeneutic approach. Data were generated in three intensive care units from September 2019 to March 2020. Participant observations of twelve co...
Andersson, Maria Nordin, Anna Fredholm, Angelica Engström, Åsa
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Intensive & critical care nursing
The aim was to describe the Person-Centred Practice Framework's four domains (prerequisites, care environment, person-centred processes, and person-centred outcomes) through the perspectives of critical care nurses working in intensive care units during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, the aim was to investigate the relationsh...
Alotni, Majid Guilhermino, Michelle Duff, Jed Sim, Jenny
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Australian critical care : official journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses
This integrative review sought to identify and synthesise quantitative and qualitative evidence on barriers to pain management in adult intensive care units (ICUs). Pain is experienced by 58% of adult ICU patients, which leads to consequences such as decreased healing and delirium. Managing pain effectively is an integral part of the critical care ...
Rückholdt, Monica Tofler, Geoffrey H Randall, Sue Cistulli, Peter A Whitfield, Victoria Washington, Kristy Ward, Chris Fethney, Judith Morrel-Kopp, Marie-Christine Buckley, Thomas
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Australian critical care : official journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses
The hospitalisation of a patient in intensive care impacts the psychological health of family members, with a high prevalence of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress symptoms reported among families of critically ill patients. Understanding of the behavioural and physiological impact is limited and presents a new area of focus. The object...
Graham, Nicole D Graham, Ian D Vanderspank-Wright, Brandi Varin, Melissa Demery Nadalin Penno, Letitia Fergusson, Dean A Squires, Janet E
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Australian critical care : official journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses
The objectives of the review were to (i) assess the methodological quality of all accessible and published guidelines and care bundles that offer a recommendation related to sedation interruptions, using the AGREE-II instrument, to (ii) determine what is the recommended best practice for sedation interruptions from the available guidelines, and the...
Fucile, Sandra Dow, Kimberly
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Canadian journal of occupational therapy. Revue canadienne d'ergotherapie
Background. Occupational therapy practice for oral feeding assessment is based on clinical observation of infants' sucking, swallowing, and breathing ability, which is influenced by clinical experience and provides poor evidence on explanatory factors. Purpose. To test the clinical utility and safety of a nipple monitoring device for the quantitati...
Singer, Pierre; Blaser, Annika Reintam; Berger, Mette M; Calder, Philip C; Casaer, Michael; 34584; Hiesmayr, Michael; Mayer, Konstantin; Montejo-Gonzalez, Juan Carlos; Pichard, Claude; Preiser, Jean-Charles;
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Following the new ESPEN Standard Operating Procedures, the previous 2019 guideline to provide best medical nutritional therapy to critically ill patients has been shortened and partially revised. Following this update, we propose this publication as a practical guideline based on the published scientific guideline, but shortened and illustrated by ...
Bloomer, Melissa J Ranse, Kristen Adams, Leah Brooks, Laura Coventry, Alysia
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Australian critical care : official journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses
Providing bereavement support and care to families is an aspect of critical care nursing practice that can be rewarding, yet emotionally and psychologically challenging. Whilst significant research has focused on end-of-life care in critical care, less is known about nurses' experiences after patient death. The aim of this study was to synthesise r...
Hansell, Louise Milross, Maree Delaney, Anthony Tian, David H Ntoumenopoulos, George
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Australian critical care : official journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses
Lung ultrasound (LUS) for physiotherapists is an emerging bedside tool. The LUS score of aeration presents as a possible means of assessing and monitoring lung aeration associated with respiratory physiotherapy treatments. There are no studies to date that have assessed the interrater reliability (IRR) of physiotherapists assigning the LUS score of...
Gunasekaran, Chandrasekaran Eastwood, Glenn M Peck, Leah Young, Helen Serpa Neto, Ary Bellomo, Rinaldo
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Australian critical care : official journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses
Ferritin, an acute phase reactant, and the ferritin index (FI = observed ferritin level/upper limit of normal level for age and sex) may be prognostic biomarkers in septic shock and cardiac surgery patients. The purpose of this exploratory study is to assess the outcome associations of ferritin and FI levels in septic shock compared to post-cardiac...
