RT Book, Section
A1 Evans, Laura
A1 Chitkara, Nishay
A2 McKean, Sylvia C.
A2 Ross, John J.
A2 Dressler, Daniel D.
A2 Brotman, Daniel J.
A2 Ginsberg, Jeffrey S.
SR Print(0)
ID 56203866
T1 Chapter 136. Prevention in the Intensive Care Unit Setting
T2 Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-160389-8
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56203866
RD 2024/04/23
AB What  are  the  common  preventable  complications  of  intensive  care  unit  (ICU)  care?What  components  are  included  within  the  care  bundles  to  reduce  catheter-related  blood  stream  infections  and  ventilator-associated  pneumonia?What  pharmacologic  and  nonpharmacologic  interventions  may  be  used  for  prevention  of  venous  thromboembolism  in  the  ICU?Which  ICU  patients  are  high  risk  for  stress  ulcer  bleeding  and  require  pharmacologic  prophylaxis?  When  should  prophylaxis  be  discontinued?What  are  the  essential  elements  of  interdisciplinary  care  in  the  ICU?