BACKGROUND
Delirium is common in critically ill patients but is frequently under-recognised, inconsistently documented, and poorly explained to families. In our 48-bed intensive care unit (ICU), baseline chart review identified probable delirium in 65% of sampled admissions, yet the term "delirium" was documented in on...
M. A. Innes, Joanne Buttery, P. Emerson et al.· Australian Critical Care· 0 citations
BACKGROUND
Vancomycin has a narrow therapeutic window requiring careful drug dosing and monitoring to ensure efficacy while avoiding toxicity. Although protocolised prescribing and monitoring are recommended in antibiotic guidelines, adherence in clinical practice is infrequently reported.
OBJECTIVES
We sought to des...
Robin Curran, Krish Sundararajan, Michael Davies et al.· Australian Critical Care· 0 citations
Background An obesity paradox has been described in general and selected intensive care populations, whereby obese patients experience lower mortality than healthy-weight patients despite physiological disadvantages. Whether this paradox exists among a selected group of patients with acute hypoxaemic respiratory failur...
P. Emerson, Pei-Yao Du, H. Oakey et al.· Critical Care and Resuscitat...· 0 citations
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