Keith J Foster,Sonia Lin,Charles J Turck
Keith J Foster
Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is caused by liver impairment and has a multitude of symptoms in affected patients, including change in level of consciousness, intellectual function, and neuromuscular function. Pharmacologic therapy includes us...
Drug dosing considerations for the critically ill patient with liver disease [0.03%]
肝病重症患者的药物剂量调整注意事项
Sonia Lin,Brian S Smith
Sonia Lin
Hepatic dysfunction in the critically ill patient presents a unique challenge to clinicians when designing pharmacotherapeutic treatment plans. Overall, the literature regarding drug dosing in critically ill patients with hepatic dysfunctio...
Drug-induced liver disease [0.03%]
药物性肝病
Jiwon W Kim,Akiko Hattori,Paula V Phongsamran
Jiwon W Kim
More than 1000 drugs have been associated with hepatic injury, which can present in all forms of acute and chronic liver disease. The identification and prevention of drug-induced liver disease remain challenging tasks for health care profe...
Amit Mahajan,Ishaq Lat
Amit Mahajan
The depletion of vital coagulation factors and proteins in the setting of acute liver failure (ALF) is common and multifactorial. The management of critically ill patients with ALF is difficult and requires a multidisciplinary approach to e...
Management of ascites [0.03%]
腹水的治疗
Preeti A Reshamwala
Preeti A Reshamwala
Ascites is the most common complication of cirrhosis, and it often leads to hospitalization. Quality of life and mortality are negatively impacted by ascites. This article highlights the management of this potentially deadly complication. ...
Aneesh K Mehta,G Marshall Lyon rd
Aneesh K Mehta
Patients with chronic liver diseases sustain impairment to immune systems, which worsens over time. These defects in their host defense lead to risks of bacterial infections and increased morbidity. Providers should have heightened surveill...
Liver failure. Preface [0.03%]
肝衰竭。前言
Dinesh Yogaratnam,Sarah Saxer,Tenita P Foston
Dinesh Yogaratnam
Mary Beth Thomas
Mary Beth Thomas
Errors in health care are a leading cause of death and injury, requiring new methods for evaluating the efficacy of health care services. A board of nursing staff member conducted a study to examine perceptions of registered nurses who had ...
Defragmenting care: testing an intervention to increase the effectiveness of interdisciplinary health care teams [0.03%]
针对改善多学科医疗团队效果的干预措施进行测试：重新组织护理
Rachel V Kilgore,Rae W Langford
Rachel V Kilgore
Few studies in the literature have examined the outcomes of health care interdisciplinary teams. Most existing studies have measured attributes of health care teams; however, none have implemented and examined outcomes of a team development...
Cindy Diamond Zolnierek,Cynthia M Steckel
Cindy Diamond Zolnierek
Adequate nurse staffing is inextricably linked to patient outcomes and, although optimal staffing levels for inpatient hospital units are widely debated, staffing standards for critical care areas such as intensive care units may be less va...