The hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS) is the most serious acute hyperglycemic
emergency in patients with type 2 diabetes. von Frerichs and Dreschfeld described the first …

Stepdown beds provide an intermediate level of care for patients with requirements
somewhere between that of the general ward and the intensive care unit. Models of care …

Importance Among patients whose need for intensive care is uncertain, the relationship of
intensive care unit (ICU) admission with mortality and costs is unknown. Objective To …

Public reporting and payment programs in the United States have embraced thirty-day
readmissions as an indicator of between-hospital variation in the quality of care, despite …

Chinese translation Background: Strains on the capacities of intensive care units (ICUs) may
influence the quality of ICU-to-floor transitions. Objective: To determine how 3 metrics of ICU …

ICUs are an essential but expensive part of all modern hospitals. With increasingly limited
healthcare funding, methods to reduce expenditure without negatively influencing patient …

Objectives: Although critical care physicians view obesity as an independent poor
prognostic marker, growing evidence suggests that obesity is, instead, associated with …

Background Arterial (AC) and central venous catheterization (CVC) are common in intensive
care units (ICUs). Few data describe which patients receive these devices and whether …

Metabolic acidosis is a disorder frequently encountered in emergency medicine and
intensive care medicine. As literature has been enriched with new data concerning the …

Importance Maximizing the value of critical care services requires understanding the
relationship between intensive care unit (ICU) utilization, clinical outcomes, and costs …