Background: After critical illness, new or worsening impairments in physical, cognitive,
and/or mental health function are common among patients who have survived. Who should …

In this review, we seek to highlight how critical illness and critical care affect longer-term
outcomes, to underline the contribution of ICU delirium to cognitive dysfunction several …

Background Improved outcomes are associated with the Awakening and Breathing
Coordination, Delirium, and Early exercise/mobility bundle (ABCDE); however …

Importance The Third International Consensus Definitions Task Force defined sepsis as “life-
threatening organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated host response to infection.” The …

Importance Estimates from claims-based analyses suggest that the incidence of sepsis is
increasing and mortality rates from sepsis are decreasing. However, estimates from claims …

Context Cognitive impairment and functional disability are major determinants of caregiving
needs and societal health care costs. Although the incidence of severe sepsis is high and …

Background In 2013, New York began requiring hospitals to follow protocols for the early
identification and treatment of sepsis. However, there is controversy about whether more …

Racial Bias in Pulse Oximetry The question of whether pulse oximetry measurements vary
according to race has not been adequately studied, despite the wide use of this measure in …

Methods| The KPNC cohort included 482 828 adults (aged≥ 18 years) with overnight,
nonobstetrical hospitalizations at 21 KPNC hospitals between 2010 and 2012. 2 Compared …

Rationale: Prior sepsis studies evaluating antibiotic timing have shown mixed results.
Objectives: To evaluate the association between antibiotic timing and mortality among …