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How to use an article about quality improvementEddy Fan
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 1830 E Monument St, Fifth Floor, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
JAMA 304:2279-87. 2010..Given the potential for widespread implementation of QI interventions, there is a need for robust study methods in QI research...
Inter-rater reliability of manual muscle strength testing in ICU survivors and simulated patientsEddy Fan
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1830 East Monument Street, 5th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Intensive Care Med 36:1038-43. 2010..DESIGN, SUBJECTS, AND SETTING: The authors report on 19 trainees undergoing quality assurance within a multi-site prospective cohort study...
Neuromuscular electrical stimulation for intensive care unit-acquired weakness: protocol and methodological implications for a randomized, sham-controlled, phase II trialMichelle E Kho
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University, Phipps 197, 600 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Phys Ther 92:1564-79. 2012..Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES), which can provide some muscular activity even very early during critical illness, is a promising modality for patients in the ICU...
Rehabilitation therapy and outcomes in acute respiratory failure: an observational pilot projectJennifer M Zanni
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Crit Care 25:254-62. 2010..The aim of this study was to describe the frequency, physiologic effects, safety, and patient outcomes associated with traditional rehabilitation therapy in patients who require mechanical ventilation...
Early physical medicine and rehabilitation for patients with acute respiratory failure: a quality improvement projectDale M Needham
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 91:536-42. 2010..To (1) reduce deep sedation and delirium to permit mobilization, (2) increase the frequency of rehabilitation consultations and treatments to improve patients' functional mobility, and (3) evaluate effects on length of stay...
Human immunodeficiency virus infection and hospital mortality in acute lung injury patientsPedro A Mendez-Tellez
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Crit Care Med 38:1530-5. 2010..To evaluate the impact of human immunodeficiency virus infection on hospital mortality in patients with acute lung injury and to evaluate predictors of mortality among acute lung injury patients with human immunodeficiency virus...
Bench-to-bedside review: mobilizing patients in the intensive care unit--from pathophysiology to clinical trialsAlex D Truong
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Crit Care 13:216. 2009..Further research is required to determine whether early mobility in the ICU can improve patients' short-term and long-term outcomes...
Technology to enhance physical rehabilitation of critically ill patientsDale M Needham
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Crit Care Med 37:S436-41. 2009..The introduction of physical medicine and rehabilitation-related technology into the intensive care unit may help facilitate delivery of this therapy...
Monitoring and reducing central line-associated bloodstream infections: a national survey of state hospital associationsDavid J Murphy
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Med Qual 25:255-60. 2010..A national collaborative to address CLABSIs may reduce these infections while building capacity to improve other aspects of health care quality...
The functional comorbidity index had high inter-rater reliability in patients with acute lung injuryEddy Fan
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
BMC Anesthesiol 12:21. 2012..abstract:..
Physical rehabilitation of patients in the intensive care unit requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a small case seriesRod A Rahimi
Department of Medicine and Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery, OACIS, Research Group, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Phys Ther 93:248-55. 2013..Consequently, there is a need for innovative examples of safely and feasibly delivering active rehabilitation to these patients...
ICU staffing and patient outcomes: more work remainsDavid J Murphy
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Crit Care 13:101. 2009..Future studies should evaluate other potential mechanisms by which closed ICUs improve patient outcomes. An improved understanding of these mechanisms may yield new targets for improving the quality of medical care for all ICU patients...
Therapies for refractory hypoxemia in acute respiratory distress syndromeMatthew R Pipeling
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
JAMA 304:2521-7. 2010..Future studies are needed to elucidate the efficacy of these therapies on outcomes in patients with severe ARDS and refractory hypoxemia...
Critical illness neuromyopathy and muscle weakness in patients in the intensive care unitEddy Fan
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
AACN Adv Crit Care 20:243-53. 2009..Future studies are needed to elucidate the multiple mechanisms by which immobility, CINM, and other aspects of critical illness lead to muscle loss and neuromuscular dysfunction...
Review of a large clinical series: sedation and analgesia usage with airway pressure release and assist-control ventilation for acute lung injuryEddy Fan
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Intensive Care Med 23:376-83. 2008..Our objective was to compare sedative and analgesic doses, agents, and sedation status in patients with airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) versus assist-control (AC) ventilation on the first day after acute lung injury diagnosis...
