Check out what’s new in the Journal of the Intensive Care Society with James Day and Segun Olusanya. They discuss new research on futility of care, nurse led tracheostomy weaning and concerns with work-related health problems for ICU staff.
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1. The Jahi Mcmath Case. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahi_McMath_case
2. The death of Marlise Munoz. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Marlise_Muñoz
3. Danbury C, Newdick C. Futile Treatment in Intensive Care. JICS 2014 January; 15 (1): 10-11 (free full text at http://journal.ics.ac.uk/pdf/1501010.pdf )
4. Ridley S, Harrison DA, Walmsley E, Harvey S, Rowan KM. The Cardiac Output Monitoring Evaluation –UK (COMET-UK) study. JICS 2014 January; 15(1) : 12-17 (Free full text at http://journal.ics.ac.uk/pdf/1501012.pdf )
5. Pattani H, et al. Pilot study of two nurse-led weaning protocols in patients with tracheostomies. JICS 2014 January; 15(1): 18-23 (Free full text at http://journal.ics.ac.uk/pdf/1501018.pdf )
6. Morris CGT, Burns SA, Richards SB. Modern protective ventilation strategies: impact upon the right heart. JICS 2014 January; 15(1): 28-33 (free full text at http://journal.ics.ac.uk/pdf/1501028.pdf )
7. Thomas P et al. In-hospital and post-discharge mortality in the extreme elderly admitted to intensive care. JICS 2013 January; 15(1): 48-52 (free full text at http://journal.ics.ac.uk/pdf/1501048.pdf )
8. Jones A et al. Increasing the retirement age in intensive care medicine: Perception of the effect on patient safety and personal health. JICS 2014 January; 15(1): 57-60 (free full text at http://journal.ics.ac.uk/pdf/1501057.pdf)