I’m back after a head injury — with (even more) admiration for my GPs
I wrote for Australian Doctor for some years as Retractor, but then I got too busy doctoring and being called an urban terrorist (by a…
Tag: iCU
Prolonged beta-lactam infusions beat intermittent dosing for sepsis, say Aussie doctors
Continuous infusions of beta-lactam antibiotics, rather than intermittent doses, should be adopted as the standard of care for managing adults with sepsis, according to Australian doctors. The…
‘Being critically ill is not their main complaint’: Doctor says noisy ICUs causing patients sleep deprivation
A leading intensivist is on a mission to turn down the volume in ICUs, after his research shows patients are struggling to sleep amid noise…
Brushing teeth of ICU patients could mean fewer cases of hospital-acquired pneumonia
Cleaning ICU patients’ pearly whites once a day appears to cut their risk of developing hospital-acquired pneumonia by a third, a US study shows. …
