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Evidence-Based Review (formerly titled "Journal Club")

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Below are the links to the AJCC Journal Club feature articles.

March 2010
CRITICAL CARE MANAGEMENT Impact of Morbidity and Mortality Conferences on Analysis of Mortality and Critical Events in Intensive Care Practice

January 2010
CRITICAL CARE MANAGEMENT Monitor Alarm Fatigue: Standardizing Use of Physiological Monitors and Decreasing Nuisance Alarms

November 2009
PULMONARY CRITICAL CARE Reducing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Through Advanced Oral-Dental Care: A 48-Month Study

September 2009
QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES Composite Outcomes of Chronically Critically Ill Patients 4 Months After Hospital Discharge

July 2009
CRITICAL CARE EVALUATION Effect of Mechanical Chest Percussion on Intracranial Pressure: A Pilot Study

May 2009
NURSING EDUCATION IN CRITICAL CARE Outcome Evaluation of a New Model of Critical Care Orientation

March 2009
PATIENT SAFETY ISSUES Competence and Certification of Registered Nurses and Safety of Patients in Intensive Care Units

January 2009
PATIENT SAFETY ISSUES Patients' Bath Basins as Potential Sources of Infection: A Multicenter Sampling Study

November 2008
CHALLENGES IN THE CRITICAL CARE WORKPLACE Nursing Workload Associated With Fever in the General Intensive Care Unit

September 2008
CRITICAL CARE TECHNIQUES Rescuer’s Position and Energy Consumption, Spinal Kinetics, and Effectiveness of Simulated Cardiac Compression

July 2008
PRESSURE ULCER MANAGEMENT Quality Improvement Program to Reduce the Prevalence of Pressure Ulcers in an Intensive Care Unit

May 2008
QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES Uncertainty and Health-Related Quality of Life 1 Year After Coronary Angiography

March 2008
PATIENT SAFETY ISSUES Improvement of Glucose Control in the Intensive Care Unit: An Interdisciplinary Collaboration Study

January 2008
CRITICAL CARE MANAGEMENT A National Online Survey on the Effectiveness of Clinical Alarms

November 2007
INNOVATIVE APPROACHES Animal-Assisted Therapy in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure

September 2007
CRITICAL CARE MANAGEMENT Decisions Made by Critical Care Nurses During Mechanical Ventilation and Weaning in an Australian Intensive Care Unit

July 2007
CARDIOVASCULAR CRITICAL CARE Atrial Electrograms After Cardiac Surgery: Survey of Clinical Practice

May 2007
FAMILIES IN CRITICAL CARE Attitudes Toward and Beliefs About Family Presence: A Survey of Healthcare Providers, Patients’ Families, and Patients

March 2007
INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN CRITICAL CARE Relationship of Antimicrobial Control Policies and Hospital and Infection Control Characteristics to Antimicrobial Resistance Rates

January 2007
PREVENTING VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA Nurses’ Implementation of Guidelines for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

November 2006
PATIENT-FOCUSED CARE Using Evidence and Process Improvement Strategies to Enhance Healthcare Outcomes for the Critically Ill: A Pilot Project

September 2006
END-OF-LIFE CARE IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT Practice of Expert Critical Care Nurses in Situations of Prognostic Conflict at the End of Life

July 2006
CLINICAL ISSUES IN CRITICAL CARE Mechanical Thromboprophylaxis in Critically Ill Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

May 2006
HEALTH SERVICES IN CRITICAL CARE Levels of Care in the Intensive Care Unit: A Research Program

March 2006
CRITICAL CARE TECHNIQUES Detection of Inadvertent Airway Intubation During Gastric Tube Insertion: Capnography Versus a Colorimetric Carbon Dioxide Detector

January 2006
CRITICAL CARE LOGISTICS AND STAFFING American Association of Critical-Care Nurses' National Survey of Facilities and Units Providing Critical Care

November 2005
ISSUES IN RESUSCITATION Critical Care Providers' Perceptions of the Use of Vasopressin in Cardiac Arrest

September 2005
ALTERNATIVE THERAPY Use of Complementary and Alternative Therapies: A National Survey of Critical Care Nurses

July 2005
RESEARCH FOR PRACTICE Hand Hygiene Behavior in a Pediatric Emergency Department and a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: Comparison of Use of 2 Dispenser Systems

May 2005
ADVANCED NURSING PRACTICE IN CRITICAL CARE Nutritional Adequacy in Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation Who Are Fed Enterally

March 2005
CLINICAL ISSUES IN CRITICAL CARE Time Out! Is Timepiece Variability a Factor in Critical Care?

January 2005
CRITICAL CARE TEAM Effect of a Multidisciplinary Intervention on Communication and Collaboration Among Physicians and Nurses

November 2004
CARDIAC SURGERY Short-Term Complications and Resource Utilization in Matched Subjects After On-Pump or Off-Pump Primary Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass

September 2004
PULMONARY CRITICAL CARE Effect of Kinetic Therapy on Pulmonary Complications

July 2004
PAIN RELIEF IN CRITICAL CARE Appropriately Timed Analgesics Control Pain Due to Chest Tube Removal

May 2004
PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES IN CRITICAL CARE Visiting Preferences of Patients in the Intensive Care Unit and in a Complex Care Medical Unit

March 2004
ASPECTS OF CRITICAL CARE NURSING Nocturnal Care Interactions With Patients in Critical Care

January 2004
ORAL CARE IN THE ICU Oral Health and Care in the Intensive Care Unit: State of the Science

November 2003
CRITICAL CARE CARDIOLOGY Frequency and Outcomes of Transient Myocardial Ischemia in Critically Ill Adults Admitted for Noncardiac Conditions

September 2003
MONITORING IN CRITICAL CARE Evaluation of Chemical Dot Thermometers for Measuring Body Temperature of Orally Intubated Patients

July 2003
END-OF-LIFE CARE Improving Family Communications at the End of Life: Implications for Length of Stay in the Intensive Care Unit and Resource Use

May 2003
INFECTIOUS DISEASE CRITICAL CARE Legionnaires Disease: A Case Study

March 2003
TECHNIQUES IN CRITICAL CARE Oral Care Interventions in Critical Care: Frequency and Documentation

January 2003
RESPIRATORY CRITICAL CARE Effect of Tracheal Gas Insufflation During Weaning From Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation: A Preliminary Study

November 2002
INNOVATIONS IN CRITICAL CARE Effects of an Augmented Postoperative Fluid Protocol on Wound Healing in Cardiac Surgery Patients

September 2002
PAIN MANAGEMENT IN CRITICAL CARE Practices and Predictors of Analgesic Interventions for Adults Undergoing Painful Procedures

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