Pneumonia (respiratory medicine)

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Quality improvement
Including a weaning predictor in the daily assessment of weaning readiness increased mechanical ventilation weaning time

Judith L Reishtein
Evid. Based Nurs. 2007; 10: 91. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Treatment
Nutritional supplementation after surgery for hip fracture reduced fracture related complications in otherwise healthy patients

Cindy Doucette
Evid. Based Nurs. 2007; 10: 56. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Why fair tests are needed: a brief history

Iain Chalmers
Evid. Based Nurs. 2007; 10: 4-5. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Treatment
Oral decontamination with chlorhexidine reduced ventilator associated pneumonia in patients needing mechanical ventilation for 48 hours

Ee Yuee Chan
Evid. Based Nurs. 2007; 10: 19. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Treatment
A target backrest elevation of 45° was not feasible for mechanically ventilated patients; elevations achieved did not prevent ventilator associated pneumonia

Brenda Lynn Morgan
Evid. Based Nurs. 2006; 9: 117. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Treatment
Mechanical ventilation with heated humidifiers or with heat and moisture exchangers with microbiological filters did not reduce ventilator associated pneumonia in adults

Ros MacLeod, Tracey Bucknall
Evid. Based Nurs. 2006; 9: 82. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Treatment
Review: subglottic secretion drainage reduces ventilator associated pneumonia

Bronagh Blackwood
Evid. Based Nurs. 2005; 8: 114. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Treatment
Review: mild induced hypothermia does not reduce mortality or severe disability in moderate to severe head injury

Blair Donkin
Evid. Based Nurs. 2005; 8: 84. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Treatment
Review: enteral nutrition reduces infections, need for surgical intervention, and length of hospital stay more than parenteral nutrition in acute pancreatitis

Jan M Binnekade
Evid. Based Nurs. 2005; 8: 19. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Treatment
Review: adding non-invasive positive pressure ventilation to usual care reduces treatment failure in respiratory failure

Karen Stevens
Evid. Based Nurs. 2005; 8: 22. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]