TY - JOUR T1 - Daily multidisciplinary team rounds associated with reduced 30-day mortality in medical intensive care unit patients JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 91 LP - 92 DO - 10.1136/ebn1066 VL - 13 IS - 3 AU - Matthew D McHugh Y1 - 2010/07/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/13/3/91.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Kim MM, Barnato AE, Angus DC, et al. The effect of multidisciplinary care teams on intensive care unit mortality. Arch Intern Med 2010;170:369–76.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science Patients treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) require complex care and have a high risk of mortality and complications. Models of care that incorporate multidisciplinary care teams – teams including physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists and other critical care staff members – have been endorsed by professional organisations as a means of improving quality of care for patients in the ICU. Another intervention identified as improving outcomes in the ICU is the use of a physician intensivist-led model of care.1 There … ER -