2014
Hospital Bed Type, the Electronic Medical Record, and Safe Bed Elevation in the Intensive Care Setting
Fitch Z, Duquaine D, Ohkuma R, Schneider E, Whitman G. Hospital Bed Type, the Electronic Medical Record, and Safe Bed Elevation in the Intensive Care Setting. American Journal Of Medical Quality 2014, 31: 69-72. PMID: 25366326, DOI: 10.1177/1062860614556743.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBedsCardiac Surgical ProceduresElectronic Health RecordsGuideline AdherenceHumansIntensive Care UnitsNursing Staff, HospitalPneumonia, Ventilator-AssociatedConceptsElectronic medical recordsHOB angleMedical recordsCardiac surgical intensive care unitSurgical intensive care unitVentilator-associated pneumoniaIntensive care settingIntensive care unitPercent of nursesCare unitHOB elevationBedside indicatorsCare settingsNursesElevationCompliancePneumoniaPatients
2013
Increased risk of pneumonia among ventilated patients with traumatic brain injury: every day counts!
Hui X, Haider A, Hashmi Z, Rushing A, Dhiman N, Scott V, Selvarajah S, Haut E, Efron D, Schneider E. Increased risk of pneumonia among ventilated patients with traumatic brain injury: every day counts! Journal Of Surgical Research 2013, 184: 438-443. PMID: 23816243, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2013.05.072.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTraumatic brain injuryRisk of pneumoniaMechanical ventilationCause pneumoniaAIS scoreBrain injuryGlasgow Coma Scale motor scoreNational Trauma Data Bank 2007Days of MVICDMAP-90 softwareDevelopment of pneumoniaInjury Scale scoreScale motor scoreRisk of VAPApproximate relative riskVentilator independenceComorbidity scoreHospital lengthNeurologic impairmentMotor scoresVentilated patientsInjury factorsInsurance statusInjury typePneumonia cases