{"title":"Pressure Injury Risk Assessment and Prevention in Patients With COVID-19 in the Intensive Care Unit.","authors":"J. Alderden, S. Kennerly, Jill N. Cox, T. Yap","doi":"10.4037/aacnacc2022335","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4037/aacnacc2022335","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND\u0000Patients critically ill with COVID-19 are at risk for hospital-acquired pressure injury, including device-related pressure injury.\u0000\u0000\u0000METHODS\u0000Braden Scale predictive validity was compared between patients with and without COVID-19, and a logistic regression model was developed to identify risk factors for device-related pressure injury.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000A total of 1920 patients were included in the study sample, including 407 with COVID-19. Among the latter group, at least 1 hospital-acquired pressure injury developed in each of 120 patients (29%); of those, device-related pressure injury developed in 55 patients (46%). The Braden Scale score area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.72 in patients without COVID-19 and 0.71 in patients with COVID-19, indicating fair to poor discrimination.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSIONS\u0000Fragile skin and prone positioning during mechanical ventilatory support were risk factors for device-related pressure injury. Clinicians may consider incorporating factors not included in the Braden Scale (eg, oxygenation and perfusion) in routine risk assessment and should maintain vigilance in their efforts to protect patients with COVID-19 from device-related pressure injury.","PeriodicalId":46461,"journal":{"name":"AACN Advanced Critical Care","volume":"33 2 1","pages":"173-185"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44333021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analgesia and Sedation in Critically Ill Patients With Burns.","authors":"P. Weaver, Rochelle Brual, David Blair","doi":"10.4037/aacnacc2022588","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4037/aacnacc2022588","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46461,"journal":{"name":"AACN Advanced Critical Care","volume":"33 2 1","pages":"125-129"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42447857","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Primer on Artificial Intelligence Used in Electronic Health Records.","authors":"L. Harrington","doi":"10.4037/aacnacc2022390","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4037/aacnacc2022390","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46461,"journal":{"name":"AACN Advanced Critical Care","volume":"33 2 1","pages":"130-133"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44770112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Perry M Gee, Marla J Weston, Tom Harshman, Lesly A Kelly
{"title":"Beyond Burnout and Resilience: The Disillusionment Phase of COVID-19.","authors":"Perry M Gee, Marla J Weston, Tom Harshman, Lesly A Kelly","doi":"10.4037/aacnacc2022248","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4037/aacnacc2022248","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In caring for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses are experiencing a crisis of emotional highs and lows that will have lasting implications for their professional and personal well-being. As a result, much attention has been focused on nurse burnout, but the range of nurses' experiences is more nuanced, complicated, and profound. With the recognition that the nursing workforce was already experiencing burnout before the pandemic, this article explores how individuals respond to disasters and the detrimental effects of the repeated surges of critically ill patients, which have led nurses to experience an extended period of disillusionment that includes secondary traumatic stress, cumulative grief, and moral distress. This article describes the range of psychological responses to the COVID-19 pandemic so that nurse leaders can better identify resources and interventions to support nurses.</p>","PeriodicalId":46461,"journal":{"name":"AACN Advanced Critical Care","volume":"33 2","pages":"134-142"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39642733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Differentiation of Lower Extremity Skin Changes in the Intensive Care Setting.","authors":"K. Bauer","doi":"10.4037/aacnacc2022737","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4037/aacnacc2022737","url":null,"abstract":"Digital and lower extremity skin changes often signify critical underlying disorders. Patients in the intensive care unit also frequently have hemodynamic instability requiring the use of vasoactive medications, which may lead to various presentations of limb ischemia; preexisting conditions increase these patients' risk for arterial embolization. Most arterial emboli are clots that originate in the heart and travel to distant vascular beds, where they cause arterial occlusion, ischemia, and, potentially, infarction; the 2 most common sequelae are stroke and lower limb ischemia. Emboli also arise from atherosclerotic plaques. Other conditions can also cause skin color changes in this vulnerable population. Prompt recognition and differentiation of lower extremity skin changes can result in improved patient outcomes. A thorough literature search was conducted to differentiate the primary causes of lower extremity and digital skin changes in the critically ill patient and outline diagnostic and management techniques.","PeriodicalId":46461,"journal":{"name":"AACN Advanced Critical Care","volume":"33 2 1","pages":"196-207"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44648545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Justin L Miller, Hallie Harper, Hannah Jane McCarty, Peng Li, Allison R. Jones
{"title":"Time to Hemostasis After Trauma and Transfusion by Patient Blood Type.","authors":"Justin L Miller, Hallie Harper, Hannah Jane McCarty, Peng Li, Allison R. Jones","doi":"10.4037/aacnacc2022432","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4037/aacnacc2022432","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND\u0000Although evidence supports an increased risk of mortality after major trauma among patients with type O blood, the relationship between patient blood type and clinical outcomes aside from mortality has not been fully elucidated.\u0000\u0000\u0000OBJECTIVE\u0000To examine the relationship between patient blood type and time to hemostasis after trauma and massive transfusion.\u0000\u0000\u0000METHODS\u0000A secondary analysis of the Pragmatic, Randomized Optimal Platelet and Plasma Ratios (PROPPR) trial was performed (N = 544). Blood type was dichotomized into type O versus non-type O. It was hypothesized that patients with non-type O blood would achieve hemostasis more quickly owing to the theoretical presence of increased clotting factors. Bivariate analysis and multiple Cox regression were conducted to test this assumption.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000No significant difference was found in time to hemostasis between patients with type O blood and those with non-type O blood. However, mechanism of injury, diastolic blood pressure, and international normalized ratio affected the time to hemostasis in these trauma patients.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSION\u0000This study showed no significant difference in time to hemostasis by blood type.","PeriodicalId":46461,"journal":{"name":"AACN Advanced Critical Care","volume":"33 2 1","pages":"154-161"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43112172","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Silent Hypoxia in COVID-19 Pneumonia: State of Knowledge, Pathophysiology, Mechanisms, and Management.","authors":"Ruff Joseph Macale Cajanding","doi":"10.4037/aacnacc2022448","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4037/aacnacc2022448","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Patients with COVID-19 often present with life-threatening hypoxemia without dyspnea or signs of respiratory distress. Termed silent or happy hypoxia, it has puzzled clinicians and challenged and defied our understanding of normal respiratory physiology. A range of host- and pathogen-related factors appears to contribute to its development, including SARS-CoV-2's ability to produce different COVID-19 phenotypes; induce endothelial damage and elicit a vascular distress response; invade cells of the central nervous system and disrupt normal interoception and response; and modulate transcription factors involved in hypoxic responses. Because hypoxemia in COVID-19 is associated with increased mortality risk and poorer survival, early detection and prompt treatment is essential to prevent potential complications. Interventions to prevent hypoxemia and improve oxygen delivery to the blood and the tissues include home pulse-oximetry monitoring, optimization of patient positioning, judicious use of supplemental oxygen, breathing control exercises, and timely and appropriate use of ventilatory modalities and adjuncts.</p>","PeriodicalId":46461,"journal":{"name":"AACN Advanced Critical Care","volume":"33 2","pages":"143-153"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39746485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}