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Daily physiological goal-setting: medical prescription and nursing adherence in a London teaching hospital ICU

Authors: MK Khan, S Alawad, M Thavasothy

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2011

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Individual, clearly defined physiological goal-setting can help to optimize patient care [1]. At our ICU, eight physiological goals can be prescribed on the daily ICU observation chart. These include Hb, MAP, ICP, CPP, pO2, pCO2, fluid balance and sedation scores. We performed a prospective audit assessing doctors' compliance with goal-setting, nursing adherence to these, and what goals nurses used when none were documented. …
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Title
Daily physiological goal-setting: medical prescription and nursing adherence in a London teaching hospital ICU
Authors
MK Khan
S Alawad
M Thavasothy
Publication date
01-02-2011
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc9898

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