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01-10-2019 | Less is More in ICU

When will less monitoring and diagnostic testing benefit the patient more?

Authors: Fernando G. Zampieri, Sharon Einav

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 10/2019

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The choosing wisely campaign has highlighted for each medical profession the five practices that both physicians and patients should question (http://www.choosingwisely.org/). Achieving informed test selection was named as one of the five challenges our profession should address in the years to come. However, the means of achieving this aim remains unclear. Some call for real-time disclosure of the costs and consequences of excessive testing. Others believe in better education on the topic. Both approaches are challenging, and neither is likely to suffice alone. There is also a need to change the medical system and societal expectations from a good doctor. …

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Title: When will less monitoring and diagnostic testing benefit the patient more?
Authors: Fernando G. Zampieri
Sharon Einav
Publication date: 01-10-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 10/2019
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-019-05715-w

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