Article: Acute MI as a Complication of GI Bleeding.

Article: Hyperglycemia in the ICU linked to mortality.(Intensive ...
Family Practice News;  July 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... between hyperglycemia and ICU mortality. Previous studies ... factor for mortality in the ICU in patients with an acute MI, coronary artery bypass ... levels only at entry to the ICU, Dr. Falciglia commented ... involving patients with acute MI have reported mixed results ...

Article: Hyperglycemia is linked to worse ICU mortality in specific ...
Internal Medicine News;  July 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... between hyperglycemia and ICU mortality. Previous studies ... factor for mortality in the ICU in patients with an acute MI, coronary artery bypass ... levels only at entry to the ICU, Dr. Falciglia said ... involving patients with acute MI have reported mixed results ...

Article: DETERMINANTS OF PROLONGED ICU LENGTH OF STAY FOLLOWING ...
Chest;  October 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... myocardial infarction (MI) (60% vs. 44 ... creatinine. The prolonged ICU stay patients were ... 004), and prior MI (OR=1.9, 95 ... associated with an ICU stay [is greater than ... patients with a prior MI are at significantly higher risk for prolonged ICU length of stay, a ...

Article: Cardiac Management in the ICU(*).
Chest;  May 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... documented the incidence of MI in patients with known ... with perioperative MI occurring at three times ... ECG monitoring. Modern ICU monitors have the capacity ... ischemia is the main goal of ICU management in this population ... postoperative ischemia and MI with the use of prophylactic ...

Article: Five questions assess quality improvement in ICU safety.
Hospital Peer Review;  July 1, 2002 ;     593 words ...Five questions assess quality improvement in ICU safety The quality improvement project at the Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor (MI) Healthcare System (VAAAHS) was prompted by a serious medical error, but the process improvement team realized that ...

Article: Acute MI as a Complication of GI Bleeding.(Brief ...
Critical Care Alert;  August 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... COMMENTARY Synopsis: Acute MI is common among patients admitted to an ICU for acute GI hemorrhage ... than those without MI, and they also had longer stays in the ICU (8.6 vs 3.3 days ... silent. Patients with MI had longer ICU and hospital stays ...

Article: Surgical ICU Recidivism After Cardiac Operations(*).
Chest;  September 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... cardiac function and longer initial ICU stays. (CHEST 1999; 116 ... words: cardiac operations; ICU; length of stay; postoperative ... failure; LOS = length of stay; MI = myocardial infarction Decreased ... 1] showed 15 years ago that ICU length of stay (LOS) after ...