List of Current Literature Topics

Team work

Research studies

Hopkins RO, Spuhler VJ, Thomsen GE: Transforming ICU culture to facilitate early mobility. Crit Care Clin. 2007 Jan;23 (1): 81-96

Thomsen GE, Snow GL, Rodriguez L, Hopkins RO: Patients with respiratory failure increase ambulation after transfer to an intensive care unit where early activity is a priority. Crit Care Med Vol. 2008 36, No. 4: 1119-24
Winkelman C, Peereboom K (2010): Staff-Perceived Barriers and Facilitators. Crit Care Nurse 30: 13-16
Bassett RD, Vollman KM, Brandwene L, Murray T. Integrating a multidisciplinary mobility programme into intensive care practice (IMMPTP): a multicentre collaborative. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2012 Apr;28(2):88-97
Karnatovskaia LV, Gajic O, Bienvenu OJ, Stevenson JE, Needham DM. A holistic approach to the critically ill and Maslow's hierarchy. J Crit Care. 2015 Feb;30(1):210-1.
Laerkner E, Egerod I, Hansen HP. Nurses' experiences of caring for critically ill, non-sedated, mechanically ventilated patients in the Intensive Care Unit: A qualitative study. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2015 Mar 2
Henry T. Stelfox, Daniel J. Niven, Fiona M. Clement, Sean M. Bagshaw, Deborah J. Cook, Emily McKenzie, Melissa L. Potestio, Christopher J. Doig, Barbara O’Neill, David Zygun, Critical Care Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services Stakeholder Engagement to Identify Priorities for Improving the Quality and Value of Critical Care. PLoS One. 2015; 10(10): e0140141.
Trogrlić Z, Ista E, Ponssen HH, Schoonderbeek JF, Schreiner F, Verbrugge SJ, Dijkstra A, Bakker J, van der Jagt M. Attitudes, knowledge and practices concerning delirium: a survey among intensive care unit professionals. Nurs Crit Care. 2016 Mar 20.
Hickmann CE, Castanares-Zapatero D, Bialais E, Dugernier J, Tordeur A, Colmant L, Wittebole X, Tirone G, Roeseler J, Laterre PF. Teamwork enables high level of early mobilization in critically ill patients. Ann Intensive Care. 2016 Dec;6(1):80
McPeake J, Quasim T. The role of peer support in ICU rehabilitation. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2016 Aug 20
Boehm LM, Dietrich MS, Vasilevskis EE, Wells N, Pandharipande P, Ely EW, Mion LC. Perceptions of Workload Burden and Adherence to ABCDE Bundle Among Intensive Care Providers. Am J Crit Care. 2017 Jul;26(4):e38-e47
van Aswegen H, Patman S, Plani N, Hanekom S. Developing minimum clinical standards for physiotherapy in South African ICUs: A qualitative study. J Eval Clin Pract. 2017 May 26. 
Bassett R, Adams KM, Danesh V, Groat PM, Haugen A, Kiewel A, Small C, Van-Leuven M, Venus S, Ely EW. Rethinking critical care: decreasing sedation, increasing delirium monitoring, and increasing patient mobility. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2015 Feb;41(2):62-74.
Haines TP, Bowles KA, Mitchell D, O'Brien L, Markham D, Plumb S, May K, Philip K, Haas R, Sarkies MN, Ghaly M, Shackell M, Chiu T, McPhail S, McDermott F, Skinner EH. Impact of disinvestment from weekend allied health services across acute medical and surgical wards: 2 stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trials. PLoS Med. 2017 Oct 31;14(10):e1002412.
Nickels M, Aitken LM, Walsham J, Watson L, McPhail S. Clinicians' perceptions of rationales for rehabilitative exercise in a critical care setting: A cross-sectional study. Aust Crit Care. 2017 Mar;30(2):79-84
Tunpattu S, Newey V, Sigera C, De Silva P, Goonarathna A, Aluthge I, Thambavita P, Perera R, Meegahawatte A, Isaam I, Dondorp AM, Haniffa R. A short, structured skills training course for critical care physiotherapists in a lower-middle income country. Physiother Theory Pract. 2018 Jan 10:1-9.
Pottenger BC, Pronovost PJ, Kreif J, Klein L, Hobson D, Young D, Hoyer EH. Towards improving hospital workflows: An evaluation of resources to mobilize patients. J Nurs Manag. 2018 Aug 16.
Joyce CL, Taipe C, Sobin B, Spadaro M, Gutwirth B, Elgin L, Silver G, Greenwald BM, Traube C. Provider Beliefs Regarding Early Mobilization in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. J Pediatr Nurs. 2018 Jan - Feb;38:15-19
Reviews

Rose L. Interprofessional collaboration in the ICU: how to define? Nursing in Criticial Care 2011, Vol 16 1: 5-10

Hempel S, Shekelle PG, Liu JL, Sherwood Danz M, Foy R, Lim YW, Motala A, Rubenstein LV. Development of the Quality Improvement Minimum Quality Criteria Set (QI-MQCS): a tool for critical appraisal of quality improvement intervention publications. BMJ Qual Saf. 2015 Dec;24(12):796-804.
Vincent JL, Hall JB, Slutsky AS. Ten big mistakes in intensive care medicine. Intensive Care Med. 2015 Mar;41(3):505-7.

Epstein NE. Multidisciplinary in-hospital teams improve patient outcomes: A review. Surg Neurol Int. 2014 Aug 28;5(Suppl 7):S295-303.

Hosey MM, Jaskulski J, Wegener ST, Chlan LL, Needham DM. Animal-assisted intervention in the ICU: a tool for humanization. Crit Care. 2018 Feb 12;22(1):22

Guidelines & recommendations

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE): How to change practice. http:// www.nice.org.uk/media/D33/8D/Howtochangepractice1.pdf

Environment and equipment

Research studies

Egbers PH, Bultsma R, Middelkamp H, Boerma EC. Enabling speech in ICU patients during mechanical ventilation. Intensive Care Med. 2014 Jul;40(7):1057-8

Elliott R, McKinley S. The development of a clinical practice guideline to improve sleep in intensive care patients: a solution focused approach. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2014 Oct;30(5):246-56
Sutt AL, Caruana LR, Dunster KR, Cornwell PL, Anstey CM, Fraser JF. Speaking valves in tracheostomised ICU patients weaning off mechanical ventilation - do they facilitate lung recruitment? Crit Care. 2016 Apr 1;20(1):91.
Ernecoff NC, Witteman HO, Chon K, Chen YI, Buddadhumaruk P, Chiarchiaro J, Shotsberger KJ, Shields AM, Myers BA, Hough CL, Carson SS, Lo B, Matthay MA, Anderson WG, Peterson MW, Steingrub JS, Arnold RM, White DB. Key stakeholders' perceptions of the acceptability and usefulness of a tablet-based tool to improve communication and shared decision making in ICUs. J Crit Care. 2016 Jun;33:19-25.
Luetz A, Weiss B, Penzel T, Fietze I, Glos M, Wernecke KD, Bluemke B, Dehn AM, Willemeit T, Finke A, Spies C. Feasibility of noise reduction by a modification in ICU environment. Physiol Meas. 2016 May 31;37(7):1041-1055

Steunenberg B, van der Mast R, Strijbos MJ, Inouye SK, Schuurmans MJ. How trained volunteers can improve the quality of hospital care for older patients. A qualitative evaluation within the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP). Geriatr Nurs. 2016 Nov - Dec;37(6):458-463.

Holland AE, Mahal A, Hill CJ, Lee AL, Burge AT, Cox NS, Moore R, Nicolson C, O'Halloran P, Lahham A, Gillies R, McDonald CF. Home-based rehabilitation for COPD using minimal resources: a randomised, controlled equivalence trial. Thorax. 2017 Jan;72(1):57-65.

Litton E, Elliott R, Thompson K, Watts N, Seppelt I, Webb SAR; ANZICS Clinical Trials Group and The George Institute for Global Health.. Using Clinically Accessible Tools to Measure Sound Levels and Sleep Disruption in the ICU: A Prospective Multicenter Observational Study. Crit Care Med. 2017 Jun;45(6):966-971

Wen-Chun Chiu, Po-Shuo Chang, Cheng-Fang Hsieh, Chien-Ming Chao, Chih-Cheng Lai, The impact of windows on the outcomes of medical intensive care unit patients, International Journal of Gerontology, 2017, ISSN 1873-9598, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijge.2017.06.002.

Ding Q, Redeker NS, Pisani MA, Yaggi HK, Knauert MP. Factors Influencing Patients' Sleep in the Intensive Care Unit: Perceptions of Patients and Clinical Staff. Am J Crit Care. 2017 Jul;26(4):278-286

Fan EP, Abbott SM, Reid KJ, Zee PC, Maas MB. Abnormal environmental light exposure in the intensive care environment. J Crit Care. 2017 Aug;40:11-14

Delaney LJ, Currie MJ, Huang HC, Lopez V, Litton E, Van Haren F. The nocturnal acoustical intensity of the intensive care environment: an observational study. J Intensive Care. 2017 Jul 11;5:41

Litton E, Elliott R, Ferrier J, Webb SAR. Quality sleep using earplugs in the intensive care unit: the QUIET pilot randomised controlled trial. Crit Care Resusc. 2017 Jun;19(2):128-133.

Locihová H, Axmann K, Padyšáková H, Fejfar J. Effect of the use of earplugs and eye mask on the quality of sleep in intensive care patients: a systematic review. J Sleep Res. 2017 Sep 25. doi: 10.1111/jsr.12607

Jaiswal SJ, Garcia S, Owens RL. Sound and Light Levels Are Similarly Disruptive in ICU and non-ICU Wards. J Hosp Med. 2017 Oct;12(10):798-804

Demoule A, Carreira S, Lavault S, Pallanca O, Morawiec E, Mayaux J, Arnulf I, Similowski T. Impact of earplugs and eye mask on sleep in critically ill patients: a prospective randomized study. Crit Care. 2017 Nov 21;21(1):284.

Gehlbach BK, Patel SB, Van Cauter E, Pohlman AS, Hall JB, Zabner J. The Effects of Timed Light Exposure in Critically Ill Patients: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 Mar 12

Rose, Louise et al. Feasibility of the electrolarynx for enabling communication in the chronically critically ill: The EECCHO study Journal of Critical Care , 2018 https://www.jccjournal.org/article/S0883-9441(18)30147-3/fulltext

Rose L, Istanboulian L, Smith OM, Silencieux S, Cuthbertson BH, Amaral ACK, Fraser I, Grey J, Dale C. Feasibility of the electrolarynx for enabling communication in the chronically critically ill: The EECCHO study. J Crit Care. 2018 Jun 12;47:109-113

Turon M, Fernandez-Gonzalo S, Jodar M, Gomà G, Montanya J, Hernando D, Bailón R, de Haro C, Gomez-Simon V, Lopez-Aguilar J, Magrans R, Martinez-Perez M, Oliva JC, Blanch L. Feasibility and safety of virtual-reality-based early neurocognitive stimulation in critically ill patients. Ann Intensive Care. 2017 Dec;7(1):81. doi: 10.1186/s13613-017-0303-4

Sweity S, Finlay A, Lees C, Monk A, Sherpa T, Wade D. SleepSure: a pilot randomized-controlled trial to assess the effects of eye masks and earplugs on the quality of sleep for patients in hospital. Clin Rehabil. 2018 Oct 15:269215518806041

Simons KS, Verweij E, Lemmens PMC, Jelfs S, Park M, Spronk PE, Sonneveld JPC, Feijen HM, van der Steen MS, Kohlrausch AG, van den Boogaard M, de Jager CPC. Noise in the intensive care unit and its influence on sleep quality: a multicenter observational study in Dutch intensive care units. Crit Care. 2018 Oct 5;22(1):250.

Reviews

Stiller K.: Safety issues that should be considered when mobilizing critically ill patients. Crit Care Clin. 2007Jan;23(1):35-53

Korupolu R, Chandolu S, Needham DM. Part one: screening and safety issues – series on early mobilization of critically ill patients. ICU-Management 2009 Vol 9, 3: 27-30 (link free full text)
Korupolu R, Susai I, Needham DM. Required ressources – series on early mobilization of critically ill patients. ICU-Management 2010 Vol 10, 1: 36-37 (link free full text)
Cherniack EP, Cherniack AR. The benefit of pets and animal-assisted therapy to the health of older individuals. Curr Gerontol Geriatr Res. 2014;2014:623203.
Stewart JA, Green C, Stewart J, Tiruvoipati R. Factors influencing quality of sleep among non-mechanically ventilated patients in the Intensive Care Unit. Aust Crit Care. 2016 Mar 9.
Shiber J, Thomas A, Northcutt A. Communicating While Receiving Mechanical Ventilation: Texting With a Smartphone. Am J Crit Care. 2016 Mar;25(2):e38-9.
Beg M, Scruth E, Liu V. Developing a framework for implementing intensive care unit diaries: a focused review of the literature. Aust Crit Care. 2016 May 27.
Weiss B, Spies C, Piazena H, Penzel T, Fietze I, Luetz A. Exposure to light and darkness and its influence on physiological measures of intensive care unit patients-a systematic literature review. Physiol Meas. 2016 Sep;37(9):R73-87
Mofredj A, Alaya S, Tassaioust K, Bahloul H, Mrabet A. Music therapy, a review of the potential therapeutic benefits for the critically ill. J Crit Care. 2016 Oct;35:195-9.
Jeffs EL, Darbyshire JL. Measuring Sleep in the Intensive Care Unit: A Critical Appraisal of the Use of Subjective Methods. J Intensive Care Med. 2017 Jan 1:885066617712197
Victoria Bion, Alex SW Lowe, Zudin Puthucheary, Hugh Montgomery Reducing sound and light exposure to improve sleep on the adult intensive care unit: An inclusive narrative review. Journal of Intensive Care Society
Hetland, B; Bailey, T; Prince-Paul, M. Animal-Assisted Interactions to Alleviate Psychological Symptoms in Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation. Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing: December 2017 - Volume 19 - Issue 6 - p 516–523
Gabor JY, Cooper AB, Hanly PJ. Sleep disruption in the intensive care unit. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2001 Feb;7(1):21-7
Delaney LJ, Currie MJ, Huang HC, Litton E, Wibrow B, Lopez V, Haren FV. Investigating the application of motion accelerometers as a sleep monitoring technique and the clinical burden of the intensive care environment on sleep quality: study protocol for a prospective observational study in Australia. BMJ Open. 2018 Jan 21;8(1):e019704
Petrucci N. Beyond bleeps and alarms: live music by the bedside in the ICU. Intensive Care Med. 2018 Dec;44(12):2282-2283


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