The aim of this collaborative quality improvement study is to improve early identification of malnutrition in the post-HSCT patient population with a standardized screeni [...]

Survivors of critical illness suffer long-term consequences in relation to the severity of their illness and time spent in an intensive care unit (ICU). These long-term s [...]

A modified validated screening tool, the International Prostate Symptoms Score (IPSS), was created to analyze the prevalence rate of postoperative urinary retention (POUR [...]

The Medical College of Wisconsins (MCW) Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Critical Care Fellowship is an intensive one-year program designed to train novice APPs in all ar [...]

The purpose of this DNP project was to compare current practice to evidence-based guidelines and literature about the assessment, treatment, and management of pain in hos [...]

Variability in practice regarding early postoperative computed tomography (EPOCT) exists between hospitals providing neurosurgical services. Utilization of a computed tom [...]

Sepsis is the result of a severe infection that causes over 270,000 hospital deaths annually in the United States. Neutropenic patients are significantly more susceptible [...]

Febrile neutropenia is an emergent complication of chemotherapy and has been historically managed in the hospital. It has been established that a subset of cancer patient [...]

The incidence of pleural infections in the United States has grown over the last 30 years. With a mortality rate between 10% and 20%, it is imperative that these patients [...]

Sudden cardiac death secondary to dysrhythmia is a potentially preventable cause of death with proper utilization of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). Pub [...]