SCCM Resource Library-April Journal Club: Critical Care Medicine (2023)

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The Journal Club Critical Care Medicine webcast featured two articles: "Time to Awakening and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies After Cardiac Arrest" and "Association Between Pre-Existing Mental Health Disorders and Adverse Outcomes in Adult Intensive Care Patients." The first article focused on the problem of self-fulfilling prophecies in clinical medicine and how they can affect patient outcomes. The study looked at patients who had experienced cardiac arrest and found that predictions of poor neurologic prognosis often led to a treatment decision to withdraw life-sustaining therapies, which in turn influenced the observed outcomes. The study concluded that these self-fulfilling prophecies could lead to avoidable poor outcomes and called for a more cautious approach to prognostication. The second article examined the prevalence of pre-existing mental health disorders in adult ICU patients and their association with adverse outcomes. The study found that approximately one-third of ICU patients had a pre-existing mental health disorder, with affective disorders such as depression being the most common. Patients with pre-existing mental health disorders had longer ICU stays, were more likely to require invasive ventilation, and had higher rates of delirium. The study highlighted the need for targeted supports to improve the mental and physical health outcomes of these patients. Overall, the articles shed light on how treatment decisions and mental health can impact patient outcomes in critical care settings.

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Resuscitation, Behavioral Health and Well Being, 2023

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The Journal Club: Critical Care Medicine webcast series focuses on articles of interest from Critical Care Medicine.
This series is held on the fourth Thursday of each month and features in-depth presentations and lively discussion by the authors.
Follow the conversation at #CritCareMed.

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Content Type Webcast

Knowledge Area Resuscitation

Knowledge Area Behavioral Health and Well Being

Learning Pathway Behavioral Health and Burnout

Membership Level Professional

Membership Level Select

Tag Cardiac Arrest

Tag Behavioral Health

Year 2023

Keywords

Journal Club Critical Care Medicine

Time to Awakening

Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

Cardiac Arrest

Neurologic Prognosis

Life-Sustaining Therapies

Pre-Existing Mental Health Disorders

Adverse Outcomes

ICU Patients

Webcast

Resuscitation

Behavioral Health and Well Being

Behavioral Health

Professional

Select

2023

Behavioral Health and Burnout

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