Delivering Bad News is a Skill
If you want to see the difference between a good doctor and an average doctor, look at how they deliver bad news. This is a skill. It is learned. The physician needs to be highly socialized. From Physician Weekly: Multi-system organ failure is likely to present with or develop in patients who are critically ill […]
ICU Transfer may reduce mortality
This seems like a no-brainer. Some elderly patients may benefit from early transfer to the ICU. From Medscape (need subscription): Transfer to an intensive care unit (ICU) may yield greater benefits with increasing age and increasing severity of illness, according to researchers who used an updated mathematical technique in their modeling. ICU transfer has been […]