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A review of the literature highlights the chasm between evidence and practice in the intensive care unit and discusses novel strategies to overcome barriers to implementing effective practices.
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This review highlights the gap between evidence and practice in the ICU and discusses strategies to implement effective treatments at the bedside.
Critical care is entering a phase of rapid introduction of treatments that have demonstrated efficacy for reducing mortality and morbidity. Until recently the principal question facing intensivists was “Does this treatment work?” Though that question is still important, we now must address the same challenges other fields, notably cardiology, face in implementing these practices at the bedside. This report reviews the literature on the chasm between evidence and practice, on the barriers to implementing effective practices in the intensive care unit, and novel strategies to overcome those barriers. Hundreds of thousands of patients die each year in intensive care units in the United States, and it is essential that we take a programmatic approach to addressing their health care needs.
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Gordon D. Rubenfeld (2004) conducted a review in Critical care. A review of the literature highlights the chasm between evidence and practice in the intensive care unit and discusses novel strategies to overcome barriers to implementing effective practices.
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