Knowledge translation interventions for critically ill patients: A systematic review

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2627-2640

  Sinuff, Tasnim ^a,b   Muscedere, John ^c,d   Adhikari, Neill K J ^a,b   Stelfox, Henry T ^e,f   Dodek, Peter ^g,h   Heyland, Daren K ^c,d   Rubenfeld, Gordon D ^a,b   Cook, Deborah J ⁱ   Pinto, Ruxandra ^a,b   Manoharan, Venika ^j   Currie, Jan ^k   Cahill, Naomi ^c,d   Friedrich, Jan O ^b,l,m   Amaral, Andre ^a,b   Piquette, Dominique ^a,b   Scales, Damon C ^a,b   Dhanani, Sonny ⁿ   Garland, Allan ^o  

^a Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^g Center for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

ⁱ MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^k WINNIPEG REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^l ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁿ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Guidelines; Knowledge translation; Patient safety; Quality; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ENTERIC FEEDING; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVENTION STUDY; KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION INTERVENTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL AUDIT; META ANALYSIS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEDATION; SEPSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

EID: 84887088168     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182982b03     Document Type: Article

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