title: Insights and advances in multidisciplinary critical care: a review of recent research.
abstract: The intensive care unit is a work environment where superior dedication is pivotal to optimize patients' outcomes. As this demanding commitment is multidisciplinary in nature, it requires special qualities of health care workers and organizations. Thus research in the field covers a broad spectrum of activities necessary to deliver cutting-edge care. However, given the abundance of research articles and education activities available, it is difficult for modern critical care clinicians to keep up with the latest progress and innovations in the field. This article broadly summarizes new developments in multidisciplinary intensive care, providing elementary information about advanced insights in the field by briefly describing selected articles bundled in specific topics. Issues considered include cardiovascular care, monitoring, mechanical ventilation, infection and sepsis, nutrition, education, patient safety, pain assessment and control, delirium, mental health, ethics, and outcomes research.
authors.affiliation: Stijn Blot is a professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Ghent University, Belgium. Elsa Afonso is a research nurse and clinical trial coordinator, CIBERES, Barcelona, Spain. Sonia Labeau is a lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Health and Social Work, University College Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Stijn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blot
authors.forename: Elsa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Afonso
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Labeau
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D064648:Critical Care Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D015300:Ventilator Weaning / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D000078329:Workforce