A simple widespread computer help improves nutrition support orders and decreases infection complications in critically ill patients.

AIMS: To assess the impact of a simple computer-based decision-support system (computer help) on the quality of nutrition support orders and patients' outcome in Intensive-Care Unit (ICU). METHODS: This quality-improvement study was carried out in a 16-bed medical-surgical ICU in a French unive...

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Main Authors: Mathieu Conseil, Julie Carr, Nicolas Molinari, Yannaël Coisel, Moussa Cissé, Fouad Belafia, Jean-Marc Delay, Boris Jung, Samir Jaber, Gérald Chanques
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3667982?pdf=render