intensive care unit

Daily blood tests for all critically ill patients deemed unnecessary

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ICU, blood test, study, Dr. Peter Dodek, intensive care unit, quality improvement
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Intensive care unit doctors at St. Paul’s Hospital have done away with daily routine blood tests on patients without affecting the quality of care, simply by challenging a long-held dictum that those who are critically ill need to have blood drawn that frequently.

 

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