Critical Care & Emergencies (all articles)
Thyrotoxicosis: Diagnosis and Management
26 Mar, 2019 | 01:43h | UTCThyrotoxicosis: Diagnosis and Management – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free)
Related: Thyroid Storm: A Japanese Perspective (free study and commentary)
Opinion – “Things We Do for No Reason: Neuroimaging for Hospitalized Patients with Delirium”
25 Mar, 2019 | 00:26h | UTCSee Complete Series of Things We Do For No Reason (free articles)
Opinion – “Things We Do for No Reason: Use of Antipsychotic Medications in Patients with Delirium”
25 Mar, 2019 | 00:24h | UTCSee Complete Series of Things We Do For No Reason (free articles)
Randomized Trial: Ultrasound Guidance in Difficult Radial Artery Puncture for Blood Gas Analysis
22 Mar, 2019 | 06:57h | UTC
Systematic Review: Outpatient Management of Fever and Neutropenia in Patients with Cancer
20 Mar, 2019 | 03:17h | UTCOutpatient treatment for people with cancer who develop a low‐risk febrile neutropaenic event – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Outpatient treatment for cancer patient with low-risk febrile neutropaenic event is effective – Cochrane Library (free)
Related Guideline: Outpatient Management of Fever and Neutropenia in Adults Treated for Malignancy: American Society of Clinical Oncology and Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guideline Update – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free)
Meta-Analysis: Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasonography vs. Chest Radiography in Adults with Symptoms Suggestive of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
20 Mar, 2019 | 02:53h | UTC“The findings suggest that Lung Ultrasonography is more sensitive than Chest Radiography in detecting pulmonary edema in ADHF”.
Randomized Trial: Delayed vs. Immediate Coronary Angiography after Cardiac Arrest without ST-Segment Elevation
19 Mar, 2019 | 03:46h | UTCPresented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2019 Scientific Session.
Coronary Angiography after Cardiac Arrest without ST-Segment Elevation – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Coronary Angiography after Cardiac Arrest — The Right Timing or the Right Patients? (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Angiography timing does not impact survival after cardiac arrest for NSTEMI patients – American College of Cardiology (free) AND COACT: Delayed Angiography Does Not Compromise Survival in Cardiac Arrest Patients Without STEMI – TCTMD (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
COACT: Among patients who had been successfully resuscitated after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and had no signs of STEMI, a strategy of immediate angiography was not found to be better than a strategy of delayed angiography with respect to overall survival at 90 days. #ACC19
— NEJM (@NEJM) March 18, 2019
Randomized Trial: Early vs. Delayed Cardioversion in Recent-Onset Atrial Fibrillation
19 Mar, 2019 | 03:44h | UTCPresented at the European Heart Rhythm Association 2019 Congress.
Early or Delayed Cardioversion in Recent-Onset Atrial Fibrillation – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Editorial: The RACE to Treat Atrial Fibrillation in the Emergency Department (free for a limited period)
Commentary: For Acute A-fib, Wait-and-See Approach May Spare Many Patients from Cardioversion – TCTMD (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
RACE 7 ACWAS: In patients presenting to the emergency department with recent-onset, symptomatic atrial fibrillation, a wait-and-see approach was noninferior to early cardioversion in achieving a return to sinus rhythm at 4 weeks. #EHRA2019 #Afib
— NEJM (@NEJM) March 18, 2019
Antimicrobial Prescription Guidelines in Critically Ill Immunocompromised Patients
19 Mar, 2019 | 03:20h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Guidelines for Antibiotic Prescription in the Intensive Care Unit
19 Mar, 2019 | 03:24h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Comprehensive guideline covering many common conditions in the Critical Care Unit.
Patient Blood Management Recommendations From the 2018 Frankfurt Consensus Conference
17 Mar, 2019 | 18:57h | UTCPatient Blood Management Recommendations From the 2018 Frankfurt Consensus Conference – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Cohort Study: High Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin May Result in Misdiagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction
17 Mar, 2019 | 18:58h | UTCCommentaries: Evaluate Troponin Results Carefully, Researchers Warn – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Blood test to diagnose heart attacks is flawed, warn researchers – The BMJ (free) AND CHARIOT: 1 in 20 Hospitalized Patients Undergoing Blood Tests Have Elevated Troponin – TCTMD (free)
Related: Randomized Trial: High-Sensitivity Troponin in the Evaluation of Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome (free study and commentaries) AND Cohort Study: The Introduction of High-sensitive Troponins Had No Impact on Survival (free study and commentaries)
Related Commentary on Twitter
This study found that the true 99th centile of high sensitivity cardiac troponin for a general hospital population was not consistent with the manufacturer's recommended upper limit of normal #BMJResearch @NickCurzen https://t.co/IQy62VenOx
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) March 15, 2019
Review: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
17 Mar, 2019 | 18:56h | UTCAcute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – Nature Reviews Disease Primer (free PDF)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Our article today "Acute respiratory distress syndrome" in Nature Reviews Disease Primer.
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— Yaseen Arabi (@YaseenarabiYa) March 14, 2019
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy: Who, When, Why, and How
15 Mar, 2019 | 02:56h | UTCContinuous Renal Replacement Therapy: Who, When, Why, and How – Chest (free)
SIGN Guideline: Risk Reduction and Management of Delirium
14 Mar, 2019 | 00:52h | UTCRisk reduction and management of delirium – Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) (free guideline and summary)
News Release: First delirium clinical guidelines for Scotland published on World Delirium Awareness Day (free)
Review: Clinical Assessment of Peripheral Tissue Perfusion in Septic Shock
14 Mar, 2019 | 00:47h | UTCRelated Research: Randomized Trial: Resuscitation Strategy Targeting Peripheral Perfusion Status vs Serum Lactate Levels in Patients with Septic Shock (link to abstract $ for full-text)
Consensus Statement: Management of Adult Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury Receiving Oral Anticoagulant Therapy
12 Mar, 2019 | 13:01h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Signs and Symptoms That Rule out Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Outpatient Adults
12 Mar, 2019 | 02:49h | UTCAdults with an acute respiratory infection who have normal vital signs (temperature < 37,8 / respiratory rate < 20 / heart rate < 100) and a normal pulmonary examination are very unlikely to have CAP.
AHA Statement on Cardiorenal Syndrome – Classification, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment Strategies
12 Mar, 2019 | 02:52h | UTCCommentary: The Heart-Kidney, Kidney-Heart Connection and Our Improving Understanding of a Complex and Intimate Relationship – American Heart Association (free)
Top Things to Know: Cardiorenal Syndrome: Classification, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment Strategies – American Heart Association (free)
Randomized Trial: Antiplatelet Therapy vs Anticoagulation Therapy in Cervical Artery Dissection
11 Mar, 2019 | 03:56h | UTCAntiplatelet Therapy vs Anticoagulation Therapy in Cervical Artery Dissection: The Cervical Artery Dissection in Stroke Study (CADISS) Randomized Clinical Trial Final Results – JAMA Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapy May Equally Reduce Stroke Risk in Cervical Artery Dissection Patients – NeurologyToday (free)
Selected Articles from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2019
11 Mar, 2019 | 04:00h | UTCSelected Articles from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2019 – Critical Care (free articles)
– Sleep and Circadian Rhythm in Critical Illness
– Iron Metabolism: An Emerging Therapeutic Target in Critical Illness
– Heterogeneity in sepsis: new biological evidence with clinical applications
– Multidrug Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in Community-Acquired Pneumonia
– Uncovering Consciousness in Unresponsive ICU Patients: Technical, Medical and Ethical Considerations
– Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices for Cardiogenic Shock: State of the Art
– Physiological and Technical Considerations of Extracorporeal CO2 Removal
– ARDS in Obese Patients: Specificities and Management
– Recruitment Maneuvers and Higher PEEP, the So-Called Open Lung Concept, in Patients with ARDS
Systematic Review: Outpatient vs. Inpatient Treatment for Acute Pulmonary Embolism
8 Mar, 2019 | 04:52h | UTCOutpatient versus inpatient treatment for acute pulmonary embolism – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Outpatient versus inpatient treatment for acute pulmonary embolism – Cochrane Library (free)
Related: British Thoracic Society Guideline for the initial outpatient management of pulmonary embolism (free)
Nationwide Cohort Study Suggests Different Airway Management Strategies for Adults with Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Based on Initial Electrocardiographic Rhythm
7 Mar, 2019 | 02:53h | UTCCommentary: ECG rhythm and airway management make all the difference during a heart attack – Osaka University (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Is pre-hospital advanced airway management associated with improved outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest? This study of 310 620 adults found that results differed according to each patient’s first documented electrocardiographic rhythm https://t.co/ZamSVHpL1R pic.twitter.com/a9U7rRugvo
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) March 3, 2019
Review: Glucose Control in the ICU
6 Mar, 2019 | 01:27h | UTCGlucose control in the ICU – Current Opinion in Anesthesiology (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Management of Hyperkalemia in the Acutely Ill Patient
5 Mar, 2019 | 03:00h | UTCManagement of hyperkalemia in the acutely ill patient – Annals of Intensive Care (free)
Related Reviews: Diagnosis and treatment of hyperkalemia – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free) AND Potassium Disorders: Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia – American Family Physician (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter