Critical Care & Emergencies (all articles)
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
Challenges in Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia: A Point-of-view Review
1 Mar, 2019 | 07:14h | UTCChallenges in severe community-acquired pneumonia: a point-of-view review – Intensive Care Medicine (free)
Perspective: Clinics Aim to Improve Post-ICU Recovery
28 Feb, 2019 | 05:48h | UTCClinics Aim to Improve Post-ICU Recovery – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Related: Post-intensive care outpatient clinic: is it feasible and effective? A literature review – Revista Brasileira de Medicina Intensiva (free) AND Impact of follow-up consultations for ICU survivors on post-ICU syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Intensive Care Medicine (free) AND Post-intensive Care Syndrome: an Overview – Journal of Translational Internal Medicine (free)
Sepsis and Septic Shock: Current Approaches to Management
27 Feb, 2019 | 13:14h | UTCSepsis and septic shock: current approaches to management – International Medicine Journal (free)
Review: Rationalizing Antimicrobial Therapy in the ICU
27 Feb, 2019 | 01:00h | UTCRationalizing antimicrobial therapy in the ICU: a narrative review – Intensive Care Medicine (free)
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Guideline: Management of Sepsis in Neutropenic Cancer Patients
26 Feb, 2019 | 02:32h | UTCRelated Guidelines: SEOM clinical practice guideline: management and prevention of febrile neutropenia in adults with solid tumors (2018) – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free) AND 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) AND Diagnosis and empirical treatment of fever of unknown origin (FUO) in adult neutropenic patients: guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Working Party (AGIHO) of the German Society of Hematology and Medical Oncology (DGHO) (free) AND Management of febrile neutropaenia: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines (free) AND Guideline for the Management of Fever and Neutropenia in Children With Cancer and Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation Recipients: 2017 Update (free)
Withholding or Withdrawing Invasive Interventions May Not Accelerate Time to Death Among Dying ICU Patients
26 Feb, 2019 | 02:28h | UTCCommentary: Avoiding invasive treatment in dying patients may not shorten lifespan – Stanford Medicine (free)
Systematic Review: Limitation of Life-Sustaining Care in the Critically Ill
26 Feb, 2019 | 02:25h | UTCLimitation of Life-Sustaining Care in the Critically Ill: A Systematic Review of the Literature – Journal of Hospital Medicine (free PDF for a limited period)
Related: Dying with Dignity in the Intensive Care Unit – New England Journal of Medicine (free) AND Palliative care in intensive care units: why, where, what, who, when, how – BMC Anesthesiology (free) AND Ten key points about ICU palliative care – Intensive Care Medicine (free) AND Guidelines for the withdrawal of life-sustaining measures – Intensive Care Medicine (free) AND End-of-life in the ICU: moving from ‘withdrawal of care’ to a palliative care, patient-centred approach – British Journal of Anaesthesia (free) AND New concepts in palliative care in the intensive care unit – Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva (free) AND The Changing Role of Palliative Care in the ICU – Critical Care Medicine (free)
Nuances to the Management of Febrile Patients: Non-Infectious Causes of Fever
26 Feb, 2019 | 02:19h | UTCNuances to the Management of Febrile Patients: Non-Infectious Causes of Fever – emDocs (free)
Related: Pyrexia: aetiology in the ICU – Critical Care (free)
Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
25 Feb, 2019 | 01:20h | UTCRelated: ACG Clinical Guideline: Management of Patients With Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding (free)
Updates in Management and Timing of Dialysis in Acute Kidney Injury
25 Feb, 2019 | 01:14h | UTCUpdates in Management and Timing of Dialysis in Acute Kidney Injury – Journal of Hospital Medicine (free PDF for a limited period)
Related Research: Early vs. Delayed Dialysis in Acute Kidney Injury (link to abstract and commentary)
Study: Diagnostic Accuracy of Clinical Examination for Estimating Cardiac Index in Critically Ill Patients
25 Feb, 2019 | 01:03h | UTCNote: if the link above is paywalled, try this one
Editorial: Clinical examination: a trigger but not a substitute for hemodynamic evaluation (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Clinical examination: a trigger but not a substitute for haemodynamic assessment
Free article https://t.co/KFXns8qs79 @Dr_Cit @ESICM @ClinMedJournals @chiara_robba pic.twitter.com/WS7pnHSz3A— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) February 22, 2019
Cricoid Pressure not Helpful During Endotracheal Intubation in Large Trial
25 Feb, 2019 | 00:58h | UTCCricoid pressure no help during endotracheal intubation in large trial – PulmCCM (free)
Original Article: Randomized Trial: Cricoid Pressure vs. Sham Procedure in Elective Intubation (link to abstract)
Related Commentary: The Case of the Inferior Superiority – EMNerd (free)
Opinion – “Things We Do for No Reason: The Use of Thickened Liquids in Treating Hospitalized Adult Patients with Dysphagia”
22 Feb, 2019 | 01:21h | UTCSee Complete Series of Things We Do For No Reason (free articles)
Current Use of Vasopressors in Septic Shock
21 Feb, 2019 | 04:13h | UTCCurrent use of vasopressors in septic shock – Annals of Intensive Care (free)
The Difficult Airway Trolley: A Narrative Review and Practical Guide
21 Feb, 2019 | 04:10h | UTCRelated Guidelines: Difficult Airway Society 2015 guidelines for management of unanticipated difficult intubation in adults – British Journal of Anaesthesia (free) AND Practice Guidelines for Management of the Difficult Airway: An Updated Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Management of the Difficult Airway – Anesthesiology (free)
“Despite several national guidelines on management of the anticipated and unanticipated difficult airway, with separate guidelines for pediatric, obstetric, and intensive care settings, only limited effort has been directed towards developing specific suggestions regarding the contents of a Difficult Airway Trolley”
Randomized Trial: Bag-Mask Ventilation vs. No-ventilation during Tracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adults
20 Feb, 2019 | 03:11h | UTCBag-Mask Ventilation during Tracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adults – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Preventing Dogma from Driving Practice (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Is pure RSI a failed paradigm in critical illness? The primacy of pressure – PulmCrit (free) Higher O2 Sats With Manual Vent During Intubation of Critically Ill – Drugs.com (free) AND Helping patients breathe during dangerous procedure prevents complications – Vanderbilt University Medical Center (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Original Article: Bag-Mask Ventilation during Tracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adults (PreVent) https://t.co/r3FFnXcQtt
Editorial: Preventing Dogma from Driving Practice https://t.co/nLGDAE0v2d #CCC48 pic.twitter.com/15IupOqCr3
— NEJM (@NEJM) February 19, 2019
Randomized Trial: Pneumatic Compression for DVT Prophylaxis in ICU Patients Receiving Pharmacologic Therapy
20 Feb, 2019 | 03:09h | UTCAdjunctive Intermittent Pneumatic Compression for Venous Thromboprophylaxis – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Review: Challenges in the Management of Septic Shock
20 Feb, 2019 | 03:08h | UTCChallenges in the management of septic shock: a narrative review – Intensive Care Medicine (free)
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Randomized Trial: Resuscitation Strategy Targeting Peripheral Perfusion Status vs Serum Lactate Levels in Patients with Septic Shock
18 Feb, 2019 | 23:51h | UTCEffect of a Resuscitation Strategy Targeting Peripheral Perfusion Status vs Serum Lactate Levels on 28-Day Mortality Among Patients With Septic Shock: The ANDROMEDA-SHOCK Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorial: How Best to Resuscitate Patients With Septic Shock? (free)
See also: Visual Abstract (free PDF)
Discussion Forum: ANDROMEDA-SHOCK (or, how to intepret HR 0.76, 95% CI 0.55-1.02, p=0.06) – Datamethods Discussion Forum (free)
Canadian Guidelines on the Acute Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Focused Update on Regionalization and Reperfusion
17 Feb, 2019 | 21:34h | UTCRelated Guideline: 2018 ESC/EACTS Guidelines on myocardial revascularization – European Heart Journal (free)
Systematic Review: Management of Acute Respiratory Failure Due to Community-Acquired Pneumonia
17 Feb, 2019 | 19:40h | UTC
Study: Decontamination of the Mouth or Digestive Tract Not Effective for Reducing Drug-resistant Bloodstream Infections in the ICU
16 Feb, 2019 | 20:20h | UTCOriginal Study: Randomized Trial: Decontamination Strategies and Bloodstream Infections with Antibiotic-Resistant Microorganisms in Ventilated Patients (link to abstract)