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Expert Panel: Keep O2 Saturations at 96% or Below for Hospitalized Patients

8 Jan, 2019 | 21:06h | UTC

Keep O2 saturations at 96% or below for hospitalized patients: expert panel – PulmCC (free)

Original Article: Oxygen therapy for acutely ill medical patients: a clinical practice guideline – The BMJ (free study and commentary)

 


Guidelines for the Treatment of Pneumonia in Taiwan

8 Jan, 2019 | 16:03h | UTC

Recommendations and guidelines for the treatment of pneumonia in Taiwan – Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection (free)

Related Guidelines: 2018 recommendations for the management of community acquired pneumonia – Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia (free PDF) Guideline for Antibiotic Use in Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia – The Korean Society of Infectious Disease (free) AND Pneumonia: Diagnosis and Management of Community- and Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

 


Point and Counterpoint: Should the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines Be Retired?

8 Jan, 2019 | 15:56h | UTC

POINT: Should the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines Be Retired? Yes – Chest (free)

COUNTERPOINT: Should the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines Be Retired? No – Chest (free)

Related: The 2018 Surviving Sepsis Campaign’s Treatment Bundle: When Guidelines Outpace the Evidence Supporting Their Use (free guideline and commentaries)

 


Position Statement: Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Hospitalists

8 Jan, 2019 | 06:23h | UTC

Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Hospitalists: A Position Statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine – Journal of Hospital Medicine (free PDF)

 


Review: Choice of Fluids in Critically Ill Patients

6 Jan, 2019 | 20:56h | UTC

Choice of fluids in critically ill patients – BMC Anesthesiology (free)

 


Review: Acute Exacerbations of Progressive-fibrosing Interstitial Lung Diseases

6 Jan, 2019 | 20:54h | UTC

Acute exacerbations of progressive-fibrosing interstitial lung diseases – European Respiratory Review (free)

 


Position Statement: The Use of Diuretics in Heart Failure with Congestion

6 Jan, 2019 | 20:26h | UTC

The use of diuretics in heart failure with congestion — a position statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology – European Journal of Heart Failure (free)

 

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2018 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations

5 Jan, 2019 | 15:57h | UTC

2018 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations: Summary – Circulation (free)

 


Meta‐analysis: Prognostic Accuracy of the HEART Score for Prediction of Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Patients Presenting With Chest Pain

4 Jan, 2019 | 20:50h | UTC

Prognostic Accuracy of the HEART Score for Prediction of Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Patients Presenting With Chest Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis – Academic Emergency Medicine (free)

 


Systematic Review: Tranexamic Acid for Patients with Epistaxis

4 Jan, 2019 | 20:33h | UTC

Tranexamic acid for patients with nasal haemorrhage (epistaxis) – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Tranexamic acid to help treat nosebleeds (epistaxis) – Cochrane Library (free)

 


Review: Clinical Management of Appendicitis

4 Jan, 2019 | 20:18h | UTC

Clinical Management of Appendicitis – Visceral Medicine (free)

 


Review: Scleroderma Renal Crisis

4 Jan, 2019 | 19:33h | UTC

Scleroderma Renal Crisis: Not so easy to diagnose and manage… – emDocs (free)

 


Meta-Analysis: Benzodiazepines May Increase Length of Stay and Chance of Delirium in Intensive Care

4 Jan, 2019 | 19:12h | UTC

Benzodiazepines may increase length of stay and chance of delirium in intensive care – NIHR Signal (free)

Original Article: Sedative drugs used for mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care units: a systematic review and network meta-analysis – Current Medical Research and Opinion (free)

 


Review: Guidelines and Controversies in the Management of Diabetic Ketoacidosis

4 Jan, 2019 | 18:54h | UTC

Guidelines and controversies in the management of diabetic ketoacidosis – A mini-review – World Journal of Diabetes (free)

 


Meta-Analysis: Non-invasive Ventilation as a Strategy for Weaning from Invasive Mechanical Ventilation

4 Jan, 2019 | 18:37h | UTC

Non-invasive ventilation as a strategy for weaning from invasive mechanical ventilation: a systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis – Intensive Care Medicine (free)

 


Review: Liver Transplantation for Critically Ill Cirrhotic Patients

4 Jan, 2019 | 18:25h | UTC

Liver transplantation for critically ill cirrhotic patients: Overview and pragmatic proposals – World Journal of Gastroenterology (free)

 


Review: Imaging and Endovascular Treatment of Bleeding Pelvic Fractures

3 Jan, 2019 | 11:49h | UTC

Imaging and Endovascular Treatment of Bleeding Pelvic Fractures: Review Article – Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology (free)

 


Review: Complications of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters in Critically Ill Patients

3 Jan, 2019 | 11:20h | UTC

Peripherally inserted central catheters in critically ill patients – Complications and its prevention: A review – International Journal of Nursing Sciences (free)

 


IDSA Guideline: Diagnosis, Treatment, Chemoprophylaxis, and Institutional Outbreak Management of Seasonal Influenza

22 Dec, 2018 | 13:26h | UTC

Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America: 2018 Update on Diagnosis, Treatment, Chemoprophylaxis, and Institutional Outbreak Management of Seasonal Influenza – Clinical Infectious Diseases (free)

News Release: Flu is Serious for Pregnant Women and Others at High Risk: Testing and Treatment are Key, Say IDSA Guidelines (free)

 

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Guideline: Dual Antiplatelet Therapy for Acute High-Risk TIA and Minor Ischemic Stroke

22 Dec, 2018 | 12:50h | UTC

Dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel for acute high risk transient ischaemic attack and minor ischaemic stroke – The BMJ (free)

Commentary: Guidelines Recommend Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Immediately After TIA or Minor Stroke NEJM Journal Watch (free)

 

Related Commentary on Twitter

https://twitter.com/RSiemieniuk/status/1075053957448376321


Systematic Review: Liberal vs. Conservative Fluid Therapy in Sepsis or Septic Shock

14 Dec, 2018 | 00:00h | UTC

Liberal versus conservative fluid therapy in adults and children with sepsis or septic shock – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Different fluid therapy strategies for sepsis and septic shock – Cochrane Library (free)

 


Randomized Trial: Seven vs. Fourteen Days of Antibiotic Therapy for Uncomplicated Gram-negative Bacteremia

13 Dec, 2018 | 23:56h | UTC

Seven versus fourteen Days of Antibiotic Therapy for uncomplicated Gram-negative Bacteremia: a Non-inferiority Randomized Controlled Trial – Clinical Infectious Diseases (free abstract)

Commentary: Study supports shorter antibiotic treatment for bacteremia – CIDRAP (free)

 


Study: Bacterial Contamination on Stethoscopes in an ICU

13 Dec, 2018 | 23:55h | UTC

Molecular analysis of bacterial contamination on stethoscopes in an intensive care unit – Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology (free)

Commentaries: DNA study shows stethoscopes loaded with bacteria, including staphylococcus – Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (free) AND ICU Stethoscopes Teeming With Bacteria – MedPage Today (free)

 


Review: Management of Glucocorticoid-Induced Hyperglycaemia

13 Dec, 2018 | 19:18h | UTC

Critical review of the evidence underlying management of glucocorticoid-induced hyperglycaemia – European Journal of Endocrinology (free)

 


Review: Whole Body Computed Tomography in Multi Trauma Patients

13 Dec, 2018 | 18:39h | UTC

Whole body computed tomography in multi trauma patients: Review of the current literature – Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine (free)

 


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