Critical Care & Emergencies (all articles)
Expert Consensus: Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction
20 Jul, 2018 | 02:13h | UTC
Study: Safety Planning Intervention With Follow-up vs Usual Care of Suicidal Patients
13 Jul, 2018 | 03:05h | UTCComparison of the Safety Planning Intervention With Follow-up vs Usual Care of Suicidal Patients Treated in the Emergency Department – JAMA Psychiatry (free for a limited period)
Author Interview: Association of Safety Planning Intervention With Subsequent Suicidal Behavior Among ER-Treated Suicidal Patients (free)
Commentaries: ED Intervention with Follow-Up Appears to Reduce Suicidal Behaviors – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free) AND A Simple Emergency Room Intervention Can Help Cut Suicide Risk – NPR (free)
Related Studies: Suicide Prevention in an Emergency Department Population (free study and commentaries) AND Strategies to prevent death by suicide (link to abstract and commentaries)
Randomized Trial: Alteplase vs Aspirin for Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke and Minor Nondisabling Neurologic Deficits
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:58h | UTCEffect of Alteplase vs Aspirin on Functional Outcome for Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke and Minor Nondisabling Neurologic Deficits: The PRISMS Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Stopping the Alteplase Indication Creep – Emergency Medicine Literature of Note (free) AND Alteplase unlikely to reduce disability after mild stroke without disabling deficits – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Lytic No Better Than Aspirin for Mild Ischemic Stroke – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Summary of the International Guidelines for the Management of Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-acquired Pneumonia
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:38h | UTCEditorial: Treating nosocomial pneumonia: what’s new (free)
Related Guidelines: International ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia – European Respiratory Journal (free) AND Management of Adults With Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Thoracic Society – Clinical Infectious Diseases (free)
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NICE Draft Guidance: Antibiotics Should be Restricted for COPD
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:36h | UTCAntibiotics should be restricted for COPD – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Commentaries: Antibiotics should be restricted for COPD, says NICE – OnMedica (free) AND UK officials recommend limits on antibiotics for COPD – CIDRAP (free)
“The draft antimicrobial guidance recommends that antibiotics should be offered to people who have a severe flare up of symptoms, also known as a severe acute exacerbation”
Guideline: Management Of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:29h | UTCGuidelines On The Management Of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – Intensive Care Society (free PDF) (via @CritCareReviews)
Related Guidelines: The clinical practice guideline for the management of ARDS in Japan – Journal of Intensive Care (free) AND An Official American Thoracic Society/European Society of Intensive Care Medicine/Society of Critical Care Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline: Mechanical Ventilation in Adult Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (free)
Systematic Review: Effects of Hyperoxia in Acutely Ill Patients
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:19h | UTCRelated Meta-Analysis: Liberal vs Conservative Oxygen Therapy in Acutely ill Adults (link to abstract and commentary)
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Review: Effects of Volume Overload and Current Techniques for the Assessment of Fluid Status in Patients with Renal Disease
13 Jul, 2018 | 01:38h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Refractory Status Epilepticus: Pearls and Pitfalls for the Resuscitation Room
13 Jul, 2018 | 01:39h | UTCRefractory Status Epilepticus: Pearls and Pitfalls for the Resuscitation Room – emDocs (free)
Heart Failure: “Sneaky” Triggers and Clinical Pearls
13 Jul, 2018 | 01:23h | UTCHeart Failure: “Sneaky” Triggers and Clinical Pearls – emDocs (free)
Review: Perioperative Acute Kidney Injury
13 Jul, 2018 | 01:21h | UTCPerioperative Acute Kidney Injury: Prevention, Early Recognition, and Supportive Measures – Nephron (free)
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Review: Assessment of Hypovolemia in the Critically Ill
13 Jul, 2018 | 01:19h | UTCAssessment of hypovolaemia in the critically ill – Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy (free PDF)
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Review: ICU Delirium ― A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge in the Intensive Care Unit
13 Jul, 2018 | 01:18h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Meta-Analysis: Recruitment Maneuver Does Not Provide any Mortality Benefit Over Lung Protective Strategy Ventilation in Adult Patients with ARDS
13 Jul, 2018 | 01:17h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Randomized Trial: Point-of-Care Ultrasonography in Emergency Department Patients with Undifferentiated Hypotension
13 Jul, 2018 | 01:16h | UTCDoes Point-of-Care Ultrasonography Improve Clinical Outcomes in Emergency Department Patients With Undifferentiated Hypotension? An International Randomized Controlled Trial From the SHoC-ED Investigators – Annals of Emergency Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Review: Management of Myocardial Infarction with Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:44h | UTC
Evidence-Based Approach: Evaluation and Management of the Febrile Child in the Emergency Department
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:45h | UTC
Randomized Trial: Epinephrine vs Norepinephrine for Cardiogenic Shock After Acute Myocardial Infarction
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:35h | UTCEpinephrine Versus Norepinephrine for Cardiogenic Shock After Acute Myocardial Infarction – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Epinephrine vs. Norepinephrine for Cardiogenic Shock – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Norepinephrine Bests Epinephrine in Battle of the Vasopressors in Cardiogenic Shock – TCTMD (free)
Cohort Study: Infectious and Noninfectious Complications Associated with Indwelling Urethral Catheters
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:25h | UTCCommentary: Foleys Aren’t Fun: Patient Study Shows Catheter Risks – University of Michigan, via NewsWise (free)
“More than half of patients surveyed while they had a urinary catheter, and again weeks later, reported a complication – and infections were only part of the problem” (from NewsWise)
Meta-Analysis: Out-Of-Hours Discharge from the ICU, In-Hospital Mortality and Intensive Care Readmission Rates
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:24h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
“Out-of-hours discharge from an ICU is strongly associated with both in-hospital death and ICU readmission. Whether these increases in mortality and readmission result from patient differences, differences in care, or a combination remains unclear”.
Review: Difficult Airway Management with Proposal of a Simplified Algorithm
29 Jun, 2018 | 02:21h | 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)
Randomized Trial: Sodium Bicarbonate for Patients with Severe Metabolic Acidemia in the ICU
24 Jun, 2018 | 19:26h | UTCSodium bicarbonate therapy for patients with severe metabolic acidaemia in the intensive care unit (BICAR-ICU): a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled, phase 3 trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: BICAR-ICU – The Bottom Line (free)
“This study will reassure clinicians that already use sodium bicarbonate for correcting metabolic acidaemia, that this may delay and/or reduce the requirement for RRT. Equally, for those that opt to avoid sodium bicarbonate, there is no compelling evidence to change practice”
Review: What’s New in Severe Pulmonary Embolism?
22 Jun, 2018 | 02:40h | UTCWhat’s new in severe pulmonary embolism? – Intensive Care Medicine (free for a limited period) (via @srrezaie)
Review: Acute Myocardial Infarction in Young Women
22 Jun, 2018 | 02:38h | UTCRelated Review: Young Women With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Current Perspectives – Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes (free)
Related Guideline: Acute Myocardial Infarction in Women: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association – Circulation (free)
Review: How to Handle Patients with Bleeding Events While on Oral Antithrombotic Treatment
22 Jun, 2018 | 02:03h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter