Critical Care & Emergencies (all articles)
Randomized Trial: Age of Red Cells for Transfusion and Outcomes in Critically Ill Adults
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:37h | UTC#LIVES2017 – Age of Red Cells for Transfusion and Outcomes in Critically Ill Adults – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Commentaries: Red blood cells for transfusion like a good red: A little older, a little better – Monash University, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Is Older Blood OK to Use in a Transfusion? – WebMD (free)
Randomized Trial: Individualized vs Standard Blood Pressure Management in High-Risk Patients Undergoing Major Surgery
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:33h | UTCEditorial: Perioperative Management of High-Risk Patients: Going Beyond “Avoid Hypoxia and Hypotension” (free)
Commentary: Individualized SBP tx cuts risk for post-op organ dysfunction – MedicalXpress (free)
Randomized Trial: Routine Low-Dose Oxygen Supplementation in Adults With Acute Stroke
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:30h | UTCEffect of Routine Low-Dose Oxygen Supplementation on Death and Disability in Adults With Acute Stroke: The Stroke Oxygen Study Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Low-dose oxygen no benefit in adults with acute stroke – MedicalXpress (free) AND UK study ‘settles debate’ over whether to give routine oxygen to stroke patients – Nursing Times (free)
Routine oxygen was also of no benefit in a recent trial in patients with acute myocardial infarction, see Original Article (link to abstract – $ for full-text) and Quick Take Video Summary (free)
Randomized Trial: Effect of Lung Recruitment and Titrated PEEP on Mortality in Patients with ARDS
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:32h | UTCEditorial: Lung Recruitment and Titrated PEEP in Moderate to Severe ARDS: Is the Door Closing on the Open Lung? (free)
Commentary: Open Lung Ventilation May Worsen ARDS Mortality – MedPage Today (free registration required)
“A strategy using a lung recruitment maneuver and titrated PEEP, in association with volume-assist control ventilation, increased mortality of patients with moderate to severe ARDS”.
Review: Preventing catastrophic haemorrhage in pancreatitis
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:11h | UTCPancreatitis: Preventing catastrophic haemorrhage – World Journal of Gastroenterology (free)
Review: New Approaches to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infection
27 Sep, 2017 | 14:44h | UTCNew Approaches to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infection – Clinical Infectious Diseases (free)
Guideline: A Treatment Algorithm for Emergent Invasive Cardiac Procedures in the Resuscitated Comatose Patient
27 Sep, 2017 | 14:38h | UTCCommentary: Cardiac Arrest: A Treatment Algorithm for Emergent Invasive Cardiac Procedures in the Resuscitated Comatose Patient – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
Interventions to Reduce Suicide Risk Among Hospital Emergency Department Patients
25 Sep, 2017 | 22:20h | UTCModeling the Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions to Reduce Suicide Risk Among Hospital Emergency Department Patients – Psychiatric Services (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Life-Saving Post-ER Suicide Prevention Strategies are Cost Effective – National Institute of Mental Health (free)
See also related meta-analysis and studies on strategies to prevent suicide in our August 11th issue (see #6 and #7)
Blood test and ECG may safely rule out heart attack
24 Sep, 2017 | 21:31h | UTCBlood test and ECG may safely rule out heart attack – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Rapid Rule-out of Acute Myocardial Infarction With a Single High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T Measurement Below the Limit of Detection: A Collaborative Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text) and Commentary: High-sensitivity troponin T result may help rule out of myocardial infarction – 2 Minute Medicine (free)
Review: Pulmonary Embolism in Children
20 Sep, 2017 | 21:09h | UTCPulmonary Embolism in Children – Frontiers in Pediatrics (free)
Review: Evaluation of bleeding in patients receiving direct oral anticoagulants
20 Sep, 2017 | 21:11h | UTC
Review: Ultrasound-guided central venous catheter placement
20 Sep, 2017 | 21:07h | UTC
Review: Multiple Myeloma Emergencies
20 Sep, 2017 | 21:06h | UTCMultiple Myeloma Emergencies – emDocs (free)
Review: Diaphragm Dysfunction in Critical Illness
20 Sep, 2017 | 20:53h | UTCDiaphragm Dysfunction in Critical Illness – Chest (free PDF)
Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club
A Collaborative Cardiologist-Intensivist Management Model Improves Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Outcomes
20 Sep, 2017 | 20:52h | UTCCommentary: New Study Shows Novel Collaborative Intensive Care Can Significantly Improve Treatment for Heart Patients – and Cut Costs – NewsWise (free)
Meta-Analysis: Corticosteroids in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:34h | UTCCorticosteroids in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia: systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis – Clinical Infectious Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Related Meta-analysis: Efficacy and Safety of Adjunctive Corticosteroids Therapy for Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – PLOS One (free) AND Efficacy and Safety of Corticosteroids for Community-Acquired Pneumonia – Chest (free) AND Adjunctive Systemic Corticosteroids for Hospitalized Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 2015 Update – Scientific Reports (free)
Guideline: Contemporary Management of Cardiogenic Shock
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:28h | UTCTop Ten Things to Know: Contemporary Management of Cardiogenic Shock (free PDF)
Meta-Analysis: The Weekend Effect in Hospitalized Patients
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:21h | UTCThe Weekend Effect in Hospitalized Patients: A Meta-Analysis – Journal of Hospital Medicine (link to abstract – free full-text PDF via @unpaywall)
Commentary: Review finds evidence for weekend effect on mortality in hospitalized patients – ACP Hospitalist (free)
Related article: Weekends affect mortality risk and chance of discharge in critically ill patients: a retrospective study in the Austrian registry for intensive care – Critical Care (free) AND Commentary: “Weekend effects” in intensive care units – On Medicine (free)
Study: Antidepressant Use and Depressive Symptoms in Intensive Care Unit Survivors
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:41h | UTCCommentary: Many ICU survivors depressed: IU study finds young and African-Americans at highest risk – Indiana University, via EurekAlert (free)
Meta-Analysis: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention vs Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients With Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:10h | UTCCommentary: CABG, PCI show similar long-term outcomes – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Guidelines on perioperative venous thromboembolism prophylaxis: Surgery in the elderly
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:05h | UTC
Antibiotic stewardship: Why we must, how we can
18 Sep, 2017 | 13:50h | UTCAntibiotic stewardship: Why we must, how we can – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)
Guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:27h | UTCInternational ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia (free) (RT @CritCareReviews see Tweet)
Review: Voriconazole-refractory invasive aspergillosis
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:00h | UTCVoriconazole-refractory invasive aspergillosis – Korean Journal of Internal Medicine (free)
Review: Tuberculosis: Presentation and ED Management
16 Sep, 2017 | 17:51h | UTCTuberculosis: Presentation and ED Management – emDocs (free)