Critical Care & Emergencies (all articles)
#ESCCongress – Study: Oxygen Therapy in Suspected Acute Myocardial Infarction
29 Aug, 2017 | 15:15h | UTCOxygen Therapy in Suspected Acute Myocardial Infarction – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Editorial: Is Oxygen Therapy Beneficial in Acute Myocardial Infarction? Simple Question, Complicated Mechanism, Simple Answer (free)
Commentaries: Oxygen therapy does not improve survival in patients with heart attack symptoms (DETO2X-AMI) – ESC Press Releases (free) AND Supplemental Oxygen Provides No Benefit to Patients With Suspected MI: DETO2X-AMI – TCTMD (free) AND Suspected MI and Normal Oxygen Saturation? Don’t Bother with Supplemental Oxygen – Physician’s First Watch (free)
#ESCCongress – Study: Bag-mask ventilation fails to improve on endotracheal intubation in cardiac arrest
29 Aug, 2017 | 15:11h | UTCBag-mask ventilation fails to improve on endotracheal intubation in cardiac arrest (CAAM) – ESC Press Releases (free) (the results have not been published yet)
Commentary: CAAM: Is Bag-Mask Ventilation Superior to ETI During CPR? – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
Review: Necrotizing pancreatitis
29 Aug, 2017 | 15:06h | UTCNecrotizing pancreatitis: Diagnose, treat, consult – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)
Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club (free resource to find articles of interest)
Study: Community-acquired Pneumonia Visualized on Computed Tomography but Not Chest X-Ray
29 Aug, 2017 | 14:54h | UTCCommunity-acquired Pneumonia Visualized on Computed Tomography but Not Chest X-Ray: Pathogens, Severity, and Clinical Outcomes – Chest (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club (free resource to find articles of interest)
“Adults hospitalized with CAP who had radiologic evidence of pneumonia on CT but not concurrent CXR had similar pathogens, disease severity, and outcomes compared with patients who had signs of pneumonia on CXR”.
Review: DRESS: What does the emergency physician need to know?
29 Aug, 2017 | 14:54h | UTCDRESS: What does the emergency physician need to know? – emDocs (free)
#ESCCongress – 2017 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation
27 Aug, 2017 | 20:11h | UTC2017 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation: The Task Force for the management of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) (free) (RT @rafavidalperez see Tweet)
Commentary: ESC Updates Guidelines for Treating STEMI Patients – TCTMD (free)
See also: #ESCCongress Slides (free PPT file)
Review: Candida auris: A rapidly emerging cause of hospital-acquired multidrug-resistant fungal infections globally
26 Aug, 2017 | 20:03h | UTCRelated: A ‘perfect storm’ superbug: How an invasive fungus got health officials’ attention – STAT (free) CDC keeping a watchful eye on Candida auris – CIDRAP (free) AND CDC reports uptick in Candida auris cases – CIDRAP (free)
Review: Predicting Volume Responsiveness in the Emergency Department
26 Aug, 2017 | 19:38h | UTCPredicting Volume Responsiveness in the Emergency Department – emDocs (free)
Review: Changing Definitions of Sepsis
26 Aug, 2017 | 16:01h | UTCChanging Definitions of Sepsis – Turkish Journal of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (free)
Review: Drug-induced liver injury
26 Aug, 2017 | 15:48h | UTCReview: Drug-induced liver injury: recent advances in diagnosis and risk assessment – Gut (free)
Review: Blunt vertebral vascular injury in trauma patients
26 Aug, 2017 | 15:42h | UTC
Review: Coma After Acute Head Injury
26 Aug, 2017 | 15:33h | UTCComa After Acute Head Injury – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Splenic trauma guidelines for adult and pediatric patients
24 Aug, 2017 | 20:39h | UTC
NT-proBNP not helpful for heart failure drug titration
24 Aug, 2017 | 20:34h | UTCEffect of Natriuretic Peptide–Guided Therapy on Hospitalization or Cardiovascular Mortality in High-Risk Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Natriuretic Peptide-Guided Therapy No Better Than Usual Care in Heart Failure Patients – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND NT-proBNP Tx Disappoints for HF Drug Titration – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Review: Incidence, prevalence, and management of MRSA bacteremia
22 Aug, 2017 | 20:04h | UTC
Guideline: Prevention of acute kidney injury and protection of renal function in the intensive care unit
22 Aug, 2017 | 19:48h | UTCExpert opinion of the Working Group on Prevention, AKI section, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
Study: Risk of Arterial Thromboembolism in Patients With Cancer
22 Aug, 2017 | 14:44h | UTCRisk of Arterial Thromboembolism in Patients With Cancer – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Cancer Patients at Heightened Risk for Arterial Thromboembolism – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND Thromboembolism Risk Doubled in Cancer Patients – Medscape (free registration required) AND Cancer patients carry double the short-term risk of arterial thromboembolism – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Short-Term Risk of Arterial Thromboembolism in Newly Diagnosed Patients With Cancer – ASCO Post (free)
Study: Delirium and Benzodiazepines Associated With Prolonged ICU Stay in Critically Ill Infants and Young Children
22 Aug, 2017 | 12:58h | UTCEditorial: Benzodiazepines and Delirium in the Young and Old: Truth Be Told or Still Not Sold? (free)
“Benzodiazepine exposure is associated with the development and longer duration of delirium, and lower likelihood of ICU discharge”.
Review: Oncological patients in the intensive care unit
22 Aug, 2017 | 00:53h | UTCSource: Critical Care Review Newsletter
Guideline: Safe Medication Use in the ICU
21 Aug, 2017 | 01:44h | UTCClinical Practice Guideline: Safe Medication Use in the ICU – Critical Care Medicine (free)
See also: Executive Summary (free)
Meta-analysis: Acute Kidney Injury After Computed Tomography
21 Aug, 2017 | 01:41h | UTCAcute Kidney Injury After Computed Tomography: A Meta-analysis – Annals of Emergency Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: When kidneys are injured, CT contrast isn’t the culprit – Health Imaging (free)
Related article: Risk of Acute Kidney Injury After Intravenous Contrast Media Administration – Annals of Emergency Medicine (free)
Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club
Compared with noncontrast CT, contrast-enhanced CT was not significantly associated with either acute kidney injury, need for renal replacement therapy, or all-cause mortality.
Review: Postoperative pulmonary complications
21 Aug, 2017 | 01:36h | UTCPostoperative pulmonary complications – British Journal of Anaesthesia (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Topic of The Week
Standard of Care in Critically Ill Adult Patients With Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
17 Aug, 2017 | 18:22h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Coma After Acute Head Injury
17 Aug, 2017 | 18:39h | UTCReview: Coma After Acute Head Injury – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Comparison of early versus late initiation of renal replacement therapy for acute kidney injury in critically ill patients
17 Aug, 2017 | 17:55h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Early initiation of RRT in critically ill patients did not result in reduced mortality, change in renal function recovery, dependence, duration of RRT, renal recovery time, mechanical ventilation time or complications.