Critical Care & Emergencies (all articles)
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.
Decompensated Heart Failure
17 Aug, 2017 | 18:11h | UTCSpecial issue: Topical Collection on Decompensated Heart Failure – Current Heart Failure Reports
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
– Inpatient Monitoring of Decompensated Heart Failure: What Is Needed? (free)
– Acute Heart Failure: Definition, Classification and Epidemiology (free)
– Mechanical Circulatory Support for Decompensated Heart Failure (free)
– Pharmacological and Non-pharmacological Treatment for Decompensated Heart Failure: What Is New? (free)
– Current Approach to Decongestive Therapy in Acute Heart Failure (free)
Five-Year Outcomes after On-Pump and Off-Pump Coronary-Artery Bypass
16 Aug, 2017 | 23:05h | UTCFive-Year Outcomes after On-Pump and Off-Pump Coronary-Artery Bypass – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Off-Pump CABG Raises Long-Term Mortality Risk – Cardiobrief (free) AND Newer method of open-heart surgery carries more risks, study finds – STAT (free)
Effect of scheduled second-look endoscopy on peptic ulcer bleeding
16 Aug, 2017 | 20:43h | UTCEffect of scheduled second-look endoscopy on peptic ulcer bleeding: a prospective randomized multicenter trial – Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: No Benefit of Second-Look Endoscopy After Endoscopic Hemostasis – Journal Watch ($)
“A single EGD with endoscopic hemostasis is not inferior to scheduled second-look endoscopy in terms of reduction in rebleeding rate of peptic ulcer bleeding. Repeat endoscopy would be helpful in the patients with unsatisfactory initial endoscopic hemostasis, use of NSAIDs, and larger amounts of transfused blood”
Role of nutrition support in adult cardiac surgery
16 Aug, 2017 | 19:48h | UTC
Working up high: Hospitalist practice is different at altitude
16 Aug, 2017 | 15:44h | UTCWorking up high: Hospitalist practice is different at altitude – ACP Hospitalist (free)
Related reviews: Acute high-altitude sickness – European Respiratory Review (free) AND Chronic Mountain Sickness: Clinical Aspects, Etiology, Management, and Treatment – High Altitude Medicine & Biology (free)
Syphilis in the ED: Presentations, Diagnosis, and Management of the Great Imitator
16 Aug, 2017 | 15:49h | UTCSyphilis in the ED: Presentations, Diagnosis, and Management of the Great Imitator – emDocs (free)
Sepsis in the burn patient
15 Aug, 2017 | 19:29h | UTCReview: Sepsis in the burn patient: a different problem than sepsis in the general population – Burns & Trauma (free)
The effect of high-flow nasal cannula in reducing the mortality and the rate of endotracheal intubation
15 Aug, 2017 | 16:26h | UTCThe effect of high-flow nasal cannula in reducing the mortality and the rate of endotracheal intubation when used before mechanical ventilation compared with conventional oxygen therapy and noninvasive positive pressure ventilation. A systematic review and meta-analysis – American Journal of Emergency Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Related systematic review: High-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy is superior to conventional oxygen therapy but not to noninvasive mechanical ventilation on intubation rate: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Critical Care (free)
Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club
“When used before mechanical ventilation, high-flow nasal cannula can improve the prognosis of patients compared both with the conventional oxygen therapy and noninvasive positive pressure ventilation”
Eliminating CK–MB Testing in Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome
15 Aug, 2017 | 00:50h | UTCEliminating Creatine Kinase–Myocardial Band Testing in Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Value-Based Quality Improvement – JAMA Internal Medicine (free) (RT @EricTopol see Tweet)
Author interview: Eliminating Creatine Kinase–Myocardial Band Testing in Suspected ACS (free)
Commentaries: Eliminating CK-MB Testing in Suspected ACS – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND Research review recommends eliminating widely ordered blood test for diagnosing heart attacks – Johns Hopkins Medicine, via Science Daily (free)
“Review is first publication from national consortium of academic medical centers working to eliminate unnecessary medical tests, treatments and procedures” (from Science Daily)
Review: General Care of the Pregnant Patient in the Intensive Care Unit
11 Aug, 2017 | 17:11h | UTCNarrative Review: General Care of the Pregnant Patient in the Intensive Care Unit – Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, via Medscape (free registration required)
Review: Lyme Disease: Emergency Department Considerations
11 Aug, 2017 | 17:15h | UTCNarrative review: Lyme Disease: Emergency Department Considerations – The Journal of Emergency Medicine, via Medscape (free registration required)
Mechanical Thrombectomy Outcomes With and Without Intravenous Thrombolysis in Stroke Patients
11 Aug, 2017 | 13:41h | UTCMechanical Thrombectomy Outcomes With and Without Intravenous Thrombolysis in Stroke Patients: A Meta-Analysis – Stroke (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Better outcomes seen in patients who received IV thrombolysis before thrombectomy – ACP Hospitalist (free)
“The results support current guideline recommendations to give intravenous thrombolysis to eligible patients even if they are being considered for mechanical thrombectomy, according to the meta-analysis authors” (from ACP)
Hyperventilation Therapy for Control of Posttraumatic Intracranial Hypertension
11 Aug, 2017 | 12:49h | UTCReview: Hyperventilation Therapy for Control of Posttraumatic Intracranial Hypertension – Frontiers in Neurology (free)
Procalcitonin: a promising diagnostic marker for sepsis and antibiotic therapy
11 Aug, 2017 | 12:37h | UTC“it is unlikely that a single biomarker serve as an effective diagnosis tool”
Seasonal influenza: managing cases in critical care units
11 Aug, 2017 | 12:35h | UTCGuideline: Seasonal influenza: managing cases in critical care units – Public Health England (free PDF)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Suicide Prevention in an Emergency Department Population
10 Aug, 2017 | 22:27h | UTCSuicide Prevention in an Emergency Department Population: The ED-SAFE Study – JAMA Psychiatry (link to abstract – Free Full Text PDF via @unpaywall)
Commentaries: Intervention Phone Calls May Save The Lives Of Suicidal Patients, Reduce New Attempts, Trial Finds – Medical Daily (free) AND National study shows interventions like telephone calls can reduce suicides – EurekAlert (free) AND Intervention Curbs New Suicide Attempts in At-Risk ED Patients – Medscape (free registration required)
Source: Psychiatry Research Review
“Patients who received a multifaceted intervention that included follow-up telephone calls resulted in a 30 percent reduction in future suicide attempts” (from Medical Daily)
Surgical Guidelines for Perioperative Management of Older Adults
10 Aug, 2017 | 20:48h | UTC