Critical Care & Emergencies (all articles)
Personalized nutrition therapy in critical care: 10 expert recommendations
10 Jul, 2023 | 13:36h | UTCPersonalized nutrition therapy in critical care: 10 expert recommendations – Critical Care
How to avoid harm with feeding critically ill patients: a synthesis of viewpoints of a basic scientist, dietitian and intensivist
10 Jul, 2023 | 13:34h | UTC
Consensus Paper | Adult cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury
7 Jul, 2023 | 16:18h | UTC
Consensus Paper | The place of new antibiotics for Gram-negative bacterial infections in intensive care
7 Jul, 2023 | 16:15h | UTC
Review | Acute-on-chronic liver failure
7 Jul, 2023 | 16:09h | UTCAcute-on-chronic liver failure: far to go—a review – Critical Care
Related:
EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on acute-on-chronic liver failure – Journal of Hepatology
Guidelines for the management of adult acute and acute-on-chronic liver failure in the ICU
M-A | Clinical tests for confirming tracheal intubation or excluding esophageal intubation
3 Jul, 2023 | 14:19h | UTC
M-A | Higher versus lower blood pressure targets after cardiac arrest
3 Jul, 2023 | 14:18h | UTC
Review | Respiratory challenges and ventilatory management in different types of acute brain-injured patients
3 Jul, 2023 | 14:17h | UTC
RCT | Substituting saline with balanced crystalloid solution reduces delayed graft function in kidney transplantation
30 Jun, 2023 | 14:56h | UTCSummary: The BEST-Fluids study was a pragmatic, multicentre, double-blind, randomized controlled trial carried out across 16 hospitals in Australia and New Zealand, aimed at comparing the use of balanced crystalloid solution (Plasma-Lyte 148) and saline in deceased donor kidney transplantation. The sample size comprised of 808 participants, who were either adults or children of any age, with the primary outcome defined as delayed graft function (DGF) occurring within 7 days post-transplantation.
Findings from the trial revealed that the balanced crystalloid group experienced less DGF than the saline group, with 121 out of 404 participants (30%) and 160 out of 403 participants (40%), respectively. This result yields an adjusted relative risk of 0.74 and an adjusted risk difference of 10.1%.
The study suggests that balanced crystalloid solution significantly reduces the incidence of DGF compared to saline. As no significant safety concerns were raised during the trial, the researchers recommend the use of balanced crystalloid solution as the standard-of-care intravenous fluid in deceased donor kidney transplantation. However, the study doesn’t indicate any significant differences in graft failure or mortality rates, which calls for further research.
Article: Balanced crystalloid solution versus saline in deceased donor kidney transplantation (BEST-Fluids): a pragmatic, double-blind, randomised, controlled trial – The Lancet (free registration required)
M-A | Tracheostomy timing not a key determinant of clinical outcomes in critically ill stroke patients
30 Jun, 2023 | 14:50h | UTC
SR | Medical equipment that improve safety and outcomes of inter-facility transportation of critically ill patients
30 Jun, 2023 | 14:48h | UTC
Update on transfusion-related acute lung injury: an overview of its pathogenesis and management
30 Jun, 2023 | 14:31h | UTC
AHA Scientific Statement | Considerations on the management of acute postoperative ischemia after cardiac surgery
29 Jun, 2023 | 14:07h | UTC
Clinical Trial Update | Equal long-term health and survival from restrictive vs. standard IV fluid therapy in septic shock patients
29 Jun, 2023 | 14:01h | UTCOriginal Study: RCT: A restrictive intravenous fluid strategy does not improve outcomes in ICU patients with septic shock.
Position Statement | Prehospital hemorrhage control and treatment by clinicians
27 Jun, 2023 | 14:02h | UTC
EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on acute-on-chronic liver failure
27 Jun, 2023 | 14:00h | UTCEASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on acute-on-chronic liver failure – Journal of Hepatology
Commentary on Twitter
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— Journal of Hepatology (@JHepatology) June 24, 2023
Position Paper | Assessing and managing frailty in emergency laparotomy
27 Jun, 2023 | 13:45h | UTC
Review | Management of short-term mechanical circulatory support for cardiogenic shock in adults in the intensive cardiac care unit
27 Jun, 2023 | 13:42h | UTC
Special Series | Emergencies in vascular surgery
27 Jun, 2023 | 13:41h | UTCHomepage – Seminars in Vascular Surgery
Descending thoracic aortic emergencies: Past, present, and future
Acute management of mesenteric emergencies: Tailoring the solution to the problem
Review | Differentiating infection, colonization, and sterile inflammation in critical illness
26 Jun, 2023 | 00:41h | UTCDifferentiating infection, colonisation, and sterile inflammation in critical illness: the emerging role of host-response profiling – Intensive Care Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentary on Twitter
Infection, colonisation, sterile inflammation in critical illness?
? current approaches to distinguishing
? host–pathogen interactions
? techniques to characterise host response
? challenges/limitations of host‑response diagnostics
#FOAMcc @yourICM
?️https://t.co/d3vhgrt3ZE pic.twitter.com/eDFiinMvSp— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) June 22, 2023
Review | Update on the management of patients with HIV infection in anesthesia and critical care
26 Jun, 2023 | 00:36h | UTC
Review | Therapeutic drug monitoring of antimicrobials in critically ill obese patients
26 Jun, 2023 | 00:29h | UTCTherapeutic Drug Monitoring of Antimicrobials in Critically Ill Obese Patients – Antibiotics
Commentary on Twitter
?️⚡️Narrative Review @antibioticsmdpi
with @fabio_taccone
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Antimicrobials in Critically Ill Obese Patients #IDTwitter #CCTwitter https://t.co/s8dvWjtIwt pic.twitter.com/WWyflkblVY— Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem?? (@ABsteward) June 24, 2023
Retrospective study | Increasing prevalence and severity of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae in ICUs
23 Jun, 2023 | 13:25h | UTC
Scientific Advisory | Expedited CT scanning with iodinated contrast when necessary favored over renal concerns in emergencies
22 Jun, 2023 | 15:19h | UTCRelated:
Radiographic Contrast Media and the Kidney – Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Contrast-Associated Acute Kidney Injury – Journal of Clinical Medicine
Review | Nonsurgical management of major hemorrhage
22 Jun, 2023 | 15:16h | UTCNonsurgical management of major hemorrhage – Canadian Medical Association Journal