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Post-Hospital VTE in Patients with COVID-19

 

Post-Hospital VTE in Patients with COVID-19

The authors concluded that the rate of post-hospital venous thromboembolism (VTE) among patients with COVID-19 is low and that routine post-hospital prophylaxis is not necessary. Of the 1,877 hospital admissions with COVID-19... read more

 
 
Quick Reference to Critical Care

 

Quick Reference to Critical Care

Sharpen your critical care skills, with the fully updated Quick Reference to Critical Care, fifth 5th edition. This well-illustrated pocket guide covers the full range of critical care scenarios, listing each disorder, medication,... read more

 
 
Extracorporeal Cytokine Adsorption as an Alternative to Pharmacological Inhibition of IL-6 in COVID-19

 

Extracorporeal Cytokine Adsorption as an Alternative to Pharmacological Inhibition of IL-6 in COVID-19

With great interest we read the article by Convertino et al. discussing potential treatment targets for pharmacological immunomodulation in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).... read more

 
 
Plasma Exchange in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients

 

Plasma Exchange in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients

The spectrum of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ranges from asymptomatic infection to respiratory failure and death of patients. Severely affected patients may develop a cytokine storm-like clinical syndrome with multi-organ... read more

 

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Nursing Care and ECMO

 

Nursing Care and ECMO

This highly informative book provides essential insights for ICU nurses at ECMO centers around the world, who face the substantial challenges involved in the management of ECMO patients. Above all, it meets their training... read more

 
 
Impact of Cardiovascular Risk Profile on COVID-19 Outcome

 

Impact of Cardiovascular Risk Profile on COVID-19 Outcome

This study investigates the extent of cardiac comorbidities and complications among hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Cardiovascular complications are frequent among COVID-19 patients, and might contribute to adverse clinical... read more

 
 
Effect of Early Activity Combined with Early Nutrition on Acquired Weakness in ICU Patients

 

Effect of Early Activity Combined with Early Nutrition on Acquired Weakness in ICU Patients

This trial has the potential to identify a novel strategy for preventing or managing ICU-AW. The findings may increase the clinical knowledge about nutrition and mobilization interventions for people with ICU-AW, and contribute... read more

 
 
Factors Behind Decline of VV ECMO to Support Neonatal Respiratory Failure

 

Factors Behind Decline of VV ECMO to Support Neonatal Respiratory Failure

The majority of U.K. centers are unable to provide venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV ECMO) for neonates due to concerns with availability and suitability of dual lumen cannulae. An alternative to be considered... read more

 
 
Acid-Base, Fluids, and Electrolytes Made Ridiculously Simple

 

Acid-Base, Fluids, and Electrolytes Made Ridiculously Simple

A brief, highly readable book providing the clinician with a straightforward approach to solving even the most complex, acid-base, fluid, and electrolyte problems. Useful to medical students, interns and residents, nurses... read more

 
 
How AI is Reshaping Healthcare During COVID-19

 

How AI is Reshaping Healthcare During COVID-19

As the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries rush to tackle a wide range of COVID-19 challenges, from developing treatments and sourcing medical supplies to mitigating outbreaks and racing towards a vaccine, the use of... read more

 
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Prone Positioning in Non-intubated Patients with COVID-19

 

Prone Positioning in Non-intubated Patients with COVID-19

As the COVID-19 pandemic has put severe stress and strain on the capacity of hospitals around the world, concerted efforts have been made to evaluate therapeutics aimed at preventing the need for mechanical ventilation. The... read more

 
 
ICU Capacity is More About the Clinicians Than The Number of Beds

 

ICU Capacity is More About the Clinicians Than The Number of Beds

Each time communities experience surges of COVID-19, concerns arise over the availability of hospital and intensive care unit beds in affected regions. To monitor ICU capacity, several states have begun to track and publicly... read more

 
 
Prior Routine Use of NSAIDs and Important Outcomes in Hospitalised COVID-19 Patients

 

Prior Routine Use of NSAIDs and Important Outcomes in Hospitalised COVID-19 Patients

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection causes acute lung injury, resulting from aggressive inflammation initiated by viral replication. There has been much speculation about the potential role of non-steroidal inflammatory... read more

 
 
Prone Positioning Non-intubated COVID-19 Patients with Severe Hypoxemia Was Safe

 

Prone Positioning Non-intubated COVID-19 Patients with Severe Hypoxemia Was Safe

In a small sample, prone positioning non-intubated COVID-19 patients with severe hypoxemia was safe; however, many patients did not tolerate prolonged durations. Although patients had improved oxygenation and respiratory... read more

 
 
Reducing Mortality in Acute Kidney Injury

 

Reducing Mortality in Acute Kidney Injury

This book describes the techniques, strategies, and drugs that have been demonstrated by at least one paper published in a peer-reviewed journal to significantly influence survival in patients with or at risk for acute kidney... read more

 
 
LV Overloading Identified by Critical Care Echocardiography is Key in Weaning‑induced Pulmonary Edema

 

LV Overloading Identified by Critical Care Echocardiography is Key in Weaning‑induced Pulmonary Edema

Spontaneous breathing trial (SBT) failure due to WIPO appears related to overloaded LV, including the worsening or development of mitral regurgitation, associated with excessive accumulated fluid balance. SBT-induced central... read more

 
 
Scvo2 in Sepsis: A Measurement Provided by Respiratory Care Practitioners

 

Scvo2 in Sepsis: A Measurement Provided by Respiratory Care Practitioners

When treating patients with sepsis, intensive care unit (ICU) and emergency department clinicians have learned that improved outcomes occur when staff members work together as a team. This article outlines the value of central... read more

 
 
Validation of a Point-of-Care Capillary Lactate Measuring Device

 

Validation of a Point-of-Care Capillary Lactate Measuring Device

Lactate Pro 2 had good agreement with the reference method using arterial blood but poorer agreement using venous blood. Our results show the potential for overestimation of the lactate values in haemodynamically compromised... read more

 
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Evidence-based perioperative teaching with Dave Berman
In this 181st episode I welcome Dr. Dave Berman back to the show to discuss what the evidence tells us about how to effectively teach in the perioperative arena.

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A nurse remembers her true hero
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Surgical Cricothyroidotomy: How I Do It
Knife. Finger. Tube. Sounds simple enough. And you read correctly… a bougie is both unnecessary and superfluous! In this episode I share you some tricks of the trade for performing a cric successfully, together with post-surgical airway considerations.

Top 10 Practice Changing Trials in Intensive Care
In this multicentric randomized controlled trial (RCT), patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), (based on pre-Berlin definitions) were enrolled.

 
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