Stories Category: Intensive Care
Plasma cytokine levels predict response to corticosteroids in septic shock
Plasma concentration of selected cytokines is a potential predictive biomarker to identify septic shock patients that may benefit from treatment with corticosteroids.... read more
FDA Approves Defibrillator That Automatically Adjusts Pacing
The FDA has cleared the Claria MRI Quad Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillator (CRT-D) SureScan device (Medtronic) for patients with heart failure.... read more
Bariatric surgery may protect against heart failure
Bariatric surgery appears to reduce substantially the risk of heart failure.... read more
Bacteriophages cure bacterial infections
Phage therapy may be a solution to treating infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Since 2013, researchers at the University of Helsinki in Finland have collected bacteriophages to combat antibiotic-resistant... read more
New Clinical Resources From American Association Of Critical-Care Nurses Address Delirium, CAUTI And VTE
Updated AACN Practice Alerts offer latest evidence-based practice related to delirium, catheter-associated urinary tract infections and venous thromboembolism.... read more
Impella CP Versus Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump in Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock
At 30 days, mortality in patients treated with either IABP or Impella CP was similar (50% and 46%, respectively, hazard ratio (HR) with Impella CP, 0.96 (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.42 to 2.18; p=0.92).... read more
The impact of extracerebral organ failure on outcome of patients after cardiac arrest
In this multicenter cohort, extracerebral organ dysfunction was common in CA patients. Renal failure on admission was the only extracerebral organ dysfunction independently associated with higher ICU mortality.... read more
Promise Healthcare first long-term acute care (LTAC) facility to install portable CT scanner
Promise Hospital of Florida at The Villages' new BodyTom CT scanner from Samsung NeuroLogica offers in-house scanning for patients who may have difficulty being transported to imaging facilities.... read more
Simultaneous assessment of the synthesis rate and transcapillary escape rate of albumin in inflammation and surgery
Single measurements of the synthesis rate and/or transcapillary escape rate of albumin obviously cannot explain the plasma level of albumin or the changes seen in plasma albumin concentration.... read more
PCSK9 Inhibition and Other New Therapies for Lipid Modification: Good News and Bad
A late-breaking clinical trial session devoted to newly approved and investigational compounds for the treatment of lipids highlighted the end of a once promising therapy for low HDL cholesterol.... read more
Potentially modifiable factors contributing to outcome from acute respiratory distress syndrome: the LUNG SAFE study
Higher PEEP, lower peak, plateau, and driving pressures, and lower respiratory rate are associated with improved survival from ARDS.... read more
COPD Awareness Month 2016: Atrial fibrillation, Crohn’s disease, chronic kidney disease, depression, and asthma
November is COPD Awareness Month, so in light of this we present our articles discussing COPD and related topics, such as atrial fibrillation, Crohn’s disease, chronic kidney disease, depression, asthma, and ulcerative... read more
Study: Integration of eICU Telemedicine Program Improves Patient Outcomes
New CHEST study reveals greater integration of eICU telemedicine teams with bedside care achieved shorter lengths of ICU and hospital stays.... read more
Physicians Say 2 Hours a Day Spent on Digital Records
Clinicians are spending nearly two hours working on electronic health records (EHRs) for every hour they spend with a patient.... read more
Sepsis-3 definitions predict ICU mortality in a low-middle-income country
The medical records of 957 patients were retrieved from a prospectively collected database. Serum lactate improved accuracy for values higher than 4 mmol/L in the no-dysfunction and septic shock groups.... read more
New Screening Test Identifies Potential Therapies to Fight Drug-Resistant Bacteria
Researchers at the NCATS and NIAID have found a new way to identify drugs and drug combinations that may potentially be useful in combating infections that are resistant to antibiotics. The researchers used the test to screen... read more
New discovery paves way for pancreatic cancer treatment
Patients suffering from pancreatic cancer may soon face better treatment options due to the latest discovery by Dr. Reginald Hill, who's research focuses on drugs that are already approved by the FDA.... read more
