Stories Category: Intensive Care
Hypocalcemia Association with In-hospital Mortality and Complications in Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism
Pulmonary Embolism (PE) patients with hypocalcemia have higher in-hospital mortality than those without hypocalcemia. The in-hospital complications were also higher, along with longer length of stay. In the 2017 NIS, 187,989... read more
EPs Who Spread Misinformation Could Face Loss of Board Certification
Parallel pandemics have bedeviled the United States since the first cases of COVID-19 were recognized. As cases and deaths surged, so did the misinformation, and those false statements gained credibility when they came from... read more
Energy Transmission in Mechanically Ventilated Children
Mechanical energy (ME) better related to underlying lung pathology and patient outcome than MP. The delivery of generated energy to the lung was not dependent on endotracheal tube diameter (ETT) size during PC ventilation.... read more
MIF But Not MIF-2 Recruits Inflammatory Macrophages in an Experimental Polymicrobial Sepsis Model
Excessive inflammation drives the progression from sepsis to septic shock. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is of interest because MIF promoter polymorphisms predict mortality in different infections, and anti-MIF... read more
Quantifying the Burden of Viral Sepsis During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has resulted in millions of deaths worldwide and countless more admissions to hospitals and ICUs. Since... read more
Association of Volume Status During VV ECMO with Outcome
Fluid overload in acute respiratory distress syndrome is associated with increased mortality. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of cumulative fluid balance (CFB) during the first 7 days of eno-venous... read more
Intraoperative Hypotension and AKI after Noncardiac Surgery in Infants and Children
In distinct contrast to adults, the authors did not find any association between intraoperative hypotension and postoperative renal injury. Avoiding short periods of hypotension should not be the clinician’s primary concern... read more
Biomarker-guided Steroid Dosing in COVID-19 Pneumonia
Although corticosteroid administration has been associated with improved outcomes in severe COVID-19 pneumonia, their ideal use remains undefined with a "one size fits all" approach used, irrespective of the individual inflammatory... read more
Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ECPR) in Adults
Rates of survival with functional recovery for both in-hospital and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest are notably low. Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) is emerging as a modality to improve prognosis by augmenting... read more
Renal Failure and Replacement Therapies
Increased recognition of the overlap between critical care and renal medicine, and recent advances in the understanding of acute renal failure (ARF) and the application of renal replacement therapies (RRTs), have brought... read more
A New Acronym to Select Eligible Patients for ECPR
Rhythm check three - A2BCDE3! - A new acronym to select eligible patients for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (eCPR) Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (eCPR) is an ultra-invasive approach for the... read more
Effect of High-Flow Oxygen Therapy vs Conventional Oxygen Therapy on Invasive Mechanical Ventilation and Clinical Recovery in Patients With Severe COVID-19
An overall good trial that supports the use of high flow oxygen therapy in patients with Severe COVID-19. Randomized controlled trial conducted across three centers in Columbia over 5 months from August 2020 to January... read more
Targeted Temperature Management in Adult Cardiac Arrest
Among adult patients with cardiac arrest, the use of targeted temperature management at 32–34 °C, when compared to normothermia, did not result in improved outcomes in this meta-analysis. There was no effect of initiating... read more
ECMO in Children Receiving HCT and Immune Effector Cell Therapy
Use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in children receiving hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) and immune effector cell therapy is controversial and evidence-based guidelines have not been established. Remarkable... read more
Without POCUS we are Failing our CHF Patients
In its most basic sense, the physical exam is a method of inferring the state of health of the internal organs. For two centuries, it has been accomplished through auscultation, inspection, palpation, and percussion. These... read more
Ventilator Modes Made Easy: An Easy Reference for RRT’s, RN’s, and Medical Residents
Who says understanding ventilator modes has to be hard? This book gives you easy to understand information that every RRT, RN, or Resident always wishes they had. Each mode is described in simple language and answers the... read more
Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cell-based Therapies for Severe Viral Pneumonia
Severe viral pneumonia is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality globally, whether due to outbreaks of endemic viruses, periodic viral epidemics, or the rarer but devastating global viral pandemics. While limited... read more
