Is Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Futile in COVID-19 Patients Experiencing In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest?

Is Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Futile in COVID-19 Patients Experiencing In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest?

COVID-19 patients suffering from in-hospital cardiac arrest had 100% in-hospital mortality regardless of the baseline comorbidities, presenting illness severity, and location of arrest. Out of 1,094 patients hospitalized... read more

Azithromycin in Patients Hospitalised with COVID-19

Azithromycin in Patients Hospitalised with COVID-19

2582 hospitalised patients were randomised to standard of usual care plus azithromycin and 5182 patients received standard of usual care only. Exclusions including patients with long QTc or hypersensitivity to a macrolide... read more

Evaluation and Treatment of Renal and Perinephric Abscesses

Evaluation and Treatment of Renal and Perinephric Abscesses

A 30-year-old woman with past medical history of type 2 diabetes presents to the emergency department with 3 days of vague abdominal/back pain, with associated subjective fever, chills, nausea and vomiting. She states she... read more

Stress Hyperglycemia and Mortality in Subjects With Diabetes and Sepsis

Stress Hyperglycemia and Mortality in Subjects With Diabetes and Sepsis

Stress-induced hyperglycemia is a relevant prognostic factor also in the presence of diabetes. Mild-to-moderate stress hyperglycemia is considered a protective reaction to providing fuel for the immune system and brain at... read more

Pragmatic Approach to Inpatient Diabetes Management During COVID-19

Pragmatic Approach to Inpatient Diabetes Management During COVID-19

The pandemic of COVID-19 has presented new challenges to hospital personnel providing care for infected patients with diabetes who represent more than 20% of critically ill patients in ICUs. Appropriate glycemic management... read more

Sepsis and COVID-19: Perspectives From a Sepsis Coordinator

Sepsis and COVID-19: Perspectives From a Sepsis Coordinator

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has brought difficulties and disruptions to all corners of the world. As a sepsis coordinator, I can attest that the scientific and healthcare community in the United States has been particularly... read more

Bedside ECHO To Diagnose Native Valve Infective Endocarditis

Bedside ECHO To Diagnose Native Valve Infective Endocarditis

Infective endocarditis (IE) is an important pathology to detect in the Emergency Department (ED), but the diagnosis is too often delayed or missed. IE ticks many boxes as a diagnosis we can "own" in Emergency Medicine (EM): 1.... read more

Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes with Empagliflozin in Heart Failure

Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes with Empagliflozin in Heart Failure

Among patients receiving recommended therapy for heart failure, those in the empagliflozin group had a lower risk of cardiovascular death or hospitalization for heart failure than those in the placebo group, regardless of... read more

Perioperative Management of Glucose-lowering Drugs in Type 2 Diabetes Patients

Perioperative Management of Glucose-lowering Drugs in Type 2 Diabetes Patients

Patients with type 2 diabetes are commonly referred for elective or emergency surgery. In case of scheduled surgical procedures, previous guidelines recommended to withhold oral glucose-lowering drugs. Based on recent... read more

Factors Associated With Death in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19 in the US

Factors Associated With Death in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19 in the US

This study identified demographic, clinical, and hospital-level risk factors that may be associated with death in critically ill patients with COVID-19 and can facilitate the identification of medications and supportive therapies... read more

High-Risk & Critical Care Obstetrics

High-Risk & Critical Care Obstetrics

Co-published with the Association of Women's Health, Obstetrics & Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), this comprehensive book on advanced obstetrics practice focuses on the care of childbearing women with complications during pregnancy... read more

50 Studies Every Intensivist Should Know

50 Studies Every Intensivist Should Know

50 Studies Every Intensivist Should Know presents key studies that have shaped the practice of critical care medicine. Selected using a rigorous methodology, the studies cover topics including: sedation and analgesia, resuscitation,... read more

Relative Hypoglycemia in Diabetic Patients With Critical Illness

Relative Hypoglycemia in Diabetic Patients With Critical Illness

In ICU patients with diabetes, relative hypoglycemia is common, increases with higher hemoglobin A1C levels, and is a modifiable risk factor for both mortality and subsequent absolute hypoglycemia. These findings provide... read more

Imaging Changes of Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia in Advanced Stage

Imaging Changes of Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia in Advanced Stage

The imaging changes of acute stage from a case of 75-year-old male patient with severe COVID-19 pneumonia combined acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), septic shock, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) who... read more