New Resuscitation Guidance for Patients with COVID-19

New Resuscitation Guidance for Patients with COVID-19

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Heart Association and collaborating organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Association for Respiratory Care, the Society of Critical Care... read more

Transtracheal Jet Ventilation in the Can’t Intubate Can’t Oxygenate Emergency

Transtracheal Jet Ventilation in the Can’t Intubate Can’t Oxygenate Emergency

Transtracheal jet ventilation (TTJV) is associated with a high risk of device failure and barotrauma in the CICO emergency. Guidelines and recommendations supporting the use of TTJV in CICO should be reconsidered. 44 studies... read more

COVID-19 Guidance for Hospital Reporting and FAQs

COVID-19 Guidance for Hospital Reporting and FAQs

Hospitals are responsible for reporting the information to the Federal government. Facilities should report at the individual hospital level, even if hospitals share a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Certification... read more

Consensus Process to Define Guiding Principles for Acute Perioperative Pain Management

Consensus Process to Define Guiding Principles for Acute Perioperative Pain Management

The US Health and Human Services Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force initiated a public–private partnership which led to the publication of its report in 2019. The report emphasized the need for individualized,... read more

ECMO in Children Receiving HCT and Immune Effector Cell Therapy

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

Loading and Increasing Vancomycin Dose Frequency Not Advantageous for Gram-Positive Sepsis in Infants

Loading and Increasing Vancomycin Dose Frequency Not Advantageous for Gram-Positive Sepsis in Infants

The efficacy of a vancomycin loading dose with more frequent dosing and shorter duration of treatment was comparable to standard dosing regimens for gram-positive sepsis in infants but with heightened risk for impaired hearing,... read more

Inhaled Amphotericin B Lipid Complex for Prophylaxis Against COVID-19-associated Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis

Inhaled Amphotericin B Lipid Complex for Prophylaxis Against COVID-19-associated Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis

Recently, Prattes and colleagues published in Intensive Care Medicine a high incidence of coronavirus disease 2019-associated invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA), according to 2020 ECMM/ISHAM consensus criteria, with... read more

High-dose vs. Low-dose Prednisolone in post-COVID-19 Patients

High-dose vs. Low-dose Prednisolone in post-COVID-19 Patients

In some patients, respiratory symptoms and imaging abnormalities persist after acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia. The chest computed tomography (CT) generally shows diffuse parenchymal lung abnormalities... read more

Recovery, Rehabilitation and Follow-up Services After Critical Illness

Recovery, Rehabilitation and Follow-up Services After Critical Illness

Overall, these data demonstrate a proliferation of recovery, follow-up and rehabilitation services for critically ill adults in the past decade across the UK, although service gaps remain suggesting further work is required... read more

WHO Issues Guidelines on the Treatment of Children with MIS Associated with COVID-19

WHO Issues Guidelines on the Treatment of Children with MIS Associated with COVID-19

WHO issued updated guidelines on the management of multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS) in children associated with COVID-19 (MIS-C). MIS-C is a rare but serious condition where children with COVID-19 develop inflammation... read more

Pulmonary Hypertension: Controversial and Emerging Topics

Pulmonary Hypertension: Controversial and Emerging Topics

This book is a clinical guide to controversial and emerging topics in pulmonary hypertension. There are multiple challenges and unanswered questions encountered by clinicians that evaluate, diagnose and treat patients with... read more

Consensus Guidelines on the Use of Intravenous Ketamine Infusions for Acute Pain Management

Consensus Guidelines on the Use of Intravenous Ketamine Infusions for Acute Pain Management

Evidence supports the use of ketamine for acute pain in a variety of contexts, including as a stand-alone treatment, as an adjunct to opioids, and, to a lesser extent, as an intranasal formulation. Contraindications for... read more

NIH-convened Expert Panel Proposes Standardized Definition of Placental COVID-19 Infection

NIH-convened Expert Panel Proposes Standardized Definition of Placental COVID-19 Infection

A panel of experts convened by the National Institutes of Health has recommended standardized criteria to define infection of the placenta with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The panel also offers guidance... read more

Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy for COVID-19 Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation

Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy for COVID-19 Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation

Patients with COVID-19 who survive the early days of MV experience severe and prolonged respiratory failure. An early modified percutaneous dilational tracheostomy (PDT) was safe for patients and healthcare providers and... read more