Tag: guidelines
Procedural Sedation in the COVID-19 Era
Resuming procedural sedation services for elective procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic requires unique considerations to ensure safety for patients and providers. Guidelines for resuming these procedures, including timing,... read more
COVID-19: 10 Things I Wished I’d Known Some Months Ago
The COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing and spreading, affecting individuals in over 200 countries now. While COVID-19-related articles are being published every day, including guidelines of optimal clinical management, there are... read more
An Evidence-Based Approach to Pressors in Shock
The evaluation and treatment of patients with cardiovascular shock is a cornerstone of emergency care. Unfortunately, the literature behind the use of vasoactive medications in cardiovascular shock is inconsistent. A Cochrane... read more
International PICU COVID-19 Collaboration Conference Call
This episode is an international collaborative conference call hosted by Dr. Jeffrey Burns of Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Featured speakers are Drs. Daniel Barouch, Trevor Duke, and Robinder Khemani,... read more
Recovering from COVID-19: Post Viral-fatigue and Conserving Energy
Rehabilitation is fast becoming the new priority in dealing with the impact of this pandemic and is crucial for people recovering from COVID-19 infection. Royal College of Occupational Therapists published three guides... read more
Sharing Data is the Key to Unlocking Remdesivir Challenges
Critical care teams should consider using remdesivir to treat patients with severe acute SARS-CoV-2 infection, but supply of the drug is limited and best practices for maximizing its effectiveness are not completely understood. The... read more
New NICE Guidelines on VTE Management
In the midst of everything that is going on with COVID-19 it is easy to see how important non coronavirus stuff can get overlooked. But we still need to keep our eyes open. After a 3 year process involving many meetings,... read more
COVID-19: Thrombosis and Anticoagulation
Early reports have shown that COVID-19 is most likely causing a hypercoagulable state, however the prevalence of acute VTE and exactly how to treat it is an evolving area. Limited data suggest pulmonary microvascular thrombosis... read more
Fast Facts for the Critical Care Nurse
This newly updated, quick-access guide for critical care nurses covers the most common admitting diagnoses and reviews their causes, signs and symptoms, and interventions. Critical care nursing requires astute assessment,... read more
Characteristics of Hospitalized Adults With COVID-19 in California
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in increased hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) use. In the United States, few reports have characterized patients treated outside of the ICU. Northern California was... read more
Expert Panel Develops NIH Treatment Guidelines for COVID-19
A panel of U.S. physicians, statisticians, and other experts has developed treatment guidelines for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). These guidelines, intended for healthcare providers, are based on published and preliminary... read more
A Novel ECG-biomarker for Cardiac Arrest During Hypothermia
Treatment of arrhythmias evoked by accidental or therapeutic hypothermia and rewarming remains challenging. We aim to find an ECG-biomarker that can predict ventricular arrhythmias at temperatures occurring in therapeutic... read more
Pediatric Airway Management in COVID-19 Patients
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (COVID-19) pandemic has challenged medical systems and clinicians globally to unforeseen levels. COVID-19's rapid spread has forced clinicians to care for patients with... read more
Prediction Models for Diagnosis and Prognosis of COVID-19 Infection
Prediction models for covid-19 are quickly entering the academic literature to support medical decision making at a time when they are urgently needed. This review indicates that proposed models are poorly reported, at high... read more
Perioperative Care of Patients with Fragility Fractures During the COVID-19 Pandemic
High quality prompt care of all people with hip and other fragility fractures is a key component of helping with patient outcomes and bed occupancy during the coronavirus pandemic. Anaesthetists have a key role in ensuring... read more
Clinical Utility and Technique for Lung Ultrasound in COVID-19 Cases
Since the outbreak of a novel coronavirus in Wuhan in December 2019 and its subsequent evolution to a pandemic in March 2020, there has been growing interest in the utility of lung ultrasound in the workup and management... read more
Coronavirus (2019-nCoV): Evidence Relevant to Critical Care
The 2019 Coronavirus outbreak was declared a global Public Health Emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 30th January 2020. In order to ensure immediate access to relevant systematic reviews, this Cochrane... read more
Guidelines for the Management of Septic Shock and Sepsis-Associated Organ Dysfunction in Children
A large cohort of international experts was able to achieve consensus regarding many recommendations for the best care of children with sepsis, acknowledging that most aspects of care had relatively low quality of evidence... read more
Management of Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Myocardial Infarction – 2019 Update
In general, randomized clinical trials in CS are difficult to perform and only three randomized trials adequately powered to detect differences in clinical outcomes achieved completion of the required number of patients. Based... read more
How Do We Test for Coronavirus?
Centers for Disease Control (CDC), published methodology for 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) testing and is currently in the process of applying for an emergency waiver to allow medical-testing facilities to perform these... read more
WHO Guidelines Regarding Fluid Administration for Coronarvirus Are Dangerously Misguided
Portions of the current WHO guidelines regarding fluid management are dangerously misguided. The first two recommendations suggest limiting fluid administration in patients with ARDS and patients who aren't shocked, to... read more
Neuroprognostication Practices in Postcardiac Arrest Patients
Neuroprognostic approaches to hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy vary among physicians and are often not consistent with current guidelines. The overall inconsistency in approaches and deviation from evidence-based recommendations... read more
