Tag: research
The Use of Venous Doppler to Predict Adverse Kidney Events in a General ICU Cohort
This study indicates that portal and hepatic flows may be clinical useful tools to help identify patients at risk for renal injury. It is likely that they are indicative of elevated right atrial pressure causing venous congestion,... read more
Lung Histopathology in COVID-19 as Compared to SARS and H1N1 Influenza
Diffuse alveolar damage (DAD) was reported in 88% of patients with COVID-19. This is similar to both H1N1 (90%) and SARS (98%). Pulmonary microthrombi was reported in 57% of patients with COVID-19. This was similar to... read more
Cancer Biomarker Measurement using a Smartphone
Canadian researchers create technology that reads cancer biomarker like a blood-sugar monitor. Researchers at the Canadian McMaster and Brock universities have created the prototype for a smartphone device to measure a biomarker... read more
Balancing Intervention and Inaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic
More than 38 million people worldwide have been infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus 2, creating intense pressure on clinicians to offer state-of-the-art, life-saving treatment to patients. The... read more
High Plasma Levels Linked to Severe ARDS in Children with Respiratory Failure
Elevated surfactant protein D levels are associated with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome and poor outcomes in children with acute respiratory failure, according to results published in Chest. Elevated surfactant... read more
Mortality Outcomes with Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine in COVID-19
No benefit of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine on the survival of COVID-19 patients found. For hydroxychloroquine, the confidence interval is compatible with increased mortality or negligibly reduced mortality. Findings... read more
Essentials of Perioperative Nursing
Essentials of Perioperative Nursing, Sixth Edition is an essential reference for new perioperative nurses as well as experienced nurses who need a refresher. Succinct and easy to use, it addresses the basics associated with... read more
How Severe COVID-19 Infection is Changing ARDS Management
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided many intensivists (and some non-intensivists) several years' worth of severe ARDS management experience over the course of just a few months. While the challenges have, in places, been extreme,... read more
Pulse Wave Analysis to Estimate Cardiac Output
Cardiac output (CO)–guided therapy is a promising approach to hemodynamic management in high-risk patients having major surgery and in critically ill patients with circulatory shock. Pulmonary artery thermodilution remains... read more
Case Studies in Adult Intensive Care Medicine
Guiding FFICM and EDIC exam candidates through the intensive care medicine curriculum, this book provides 48 case studies mapped to eight key areas of study in the UK and European syllabuses. Cases include clinical vignettes,... read more
Letter Warns Against Clinical Role for Cardiac MRI in Asymptomatic COVID Patients
We are a group of clinicians, researchers and imaging specialists writing in response to recent publications and media coverage about myocarditis after COVID-19. We work in different areas such as public health, internal... read more
Principles Guiding Non Pandemic Critical Care Research During a Pandemic
Deliberation about continuing non pandemic research should use objective, transparent criteria considering several aspects of the research process such as bedside and research staff safety, infection control, the informed... read more
Shorter Resident Shifts May Not Improve Patient Safety
Residents who worked schedules that eliminated extended shifts made a greater number of serious errors than those who worked schedules with shifts of 24 or more hours, a trial in the New England Journal of Medicine reported. The... read more
How AI is Reshaping Healthcare During COVID-19
As the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries rush to tackle a wide range of COVID-19 challenges, from developing treatments and sourcing medical supplies to mitigating outbreaks and racing towards a vaccine, the use of... read more
Timing of Endoscopy for Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
In patients with high risk upper GI bleeding, who were treated with pre-endoscopy PPI and were not in persistent shock, an endoscopy performed at a median of 10 hours vs. a median of 25 hours post presentation did not reduce... read more
Right Heart Thrombus in Transit Diagnosed With Focused Cardiac Ultrasound
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a potentially fatal entity that is frequently diagnosed in the emergency department (ED). Emergency physicians (EPs) routinely perform focused cardiac ultrasound (FOCUS) to support a prompt ED diagnosis... read more
Effect of Vitamin C Infusion on Organ Failure and Biomarkers of Inflammation and Vascular Injury in Patients With Sepsis and ARDS
In this preliminary study of patients with sepsis and ARDS, a 96-hour infusion of vitamin C compared with placebo did not significantly improve organ dysfunction scores or alter markers of inflammation and vascular injury.... read more
