Category: Critical Care
Posted: 11/13/2012 by Mike Winters, MD
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Burn Patients and Antibiotic Dosing
Jamal JA, et al. Improving antibiotic dosing in special situations in the ICU: burns, renal replacement therapy and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Curr Opin Crit Care 2012; 18:460-71.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 10/30/2012 by Mike Winters, MD
(Updated: 8/17/2022)
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Serotonin Toxicity in the Critically Ill
Bienvenu OJ, Neufeld KJ, Needham DM. Treatment of four psychiatric emergencies in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med 2012; 40:2662-2670.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 10/16/2012 by Mike Winters, MD
(Updated: 8/17/2022)
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Delirium in the Critically Ill
Bienvenu OJ, Neufeld KJ, Needham DM. Treatment of four psychiatric emergencies in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med 2012; 40:2662-2670.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 10/2/2012 by Mike Winters, MD
(Updated: 8/17/2022)
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Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP)
Kessler CS, et al. Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: A hematological emergency. J Emerg Med 2012; 43:538-44.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 9/18/2012 by Mike Winters, MD
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The Lung Transplant Patient in Your ED
Fuehner T, et al. The lung transplant patient in the ICU. Curr Opin Crit Care 2012; 18:472-8.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 9/4/2012 by Mike Winters, MD
(Updated: 8/17/2022)
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Right Heart Failure in the Critically Ill
Greyson CR. Right heart failure in the intensive care unit. Curr Opin Crit Care 2012; 18:424-31.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 8/21/2012 by Mike Winters, MD
(Updated: 8/17/2022)
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AKI and Fluid Balance
Bellomo R, et al. An observational study fluid balance and patient outcomes in the Randomized Evaluation of Normal vs. Augmented Level of Replacement Therapy trial. Crit Care Med 2012; 40:1753-60.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 8/7/2012 by Mike Winters, MD
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Lung Protective Ventilator Settings Still Underutilized
Needham DM, et al. Lung protective mechanical ventilation and two-year survival in patients with acute lung injury: A prospective cohort study. BMJ 2012;344:e2124.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 7/24/2012 by Mike Winters, MD
(Updated: 8/17/2022)
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Steroids and Septic Shock
Sherwin RL, Garcia AJ, Bilkovski R. Do low-dose corticosteroids improve mortality or shock reversal in patients with septic shock? A systematic review and position statement prepared for the American Academy of Emergency Medicine. JEM 2012;43:7-12.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 7/10/2012 by Mike Winters, MD
(Updated: 8/17/2022)
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Anaphylaxis
De Bisschop MB, Bellou A. Anaphylaxis. Curr Opin Crit Care 2012; 18:308-17.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 6/26/2012 by Mike Winters, MD
(Updated: 8/17/2022)
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Acute Kidney Injury and Tumor Lysis Syndrome
McCurdy MT, Shanholtz CB. Oncologic emergencies. Crit Care Med 2012; 40:2212-2222.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 6/13/2012 by Mike Winters, MD
(Updated: 8/17/2022)
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Use the Measured Sodium Concentration!
Beck, L. Cleveland Clin J Med 2001;68:673.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 5/29/2012 by Mike Winters, MD
(Updated: 8/17/2022)
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Severe UGIB
Srygley FD, et al. Does this patient have a severe upper gastrointestinal bleed? JAMA 2012;307:1072-9.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 5/15/2012 by Mike Winters, MD
(Updated: 8/17/2022)
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Balloon Tamponade for Variceal Bleeding
Category: Critical Care
Keywords: spontaenous bacterial peritonitis, hepatorenal syndrome, albumin (PubMed Search)
Posted: 5/1/2012 by Mike Winters, MD
(Updated: 8/17/2022)
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SBP, HRS, and Albumin
Bernardi M, et al. Human albumin in the management of complications of liver cirrhosis. Crit Care 2012; 16:211.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 4/17/2012 by Mike Winters, MD
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Cuff Pressures and the Prevention of VAP
Grap MJ, et al. Ventilator-associated pneumonia: The potential critical role of emergency medicine in prevention. JEM 2012; 42:353-362.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 4/3/2012 by Mike Winters, MD
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Transferring Multidrug-Resistant Organisms
Morgan DJ, et al. Transfer of multidrug-resistant bacteria to healthcare workers' gloves and gowns after patient contact increases with environmental contamination. Crit Care Med 2012; 40:1045-1051.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 3/20/2012 by Mike Winters, MD
(Updated: 8/17/2022)
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High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation for ARDS?
Ip T, Mehta S. The role of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in the treatment of acute respiratory failure in adults. Curr Opin Crit Care 2012; 18:70-9.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 3/6/2012 by Mike Winters, MD
(Updated: 8/17/2022)
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Preventing VAP in the Intubated ED Patient
Ramirez P, et al. Measures to prevent nosocomial infections during mechanical ventilation. Curr Opin Crit Care 2012;18:86-92.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 2/21/2012 by Mike Winters, MD
(Updated: 8/17/2022)
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Ice-Cold Crystalloid for Therapeutic Hypothermia
Arulkumaran N, Ball SJ. Use of ice-cold crystalloid for inducing mild therapeutic hypothermia following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 2012;83:151-8.