Tag: Intensive Care
Study Looks at Addition of Sigh Ventilation in Trauma Patients
Sigh breaths do not increase ventilator-free days in trauma patients receiving mechanical ventilation at risk of poor outcomes
Landiolol Does Not Reduce Organ Failure in Septic Shock Patients With Tachycardia
Mean Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score did not differ for those receiving landiolol and standard care
Plasma From Convalescent Donors Beneficial for COVID-19-Induced ARDS
Plasma with neutralizing antibody titer of at least 1:160 reduces mortality at 28 days versus standard care
Inhaled Amikacin Reduces Ventilatory-Associated Pneumonia
Infection-related ventilator-associated complications may occur in fewer patients receiving amikacin
IDSA: A. Baumannii, C. Auris Common for Recipients of Mechanical Ventilation
A. baumannii, CRAB, C. auris colonization more likely among patients in long-term care facilities than acute care hospitals
One in Four Patients in ICU Receive Red Blood Cell Transfusion
Variability seen in RBC transfusion practices
Small-Volume Blood Collection Tubes Could Cut RBC Transfusions
Decrease seen in RBC units per patient after transition from standard- to small-volume tubes
Recommendations Developed for Determining Brain Death
Updated recommendations integrate guidance for adults and children into a single guideline
No Universally Effective Model-Updating Approach Available in ICU Setting
A mortality prediction model lost 9 to 39 percent specificity after retraining once at a fixed sensitivity of 90 percent
Pediatric ICU Admissions for SARS-CoV-2 Decreased Across Waves
However, no reduction seen in ventilatory support or oxygen therapy for those younger than 5 years
