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Nutritional support is an essential component of caring for critically ill patients.
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he American College of Surgeons in 2008 released the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) updates (eighth edition) with recommendations based on evidence-based medicine in addition to the expert consensus.
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The purpose of this study was to compare the usual method of physician-directed weaning from mechanical ventilation to a weaning protocol directed and managed by bedside ICU nurses.
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In this multicenter observational study carried out in eight ICUs in France, Cracco and colleagues evaluated the safety of fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) when performed in acutely ill, nonintubated patients who were receiving supplemental oxygen and/or noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NIPPV).
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In this issue: Calcium supplementation in women; type 2 diabetes treatments and pancreatitis risk; treating chronic idiopathic urticaria; rivaroxaban and VTE; and FDA actions.
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These two reports of large, multicenter, randomized, controlled trials of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) as compared to conventional lung-protective ventilation (LPV) in patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) were electronically published on the same day in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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The use of high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) systems for oxygen delivery in critical care has exploded over the past decade.
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In this prospective, multicenter cohort study, intrahospital transport of ventilated patients was common and associated with complications. Whether these complications are directly attributable to the transport is questionable.
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Although mortality rates for sepsis have improved over the past two decades, its increasing incidence has resulted in a tripling of the number of in-hospital deaths related to sepsis over the same time period.