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Paper of the Day

Monday, October 2nd

Ter Avest. Advanced interventions in the pre-hospital resuscitation of patients with non-compressible haemorrhage after penetrating injuries. Crit Care 2022;26(1):184

Join us to read one paper per day and cover the spectrum of critical care across 2023. Previous papers of the day are available here.

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Critically ill patient receiving mechanical ventilation

Narrative Review

Kaddoura. Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: an overview. Postgrad Med J 2023;epublished September 29th

added September 30th

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Critically ill patient receiving mechanical ventilation

Narrative Review

Kumar. Compensated liver cirrhosis: Natural course and disease-modifying strategies. World J Methodol 2023;13(4):179-193

added September 30th

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Critically ill patient receiving mechanical ventilation

Narrative Review

Teixeira. Non-Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring to Guide Fluid Removal with CRRT and Proliferation of Extracorporeal Blood Purification Devices. Proceedings of the 2022 UAB CRRT Academy. Blood Purif 2023;epublished September 22nd

added September 30th

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Critically ill patient receiving mechanical ventilation

Narrative Review

Tejo. Severe dengue in the intensive care unit. J Intensive Med 2023;epublished September 28th

added September 28th

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Critically ill patient receiving mechanical ventilation

Narrative Review

McClean. MRI and the Critical Care Patient: Clinical, Operational, and Financial Challenges. Crit Care Res Prac 2023;2772181

added September 28th

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Critically ill patient receiving mechanical ventilation

Narrative Review

Pota. Adjuvant therapies and sepsis from multidrug resistant bacteria: a narrative review. Signa Vitae 2023,19(5):1-10

added September 28th

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Research

Gunst. Tight Blood-Glucose Control without Early Parenteral Nutrition in the ICU. N Engl J Med 2023;389:1180-1190

added September 28th

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Research

Holland. Ceftobiprole for Treatment of Complicated Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia. N Engl J Med 2023;epublished September 27th

added September 28th

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Research

Burrell. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for critically ill adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2023, Issue 9. Art. No.: CD010381

added September 28th

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Patient's hand being held

Guideline

2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes: Developed by the task force on the management of acute coronary syndromes of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care 2023;epublished September 22nd

added September 26th

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Critically ill patient receiving mechanical ventilation

Narrative Review

Teng. Combatting resistance: Understanding multi-drug resistant pathogens in intensive care units. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 2023;167:115564

added September 26th

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Critically ill patient receiving mechanical ventilation

Narrative Review

Wang. Prevention and treatment of hepatic encephalopathy during the perioperative period of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt. World J Gastrointest Surg 2023;15(8):1564-1573

added September 26th

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Newsletter 615 - September 24th

Every Sunday, the best critical care publications from across the literature are included in our weekly newsletter. It's available to subcribers for a small subscription fee, which helps fund our work. If you are in a low / low-middle income country, or in financial hardship, and would like a complimentary subscription, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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Critical Care Reviews Book 2023

The Critical Care Reviews Book 2023 is available for free pdf download or purchase of a print copy at near cost price. Unfortunately, it's a smaller edition than we planned as we didn't get through as many trials as we wanted to.

Critically ill patient receiving mechanical ventilation

Narrative Review

Yu. Wasp venom-induced acute kidney injury: current progress and prospects. Renal Failure 2023;45:2

added September 24th

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Critically ill patient receiving mechanical ventilation

Narrative Review

Poblete. Optimization of Nutrition after Brain Injury: Mechanistic and Therapeutic Considerations. Biomedicines 2023;11(9):2551

added September 24th

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Critically ill patient receiving mechanical ventilation

Narrative Review

Cardenas. Injury-induced endotheliopathy: What you need to know. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2023;95(4):454-463

added September 24th

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Critically ill patient receiving mechanical ventilation

Narrative Review

Lammers. Damage control resuscitation in adult trauma patients: What you need to know. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2023;95(4):464-471

added September 24th

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Critically ill patient receiving mechanical ventilation

Narrative Review

Batool. Transcending boundaries: Unleashing the potential of multi-organ point-of-care ultrasound in acute kidney injury. World J Nephrol 2023;12(4):93-103

added September 23rd

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Critically ill patient receiving mechanical ventilation

Narrative Review

Unar. Decoding Sepsis-Induced Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation: A Comprehensive Review of Existing and Emerging Therapies. J Clin Med 2023;12:6128

added September 23rd

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Research

Chávez-Íñiguez. Probiotics in septic acute kidney injury, a double blind, randomized control trial. Ren Fail 2023;45(2):2260003

added September 22nd

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Chest radiograph of lobar pneumonia

Guideline

Wang. Expert Consensus on Acute Respiratory Failure in Critically Ill Cancer Patients (2023). Chin Med Sci J 2023;epublished September 21st

added September 21st

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Critically ill patient receiving mechanical ventilation

Narrative Review

Petitjeans. Improved understanding of the respiratory drive pathophysiology could lead to earlier spontaneous breathing in severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. Eur J Anaesthesiol Intensive Care 2023;2(5):e0030

added September 21st

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Paediatric patient in PICU

Narrative Review

Fell. Timing of enteral nutrition and parenteral nutrition in the PICU. Nutr Clin Pract 2023;38(Suppl 2):S174-S212

added September 21st

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Attempts to control bleeding

Narrative Review

Šoltés. Update on Anticoagulation Strategies in Patients with ECMO—A Narrative Review. J Clin Med 2023;12(18):6067

added September 20th

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Patient's hand being held

Guideline

SPLF/SMFU/SRLF/SFAR/SFCTCV Guidelines for the management of patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax. Ann. Intensive Care 2023;13;88

added September 20th

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Attempts to control bleeding

Narrative Review

Cools. Airway management in children. Trends Anaesth Crit Care 2023;52:101290

added September 19th

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Attempts to control bleeding

Narrative Review

Nazwar. Mobilization phases in traumatic brain injury. Acute Crit Care 2023;38(3):261-270

added September 19th

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Attempts to control bleeding

Narrative Review

Cools. Airway management in children. Trends Anaesth Crit Care 2023;52:101290

added September 19th

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Patient's hand being held

Guideline

Michels. Recommendations on palliative care aspects in intensive care medicine. Crit Care 2023;27:355

added September 19th

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Attempts to control bleeding

Narrative Review

Bannow. How I approach bleeding in hospitalized patients. Blood 2023;142(9):761–768

added September 18th

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Bilateral PEs

Narrative Review

Barca-Hernando. When should we involve interventional radiology in the management of acute pulmonary embolism? Breathe 2023;19:230085

added September 18th

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Albumin infusion

Narrative Review

Kim. Role of cardiac imaging in management of heart failure. Korean J Intern Med 2023;38(5):607-619

added September 18th

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Albumin infusion

Narrative Review

Wiedermann. Human Albumin Infusion in Critically Ill and Perioperative Patients: Narrative Rapid Review of Meta-Analyses from the Last Five Years. J Clin Med 2023;12(18):5919

added September 18th

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Heart transplantation

Narrative Review

Nesseler. Perioperative Management of Heart Transplantation: A Clinical Review. Anesthesiol 2023;139:493–510

added September 18th

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Guideline

2023 American Heart Association Focused Update on the Management of Patients With Cardiac Arrest or Life-Threatening Toxicity Due to Poisoning: An Update to the American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. Circulation 2023;epublished September 18th

added September 18th

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Newsletter 614 - September 17th

Every Sunday, the best critical care publications from across the literature are included in our weekly newsletter. It's available to subcribers for a small subscription fee, which helps fund our work. If you are in a low / low-middle income country, or in financial hardship, and would like a complimentary subscription, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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Research

Klitgaard. Higher versus lower fractions of inspired oxygen or targets of arterial oxygenation for adults admitted to the intensive care unit. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2023;9(9):CD012631

added September 17th

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Narrative Review

Piano. Mechanisms and treatment approaches for ACLF. Liver Int 2023;epublished September 16th

added September 17th

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Narrative Review

Oliva. Invasive Candida infection: epidemiology, clinical and therapeutic aspects of an evolving disease and the role of rezafungin. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2023;21(9):957–975

added September 17th

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Critical Care Reviews Book 2023

The Critical Care Reviews Book 2023 is available for free pdf download or purchase of a print copy at near cost price. Unfortunately, it's a smaller edition than we planned as we didn't get through as many trials as we wanted to.

CCR23 Trials

Latest CCR23 Presentation

PATCH-Trauma Trial

PATCH-Trauma Trial Results

Russell Gruen (Canberra), Brian Burns (Sydney) and Stephen Bernard (Melbourne) present the results of the PATCH-Trauma trial, investigating tranexamic acid in severe trauma. An independent editorial is delivered by Karim Brohi (London). Caroline Leech (Coventry) chairs a panel discussion consisting of Susan Rowell (Chicago), Carol Hodgson (Melbourne), John Holcomb (Birmingham, USA) and John Norrie (Edinburgh). The PATCH-Trauma trial was simultaneously published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

NEJM Paper

Interview with Trialists