Newsletter 150 / October 19th 2014

 

Welcome

Welcome a special edition Critical Care Reviews Newsletter, marking the five year anniversary of the website, and almost three years of consecutive weekly newsletters, this being the 150th. To enable discussion on the articles added each week, I've included a comments section at the end of both the newsletter and topic of the week, available on the website version.

The highlights of this week's newsletter are a commentary on the preparedness of the USA for the Ebola outbreak, guidelines on mechanical ventilation and acute kidney injury biomarkers, and clinical review articles on the use of tranexamic acid in trauma and effects of a positive fluid balance in acute kidney injury.

Based on some twitter discussion this weekend, the Topic of the Week is research over-interpretation, starting with a seminal paper by John Ioannidis on why most published research is wrong, in tomorrow's Paper of the Day.

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Upcoming Meetings

Critical Care Reviews Meeting 2015

The programme for the Critical Care Reviews Meeting 2015 is now available as a download. Further information can be found at the meeting webpage, with online registration now open. Please forward the PDF flyer around your department or to any colleagues who may be interested in attending. This week Oli Flower interviewed Karin Amrein, a keynote speaker at the upcoming meeting, in a podcast on Intensive Care Network, on her vitamin D study VITdAL-ICU.

SMACC Chicago

The next SMACC conference will be held June 23rd to 26th, in Chicago, USA. Just like the Critical Care Reviews Meeting, this is a not-for-profit event, run by a team interested in sharing knowledge in a fun, modern way. It's a conference like no other. Further details will be out soon on the SMACC website.

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Critical Care Horizons

Critical Care Horizons is a fresh new voice in the critical care literature, offering thought-provoking, cutting-edge commentary and opinion papers, plus state-of-the-art review articles. The journal is free to publish with and free to read, opening authorship opportunity to all. The energetic editorial board consists of a deliberate mix of clinicians active in social media and world renowned academics, all driven by a desire to improve the care we offer our patients, and operate without financial gain or incentive. A call for papers has been issued, so if you have something interesting to say, and can say it in an engaging manner, please get in touch. The first issue will be released on January 1st 2015.

COI - I am the editor-in-chief of this new journal, but work in a voluntary capacity, as do all the editors.

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Research

Randomized Controlled Trials

• Abstract:  Myles. The safety of addition of nitrous oxide to general anaesthesia in at-risk patients having major non-cardiac surgery (ENIGMA-II): a randomised, single-blind trial. Lancet 2014;384(9952):1446-1454
• Abstract:  Bonati. Long-term outcomes after stenting versus endarterectomy for treatment of symptomatic carotid stenosis: the International Carotid Stenting Study (ICSS) randomised trial. Lancet 2014;epublished October 14th
• Abstract:  Jamal. Pharmacokinetics of meropenem in critically ill patients receiving continuous venovenous haemofiltration: A randomised controlled trial of continuous infusion versus intermittent bolus administration. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 2014;epublished October 13th
• Abstract:  Wijeysundera. A randomized feasibility trial of clonidine to reduce perioperative cardiac risk in patients on chronic beta-blockade: the EPIC study. Can J Anesth 2014;61:995-1003

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Meta Analyses

• Full Text:  Wang. Heparin therapy reduces 28-day mortality in adult severe sepsis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Critical Care 2014;18:563
• Abstract:  Liu. The Effect of Early and Late Tracheotomy on Outcomes in Patients: A Systematic Review and Cumulative Meta-analysis. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2014;October 10th
• Full Text:  Ferreira. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation in critically ill patients in the intensive care unit: a systematic review. Einstein (Sao Paulo) 2014;12(3):361-365

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Observational Studies

• Abstract:  Sprung. Seeking Worldwide Professional Consensus on the Principles of End-of-Life Care for the Critically Ill. The Consensus for Worldwide End-of-Life Practice for Patients in Intensive Care Units (WELPICUS) Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2014;epublished October 15th
• Full Text:Maganga. Ebola Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo. N Engl J Med 2014;epublished October 15th
• Abstract:  Sauer. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) use has increased by 433% in adults in the United States from 2006 to 2011. ASAIO Journal 2014;epublished October 9th
• Full Text:  Hernandez. When to stop septic shock resuscitation: clues from a dynamic perfusion monitoring. Annals of Intensive Care 2014;4:30
• Full Text:  Mauri. Alveolar pentraxin 3 as an early marker of microbiologically confirmed pneumonia: a threshold-finding prospective observational study. Critical Care 2014;18:562
• Abstract:   Meadow. Power and Limitations of Daily Prognostications of Death in the Medical ICU for Outcomes in the Following 6 Months. Critical Care Med 2014;42(11):2387–2392
• Full Text:  Falzon. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis around the world: what progress has been made? Eur Respir J 2014;epublished October 16th
• Full Text:  Tagami. Low-dose corticosteroid use and mortality in severe community-acquired pneumonia patients. Eur Respir J 2014;epublished October 16th
• Abstract:  Kerlin. Nighttime Intensivist Staffing, Mortality, and Limits on Life Support: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Chest 2014;epublished October 16th
• Abstract:  Picard. The nephrotoxicity of aminoglycosides in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock: a propensity based study. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother 2014;epublished October 6th
• Abstract:  Youngster. Oral, Capsulized, Frozen Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Relapsing Clostridium difficile Infection. JAMA 2014;epublished October 11th
• Abstract:  Manecke. Tackling the economic burden of postsurgical complications: would perioperative goal-directed fluid therapy help? Critical Care 2014;18:566
• Abstract:  Grgic Medic. Hematologic malignancies in the medical intensive care unit - Outcomes and prognostic factors. Hematology 2014;epublished October 13th
• Full Text:  Levy. Surviving Sepsis Campaign: association between performance metrics and outcomes in a 7.5-year study. Intensive Care Med 2014;40(11):1623-163
• Abstract:  Blackburn. First-dose pharmacokinetics of aminoglycosides in critically ill haematological malignancy patients. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 2014;epublished October 13th

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Guidelines & Position Statements

• Barbas. Brazilian recommendations of mechanical ventilation 2013. Part 2.  Rev Bras Ter Intensiva 2014;26(3):215-23
• Consensus Group on Transcranial Doppler in the Diagnosis of Brain Death. Latin American consensus on the use of transcranial Doppler in the diagnosis of brain death. Rev Bras Ter Intensiva. 2014;26(3):240-252
• Murray. Current Use of Biomarkers in Acute Kidney Injury: Report and Summary of Recommendations from the 10th Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative Consensus Conference. Kidney Int 2014;85(3):513–521
• BTS/SIGN. British guideline on the management of asthma 2014;epublished October 9th
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Neurological

• Kurdi. Ketamine: Current applications in anesthesia, pain, and critical care. Anesth Essays Res 2014;8:283-90
• Boellis. Pituitary apoplexy: an update on clinical and imaging features. Insights Imaging 2014;epublished October 16th
• El-Koussy. Imaging of Acute Ischemic Stroke. Eur Neurol 2014;72(5-6):309-316
• Alvis-Miranda. Therapeutic Hypothermia in Brain Trauma Injury: Controversies. Romanian Neurosurgery 2014;21(3):259–268
• Shukla. Decompressive Craniectomy for Acute Stroke: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of it. Romanian Neurosurgery 2014;21(3):349–352
• Agrawal. Management of Craniofacial Injuries: A Primer for Residents. Romanian Neurosurgery 2014;21(3):341–347

Circulatory

• Grinstein. Ventricular Assist Devices in Advanced Heart Failure: Exploring the Technology’s Current Utilization, Limitations and Future Directions. J Cardiobiol 2014;S(1):7
• Hottinger. Sodium nitroprusside in 2014: A clinical concepts review. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol 2014;30:462-71
• Datta. Hydroxyeyhyl starch: Controversies revisited. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol 2014;30:472-80
• Sheikh. Brugada syndrome: a review of the literature. Clin Med October 2014;14:482-489
• Grob. Cardiac multidetector computed tomography in infective endocarditis: a pictorial essay. Insights Imaging 2014;5:559–570

Respiratory

• Kodali. Capnography during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Current evidence and future directions. J Emerg Trauma Shock 2014;7:332-40
• Sarkar. Liquid ventilation. Anesth Essays Res 2014;8:277-82
• Dankbaar. Vocal cord paralysis: anatomy, imaging and pathology. Insights Imaging 2014;epublished October 15th

Gastrointestinal

• Karakayali. Surgical and interventional management of complications caused by acute pancreatitis. World J Gastroenterol 2014;20(37):13412–13423

Nutrition

• Bost. Timing of (supplemental) parenteral nutrition in critically ill patients: a systematic review. Annals of Intensive Care 2014;4:31

Renal

• Avila. Water balance, acute kidney injury and mortality of intensive care unit patients. J Bras Nefrol 2014;36(3):379-388
• Romano. Interaction between Renal Replacement Therapy and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support. Surgery Curr Res 2014;4:1
• Solomon. Contrast media: are there differences in nephrotoxicity among contrast media? Biomed Res Int 2014;2014:934947
• Zandieh. Radiological diagnosis of dialysis-associated complications. Insights Imaging 2014;5:603–617

Metabolic

• Mowafi. The uses of melatonin in anesthesia and surgery. Saudi J Med Med Sci 2014;2:134-41

Haematological

•  Ford. Neutropenic sepsis: a potentially life-threatening complication of chemotherapy. Clin Med 2014;14(5):538-542

Sepsis

• Hill. Laboratory Test Support for Ebola Patients Within a High-Containment Facility. LabMedicine 2014;45:e109-e111
• Chowell. Transmission dynamics and control of Ebola virus disease (EVD): a review. BMC Medicine 2014;12:196
• Hill. Laboratory Test Support for Ebola Patients Within a High-Containment Facility. LabMedicine 2014;45:e109-e111
• Hakkarainen. Necrotizing soft tissue infections: Review and current concepts in treatment, systems of care, and outcomes. Curr Probl Surg 2014;51(8):344–362
• Yacoub. Predicting outcome from dengue. BMC Medicine 2014;12:147

Trauma

• Roberts. Applying results from clinical trials: tranexamic acid in trauma patients. Journal of Intensive Care 2014;2:56
• Filho. Prognostic value of circulating DNA levels in critically ill and trauma patients. Rev Bras Ter Intensiva. 2014;26(3):305-312

Perioperative

• Ukwenya. Adverse events and patient safety from the surgical perspective . Arch Int Surg 2014;4:65-71
• Imbelloni. Spinal hemianesthesia: Unilateral and posterior. Anesth Essays Res 2014;8:270-6

Paediatrics

• Milési. High-flow nasal cannula: recommendations for daily practice in pediatrics. Annals of Intensive Care 2014;4:29
• Chong. The golden hours in paediatric septic shock-current updates and recommendations. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2014;43(5):267-74

 

Basic Science Review Articles

• Thorburn. Autophagy and Its Effects: Making Sense of Double-Edged Swords. PLoS Biol 2014;12(10):e1001967 

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I hope you find these links useful.

Until next week

Rob

 

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