Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Newsletter 554 | July 31st 2022
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Welcome to the 554th Critical Care Reviews Newsletter, bringing you the best critical care research and open access articles from across the medical literature for the week of July 18th to 24th.
The highlights of this week's edition are randomised controlled trials comparing 4% albumin solution with Ringer acetate in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass & prehospital lyophilized plasma for trauma-induced coagulopathy; systematic reviews and meta analyses on high-flow nasal cannula and noninvasive ventilation in COVID-19 patients & heparin versus 0.9% sodium chloride locking for prevention of occlusion in central venous catheters in adults; and observational studies on early capillary refill time measurement on outcomes in cardiogenic shock & coronary angiographic findings for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors presenting with nonshockable rhythms and no ST elevation post resuscitation.
There are also Brazilian guidelines on the management of patients with percutaneous coronary intervention & myocarditis; narrative reviews on strategies to mitigate lung injury in patients on ECMO receiving invasive mechanical ventilation & emergency treatment of anaphylaxis; and commentaries on prone positioning with and without invasive ventilation & mechanical insufflation-exsufflation in invasively ventilated critically ill adults; as well as correspondence on the challenge of pharmacological thromboprophylaxis in ICU patients & what’s wrong with the ten myths about albumin.
If you only have time to read one review article this week, try this one on pneumonia update for emergency clinicians.
Research
Randomised Controlled Trials
- Pesonen. Effect of 4% Albumin Solution vs Ringer Acetate on Major Adverse Events in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery With Cardiopulmonary Bypass. A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 2022;328(3):251-258
- Metra. Safety and Efficacy of Istaroxime for Patients with Acute-Heart-Failure-Related Pre-cardiogenic Shock - A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel Group Study (SEISMiC). Eur J Heart Fail 2022;epublished July 22nd
- Pook. Chlorhexidine (di)gluconate locking device for central line infection prevention in intensive care unit patients: a multi-unit, pilot randomized controlled trial. Br J Nurs 2022;31(14):S36-S46
- Jost. Prehospital Lyophilized Plasma Transfusion for Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy in Patients at Risk for Hemorrhagic Shock: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open 2022;5(7):e2223619
Systematic Reviews & Meta Analyses
- Comparison between high-flow nasal cannula and noninvasive ventilation in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ther Adv Respir Dis 2022;16:17534666221113663
- López-Briz. Heparin versus 0.9% sodium chloride locking for prevention of occlusion in central venous catheters in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022;7(7):CD008462
Observational Studies
- Merdji. Performance of Early Capillary Refill Time Measurement on Outcomes in Cardiogenic Shock: An Observational, Prospective Multicentric Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2022;epublished July 18th
- Harhash. Coronary Angiographic Findings For Out-of-Hospital Cardiac arrest Survivors Presenting With Nonshockable Rhythms and no ST Elevation Post Resuscitation. Resuscitation 2022;epublished July 20th
- Lewis. Prehospital plasma is associated with survival principally in patients transferred from the scene of injury: A secondary analysis of the PAMPer trial. Surgery 2022;epublished July 18th
Guidelines
- Update of the Perioperative Cardiovascular Assessment Guideline of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology: Focus on Management of Patients with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention – 2022. Arq Bras Cardiol 2022;118(2):536-547
- Brazilian Society of Cardiology Guideline on Myocarditis – 2022. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2022;119(1):143-211
- Albricker. Joint Guideline on Venous Thromboembolism – 2022. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2022;118(4):797-857
Reviews
Clinical
COVID-19
Respiratory
- Zochios. Invasive mechanical ventilation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome receiving extracorporeal support: a narrative review of strategies to mitigate lung injury. Anaesthesia 2022;epublished July 21st
- Garber. Pneumonia Update for Emergency Clinicians. Curr Emerg Hosp Med Rep 2022;epublished July 20th
- Swingwood. The Use of Mechanical Insufflation-Exsufflation in Invasively Ventilated Critically Ill Adults. Respir Care 2022;67(8):1043-1057
Haematological
- Galli. Venous Thromboembolism in Sepsis: From Bench to Bedside. Biomedicines 2022;10(7):1651
- Amerali. Tinzaparin-a review of its molecular profile, pharmacology, special properties, and clinical uses. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 2022;epublished July 23rd
Sepsis
- Alam. Nipah virus, an emerging zoonotic disease causing fatal encephalitis. Clin Med 2022;22:348-352
Miscellaneous
- Whyte. Emergency treatment of anaphylaxis: concise clinical guidance. Clin Med 2022;22:332-339
- Ong. Special consideration for pain management in the older person. Clin Med 2022;22:295-297
- Baxter. Frailty on the acute medical take. Clin Med 2022;22:298-301
- Hosseini. Acute pain management for older adults. Clin Med 2022;22:302-306
Pre-Clinical
Commentaries
- Scott. COVID-19 Lessons Learned: Prone Positioning With and Without Invasive Ventilation. Respir Care 2022;67(8):1011-1021
- Li. Aerosol-Generating Procedures and Virus Transmission. Respir Care 2022;67(8):1022-1042
- Swingwood. The Use of Mechanical Insufflation-Exsufflation in Invasively Ventilated Critically Ill Adults. Respir Care 2022;67(8):1043-1057
- Wade. Management of traumatic brain injury: practical development of a recent proposal. Clin Med 2022;22:353-357
- Li. Response to: Management of traumatic brain injury: practical development of a recent proposal. Clin Med 2022;22:358-359
Correspondence
- Takashita. Efficacy of Antibodies and Antiviral Drugs against Omicron BA.2.12.1, BA.4, and BA.5 Subvariants. N Engl J Med 2022;epublished July 20th
- Hofmaenner. The challenge of pharmacological thromboprophylaxis in ICU patients: anti-FXa activity does not constitute the simple solution. Author's reply. Intensive Care Med 2022;48:1118–1119
- Chotalia. Characterising right ventricular dysfunction in acute respiratory distress syndrome due to COVID-19: which measurements are best?. Intensive Care Med 2022;48:1104–1105
- Chaïbi. What’s wrong with the ten myths about albumin: three layers for an indisputable dispute. Intensive Care Med 2022;epublished July 19th
- Roepke. Effect modification in a clinical trial should be assessed through interaction terms, not prognostic modelling. Intensive Care Med 2022;48:1122–1124
- Waskowski. Effects of small volume resuscitation with hypertonic saline on body water distribution in ICU patients after cardiac surgery. Intensive Care Med 2022;epublished July 20th
Case Reports
- Giordano. Retropharyngeal Abscess. N Engl J Med 2022;387:260
- Collado-Saenz. Nonketotic Hyperglycemic Hemichorea. N Engl J Med 2022;387:e5
- Ottolini. Case 21-2022: A 17-Year-Old Girl with Fever and Cough. N Engl J Med 2022;387:168-176
- Wang. Two cases of intestinal perforation due to mesenteric artery embolism during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and intra-aortic balloon pumping. Clin Med 2022;22:360-363
- Mayer. Acute water intoxication in an adult man: ‘dental hyponatraemia’ revisited. Clin Med 2022;22:364-365