Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Newsletter 559 | August 29th, 2022
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Welcome to the 559th Critical Care Reviews Newsletter, bringing you the best critical care research and open access articles from across the medical literature over the past seven days.
The highlight of this week's edition is the publication of the factorial BOX trial, comparing blood-pressure targets and oxygen targets in comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Other notable papers include a randomised controlled trial investigating acetazolamide in acute decompensated heart failure with volume overload; systematic reviews and meta analyses on COVID-19 postacute care major organ damage & prophylactic platelet transfusions; and observational studies on antiseizure medication in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage & terlipressin use and respiratory failure in patients with hepatorenal syndrome type 1 and severe acute-on-chronic liver failure.
There are also new ESC/ERS guidelines on pulmonary hypertension & the cardiovascular assessment and management of patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery; narrative reviews on autoimmune encephalitis & venting during venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; an editorial on extubation failure in patients with acute brain injury; and commentaries on new drugs for acute kidney injury & vitamin C in sepsis.
If you only have time to read one review article this week, try this one on acid-base disorders in the critically iII patient.
The latest visual abstract from Jakub Fronczek is on the TTM2 trial. Niklas Nielsen's presentation of this trial from CCR22 is due for release this week.
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Research
Randomised Controlled Trials
- Kjaergaard. Blood-Pressure Targets in Comatose Survivors of Cardiac Arrest. N Engl J Med 2022;epublished August 27th
- Schmidt. Oxygen Targets in Comatose Survivors of Cardiac Arrest. N Engl J Med 2022;epublished August 27th
- Mullens. Acetazolamide in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure with Volume Overload. N Engl J Med 2022;epublished August 27th
- Park. Driving pressure-guided ventilation and postoperative pulmonary complications in thoracic surgery: a multicentre randomised clinical trial. Br J Anaesth 2022;epublished August 20th
- Kouz. Continuous intra-arterial versus intermittent oscillometric arterial pressure monitoring and hypotension during induction of anaesthesia: the AWAKE randomised trial. Br J Anaesth 2022;epublished August 23rd
- Hong. Transdural Revascularization by Multiple Burrhole After Erythropoietin in Stroke Patients With Cerebral Hypoperfusion: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Stroke 2022;53:2739–2748
- Lonze. A Randomized Double-Blinded Placebo Controlled Trial of Clazakizumab for the Treatment of COVID-19 Pneumonia With Hyperinflammation. Crit Care Med 2022;50(9):1348-1359
- Borde. Use of video laryngoscope to reduce complications of trans esophageal echocardiography probe insertion: A Multicenter Randomized Study. J Cardiothor Vasc Anesth 2022;epublished July 20th
Systematic Reviews & Meta Analyses
- Greer. COVID-19 postacute care major organ damage: a systematic review. BMJ Open 2022;12(8):e061245
- Schertz. Prophylactic Use of Antifibrinolytics During Pediatric Cardiac Surgery With Cardiopulmonary Bypass on Postoperative Bleeding and Transfusion: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2022;epublished August 23rd
- Anthon. Prophylactic platelet transfusions versus no prophylaxis in hospitalized patients with thrombocytopenia: A systematic review with meta-analysis. Transfusion 2022;epublished August 20th
- Cro. Evaluating how clear the questions being investigated in randomised trials are: systematic review of estimands. BMJ 2022;378:e070146
Observational Studies
- Carnegie. A multicentre observational study of the use of antiseizure medication in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage in the PROMOTE-SAH study. J Clin Neurosci 2022;103:20-25
- Bartoszk. Impact of cardiopulmonary bypass duration on efficacy of fibrinogen replacement with cryoprecipitate compared with fibrinogen concentrate: a post hoc analysis of the Fibrinogen Replenishment in Surgery (FIBRES) randomised controlled trial. Br J Anaesth 2022;129(3):294-307
- Vetrugno. Diaphragm ultrasound evaluation during weaning from mechanical ventilation in COVID-19 patients: a pragmatic, cross-section, multicenter study. Respir Res 2022;23(1):210
- Nève. Whole pulmonary assessment 1 year after paediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome: prospective multicentre study. Ann Intensive Care 2022;12(1):79
- Wong. Terlipressin use and respiratory failure in patients with hepatorenal syndrome type 1 and severe acute-on-chronic liver failure. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2022;epublished August 22nd
Guidelines
- 2022 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension: Developed by the task force for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS). Endorsed by the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) and the European Reference Network on rare respiratory diseases (ERN-LUNG). Eur Heart J 2022;epublished August 26th
- 2022 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death: Developed by the task force for the management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Endorsed by the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC). Eur Heart J 2022;epublished August 26th
- 2022 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular assessment and management of patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery: Developed by the task force for cardiovascular assessment and management of patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Endorsed by the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC). Eur Heart J 2022;epublished August 26th
- 2022 ESC Guidelines on cardio-oncology developed in collaboration with the European Hematology Association (EHA), the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO) and the International Cardio-Oncology Society (IC-OS): Developed by the task force on cardio-oncology of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Eur Heart J 2022;epublished August 26th
- Seshadri. Management of Decompensated Cirrhosis in the Surgical ICU: an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee Clinical Consensus Document. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2022;7:e000936
- Lv. Expert consensus on liver transplantation perioperative evaluation and rehabilitation for acute-on-chronic liver failure. Liver Research 2022;epublished August 18th
- Xu. Portopulmonary hypertension: Current developments and future perspectives. Liver Research 2022;6(1):10-20
- Roberts. Thromboprophylaxis for venous thromboembolism prevention in hospitalized patients with cirrhosis: Guidance from the SSC of the ISTH. J Thromb Haemost 2022;epublished July 25th
Reviews
Clinical
COVID-19
- Carà. Angiotensin II - A Brief Review and Role in Severe SARS-COV-2 Sepsis. J Cardiothor Vasc Anesth 2022;epublished July 21st
- Guedes . NeuroCOVID-19: a critical review. Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2022;80(5 Suppl 1):281-289
- Chávez-Valencia. Acute Kidney Injury in COVID-19 Patients: Pathogenesis, Clinical Characteristics, Therapy, and Mortality. Diseases 2022;10(3):53
- Marietta. Potential mechanisms of vaccine-induced thrombosis. Eur J Intern Med 2022;epublished August 8th
Neurological
- Marazzi. Updates on aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: is there anything really new? Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2022;80(5 Suppl 1):80-87
- Simabukuro. A critical review and update on autoimmune encephalitis: understanding the alphabet soup. Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2022;80(5 Suppl 1):143-158
- Pinto. Status epilepticus: review on diagnosis, monitoring and treatment. Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2022;80(5 Suppl 1):193-203
- Moraes Junior. Cerebral venous thrombosis. Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2022;80(5 Suppl 1):53-59
- Pellegrino. Decision-making strategies for reperfusion therapies: navigating through stroke trials gaps. Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2022;80(5 Suppl 1):60-71
- Tinone. Anticoagulation and Stroke. Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2022;80(5 Suppl 1):72-79
- Estephan. Myasthenia gravis in clinical practice. Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2022;80(5 Suppl 1):257-265
- Gomes. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis: current diagnostic methods in central nervous system infectious diseases. Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2022;80(5 Suppl 1):
- Zakrison. Review Paper on Penetrating Brain Injury. Ethical Quandaries in the Trauma Bay and Beyond. Ann Surg 2022;epublished August 23rd
Circulatory
- Jasińska-Gniadzik. Haemodynamic monitoring in acute heart failure – what you need to know. Adv Interv Cardiol 2022;18(2):90–100
- Lüsebrink. Venting during venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Clin Res Cardiol 2022;epublished August 20th
- Talle. Cardiac Complications of Hypertensive Emergency: Classification, Diagnosis and Management Challenges. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2022;9:276
- Papa. Focused cardiac ultrasound in anesthetic practice: technique and indications. Braz J Anesthesiol 2020;70(3):288–294
Airway
Respiratory
- Lius. Hyperoxia in the management of respiratory failure: A literature review. Ann Med Surg 2022;81:104393
- Ekhaguere. Respiratory distress syndrome management in resource limited settings—Current evidence and opportunities in 2022. Front Pediatr 2022;epublished July 29th
- Matin. Brain-Lung Crosstalk: Management of Concomitant Severe Acute Brain Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Curr Treat Options Neurol 2022;epublished August 10th
Renal
- Achanti. Acid-Base Disorders in the Critically III Patient. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2022;epublished August 24th
- Liu. Effect of invasive mechanical ventilation on the diversity of the pulmonary microbiota. Crit Care 2022;26:252
Haematological
Sepsis
- Giamarellou. Current and Potential Therapeutic Options for Infections Caused by Difficult-to-Treat and Pandrug Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in Critically Ill Patients. Antibiotics 2022;11(8):1009
- Roberts. Machines that help machines to help patients: optimising antimicrobial dosing in patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and renal replacement therapy using dosing software. Intensive Care Med 2022;epublished August 23rd
Perioperative
Commentaries
- Pickkers. New drugs for acute kidney injury. Intensive Care Med 2022;epublished August 23rd
- Coyer. Preventing pressure injuries among patients in the intensive care unit: insights gained. Intensive Care Med 2022;epublished August 22nd
- Young. Vitamin C in Sepsis. Intensive Care Med 2022;epublished August 12th
- Gattinoni. Physiology of extracorporeal CO2 removal. Intensive Care Med 2022;epublishd August 25th
- Yu. Don't forget the oldies: using IoT to connect the legacy medical equipments. Crit Care 2022;26:256
- Larkin. What All Physicians Need to Know About the Polio Resurgence in New York State. JAMA 2022;epublished August 25th
Correspondence
Case Reports
- Mishra. Skin changes in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. Intensive Care Med 2022;epublished August 2nd
- Muhammad. Novel cause of postoperative anion gap acidosis in a patient with diabetes following gastrectomy. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open 2022;7:e000977
- Gutierrez. Acute pericarditis following gunshot wound to the chest. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open 2022;7:e000967
I hope you find this newsletter useful.
Until next week
Rob