Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

Welcome to the 596th 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 highlights of this week's edition are randomised controlled trials on prophylactic antibiotics in severe alcohol-related hepatitis & repair of ARDS COVID-19 by stromal cells; systematic reviews and meta analyses on transcranial ultrasonography to detect intracranial pathology & the etiology and mortality of new-onset refractory status epilepticus; and observational studies on the association of whole blood with survival among patients presenting with severe hemorrhage & comparator groups in ICU-based studies of physical rehabilitation.

There are also guidelines on the prevention of venous thromboembolism in adults with trauma & pediatric ventilator liberation; narrative reviews on personalized antiseizure medications in critically ill adults & echocardiography in circulatory shock; editorials on average treatment effects & artificial intelligence in critical care; and commentaries on clinical therapy based on cerebral autoregulation & coagulation support during perioperative bleeding.

If you only have time to read one review article this week, try this one on the management of bacterial and fungal infections in the ICU.

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