Newsletter 368 | January 1st 2019
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#CCR19 Programme for Thursday January 17th
Welcome to the 368th 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. As you would expect, it's a relatively short issue as most journals were quiet over Christmas week.
The highlights of this week's edition are narrative reviews on whole body computed tomography in multi trauma patients & extracorporeal treatment in the management of acute poisoning; editorials on the PARAMEDIC2 trial & initiation of renal replacement therapy; as well as a commentary on Bayesian adaptive randomization in dose-finding trials.
Continuing our focus on the trials being discussed at #CCR19, this week's Topic of the Week is protective ventilation & the PreVENT trial, starting with a paper on ventilator-induced lung injury and lung mechanics in yesterday's Paper of the Day.
If you only have time to read one review article this week, try this one from Paul Young on P-values.
In other news, it is regrettable we note the premier general medical journal, the New England Journal of Medicine, has moved its correspondence section behind a paywall. As the journal publishes some of the most important research trials, this regressive step impedes access to these extremely valuable discussions for many clinicians. Publishing these trials carries a responsibility to the medical community and society at large, neither of which are served by this move.
Critical Care Reviews Meeting 2019
If you plan on attending the Critical Care Reviews Meeting this month in Titanic, Belfast, you will need to book soon, as the late rush for places has commenced. We also still have space at both the Thursday social event, in Titanic Hotel, beside Titanic, and the Friday night rooftop party, both with live music, food and drink included. For the early birds, we also have a morning run or Pilates on the Friday morning. The final programme is now out also, with both day's running order available on the Critical Care Reviews Meeting webpage.
Research
- Haines. The incidence and associations of acute kidney injury in trauma patients admitted to critical care: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Trauma 2019;86(1):141-147
- Cortegiania. High flow nasal therapy in immunocompromised patients with acute respiratory failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Crit Care 2018;epublished December 29th
- Mebazaa. Circulating adrenomedullin estimates survival and reversibility of organ failure in sepsis: the prospective observational multinational Adrenomedullin and Outcome in Sepsis and Septic Shock-1 (AdrenOSS-1) study. Critical Care 2018;22:354
- Aslan. Kidney histopathology in lethal human sepsis. Critical Care 2018;22:359
- Till. Who is pirating medical literature? A bibliometric review of 28 million Sci-Hub downloads. Lancet 2019;7(1):PE30-P31
Review Articles
Neurological
- Vishnu. Innovations in acute stroke reperfusion strategies. Ann Indian Acad Neurol 2019;22:6-12
- Kaur. Phantom limb pain: A literature review. Chinese Journal of Traumatology 2018;epublished December 4th
- Brandt. The Relevance of Irreversible Loss of Brain Function as a Reliable Sign of Death. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2018;115(41):675-81
- Wandinger. Autoantibody-Mediated Encephalitis. Differential diagnosis in patients with impaired consciousness of unclear origin. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2018;115(40):666-73
Circulatory
- Standl. The Nomenclature, Definition and Distinction of Types of Shock. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2018;115(45):757-68
- Lo Coco. Clinical complications during veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxigenation in post-cardiotomy and non post-cardiotomy shock: still the achille’s heel. J Thorac Dis 2018;10(12):6993-7004
- Foead. Management of symmetrical peripheral gangrene. Indian J Crit Care Med 2018;22:870-4
- Martin. Choice of fluids in critically ill patients. BMC Anesthesiology 2018;18:200
Respiratory
Gastrointestinal
Nutrition
Renal
Endocrine
Haematological
Sepsis
Trauma
- Çorbacıoğlu. Whole body computed tomography in multi trauma patients: Review of the current literature. Colombian J Anesthesiol 2018;46(4):317-321
- Dunn. History and significance of the trauma resuscitation flow sheet. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2018;3:e000145
- Jin. Military Brain Science – How to influence future wars. Chinese Journal of Traumatology 2018;215:277-280
- Rosenberg. Patient-reported outcomes in trauma: a scoping study of published research. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2018;3:e000202
- Pharaon. Orthopaedic traumatology: fundamental principles and current controversies for the acute care surgeon. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2018;3:e000117
- Russo. Mass casualty events: what to do as the dust settles? Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2018;3:e000210
Toxicology
Paediatrics
Miscellaneous
Editorials
- Zhang. No “optimal timing” of renal-replacement therapy in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury. Ann Transl Med 2018;6(Suppl 2):S112
- Heston. Independent or codependent?—industry, academics, and the publication of medical research. Ann Transl Med 2018;6(Suppl 2):S115
- Jung. Rethinking the role of epinephrine in cardiac arrest: the PARAMEDIC2 trial. Ann Transl Med 2018;6(Suppl 2):S129
- Uhel. Initiation of renal replacement therapy in patients with sepsis: more to it than meets the eye. Ann Transl Med 2018;6(Suppl 2):S130
- Shintani. Chest tube management in patients undergoing lobectomy. J Thorac Dis 2018;10(12):6432-6435
- Ansari. Mechanical ventilation guidelines in lung lobectomy surgery and the quest to improve outcomes. J Thorac Dis 2018;10(12):6396-6398
- Grande. What is the best strategy for one-lung ventilation during thoracic surgery? J Thorac Dis 2018;10(12):6404-6406
- Falieres. “When in doubt, give fluids and kill your patient”. Anaesth Pain & Intensive Care 2018;22(3):293-296
- EL Gindy. Cardiac protection: a fact or myth? Anaesth Pain & Intensive Care 2018;22(3):289-292
- Khan. Perioperative crystalloids in pediatric surgical patients: current approach. Anaesth Pain & Intensive Care 2017;21(4):402-405
Commentaries
- Grautoff. STEMI Equivalent in Ventricular Pacemaker Rhythm. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2018;115(41):686
- Ventz. Bayesian Adaptive Randomization in Dose-Finding Trials. JAMA Netw Open 2018;1(8):e186075
- Casillas. Role of vitamin C in diabetic ketoacidosis: Is it ready for prime time? World J Diabetes 2018;9(12):206-208
- Young. P-Values Have No Value, but There is a Better (Bayesian) Way. Emergency Medicine News 2018;40(12):18–19
- Tamma. Rethinking How Antibiotics Are Prescribed. Incorporating the 4 Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making Into Clinical Practice. JAMA 2018;epublished December 27th
- Nuzzo. Ramping Up the Response to Ebola. N Engl J Med 2018; 379:2490-2491
- Haddad. Pregnant Women and the Ebola Crisis. N Engl J Med 2018;379:2492-2493
- Price. Launch of the National Trauma Research Repository coincides with new data sharing requirements. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2018;3:e000193Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2018;3:e000193
Miscellaneous
- Disse. Sepsis-Associated Purpura Fulminans Due to Klebsiella Oxytoca. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2018;115(46):784
- Carretta. Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the surgical management of post-traumatic intrathoracic tracheal transection. J Thorac Dis 2018;10(12):7045-7051
- Lindow. Interatrial block and ischemic stroke. J Thorac Dis 2018;10(12):7052-7054
- Taniguchi. Necrosis of the Fingers and Toes. N Engl J Med 2018;379:2557
- Wadhwa. Jaw Clonus and Limb Fasciculations. N Engl J Med 2018;379:e44
- Goodenough. Use of REBOA to stabilize in-hospital iatrogenic intra-abdominal hemorrhage. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2018;3:e000165
- Moskowitz. Brown-Sequard syndrome. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2018;3:e000169
Meetings
CCR19
Belfast, 18-19th January 2019
SMACC Sydney
Sydney, 26-29th March 2019
Women in ICM
London, February 6th
CCH Journal
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. If you have an idea for a paper, and can say it in an engaging manner, please get in touch. We also need peer reviewers.
COI - I am the editor-in-chief of this new journal, but work in a voluntary capacity, as do all the editors.
I hope you find these links useful.
Until next week
Rob
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