Research

Guidelines

• Disclosure of Interests and Management of Conflicts of Interest in Clinical Guidelines and Guidance Statements: Methods From the Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med 2019;epublished August 20th
• Caputo. Diagnosis and treatment of acute alcohol intoxication and alcohol withdrawal syndrome: position paper of the Italian Society on Alcohol. Internal and Emergency Medicine 2019;14(1):143–160
• Maschmann. New clinical guidelines on the spinal stabilisation of adult trauma patients - consensus and evidence based. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2019 Aug 19;27(1):77
• Turkish Society of Cardiology consensus report on the rational use of cardiac troponins in daily practice. Anatol J Cardiol. 2019; 21(6): 331–344

Review Articles

Editorials

• Nett. Invasive candidiasis trial supports echinocandins for primary therapy. Ann Infect 2019;3:3
• Rolls. Social media for researchers – beyond cat videos, over sharing, and narcissism. Australian Critical Care 2019;32(5):351-352
• Vitin. Perioperative Care for Organ Transplant Recipient: Time for Paradigm Shift. J Crit Care Med 2019;5(3):87–89

Commentaries

• Zampieri. Is prophylaxis worse than treatment in the ICU? Intensive Care Med 2019;epublished July 29th
• Gibbins. Getting it right first time: time to simplify our approach to the airway by using our best tools first. Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia 2019; 25(3):5-9
• Patel. Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Therapy in Adults. Cureus 2019;11(8):e5365
• Patel. Applied Uses of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Therapy. Cureus 2019;11(7):e5163

Miscellaneous

CCR20 Meeting

Now in it's 8th year, the Critical Care Reviews Meeting brings the chief investigators for the best critical care trials of the previous year to Titanic, Belfast, to discuss their studies. We aim to decide whether these trials are sufficiently robust to support their findings and if we should consider changing practice on the basis of them. To help in this endeavour we invite world leading experts to provide independent editorial overviews and have panel discussions to delve deep into the specifics of each trial. In addition, we also have detailed discussions on research methodology, to encourage critical thinking about the scientific findings which form the basis of our clinical practice. It's not just about specific trials though; for 2020, we have a distinguished panel of trialists, methodologists, statisticians and clinicians provide insight into the mysteries of clinical trial interpretation. We also have the annual honorary John Hinds Lecture, to be delivered by Prof Kathryn Maitland, entitled "A Higher Calling: Two Decades of Emergency Research in Africa", and finish the meeting with the incredibly popular "Informal Chat", where the faculty and delegates congregate in the bar and an enormous, meandering discussion about all things critical care takes place.

Based on our feedback from last year, we've reverted to keeping everyone on the same floor during breaks. In addition, we will also provide a sleeping area for those post-call to rest for a few hours as needed. As before, we are offering free childcare and a baby feeding area, where the meeting will live streamed. All dietary requirements are catered for also. Please get in touch if you have any specific needs. We sold out last year, so please don't delay if you want to attend. As usual, CPD points will be applied for in due course.

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.