Critical Care

SCCM Former Chancellor of Board of Regents on Sharing Ventilators During COVID-19 Pandemic

By

Britt Gambino

Richard Branson, MS, RRT

Publish Date April 2, 2020

A joint statement issued by the Society of Critical Care Medicine and several other medical societies has advised against the use of 1 ventilator for multiple patients.

Assessing Exercise Techniques in Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD

By

Tori Rodriguez, MA, LPC, AHC

Publish Date March 25, 2020

Pulmonary rehabilitation programs represent a key component in the management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Shared Decision Making for Better Asthma Control

By

Tori Rodriguez, MA, LPC, AHC

Publish Date March 24, 2020

Shared decision making has been linked to improvements in asthma control, lung function, treatment adherence, and quality of life.

Adjunctive Therapy Use in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Is Inconsistent

By

Virginia A. Schad, PharmD, RPh

The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) assessing physical function and pain interference with computer adaptive tests offers a streamlined, effective approach for measuring self-reported outcomes in patients with chronic low back pain.

Sedation Plan Does Not Affect Mortality in Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation

By

Virginia A. Schad, PharmD, RPh

Mortality did not differ significantly between patients assigned to no sedation and patients assigned to light sedation with daily interruption in the intensive care unit.

Effect of Permissive Hypotension on Mortality in Vasodilatory Hypotension

By

Bryant Moeller

In patients aged 65 years or older receiving vasopressors for vasodilatory hypotension, the use of permissive hypotension did not reduce all-cause 90-day mortality.

Effect of Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis on Mortality in Mechanical Ventilation

By

Lauren Dembeck, PhD

In-hospital mortality rates among patients requiring mechanical ventilation were not significantly different when comparing 2 stress ulcer prophylaxis strategies: proton pump inhibitors vs histamine-2 receptor blockers.

Positive Airway Pressure Reduces Mortality After OHS-Related Acute Respiratory Failure

By

Brandon May

Prescribing positive airway pressure at hospital discharge was associated with reduced mortality after acute-on-chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure in patients with confirmed or suspected obesity hypoventilation syndrome.

Lung Microbiota May Predict Clinical Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients

By

Virginia A. Schad, PharmD, RPh

In critically ill patients who were mechanically ventilated, variation in lung microbiota at admission predicted intensive care unit outcomes.

Vitamin C, Hydrocortisone, Thiamine Not Superior to Hydrocortisone Alone for Septic Shock

By

Bradley van Paridon

For patients with septic shock, treatment with intravenous vitamin C, hydrocortisone, and thiamine did not significantly improve the duration of survival and free of vasopressor administration over 7 days.

FDA: Possible Cybersecurity Issues With Certain Patient Monitoring Devices

By

Steve Duffy

The FDA has issued a safety communication informing healthcare providers, facilities, and patients about cybersecurity vulnerabilities associated with certain GE Healthcare Clinical Information Central Stations and Telemetry Servers.