Critical Care

Can Quality of Life Assessments Predict PFS, OS Across Cancer Types?

By

Julia Faith Sklar

Publish Date November 3, 2021

Recent studies showed associations between quality of life scores and survival in lung and prostate cancer as well as renal cell carcinoma.

Does Prophylactic CPAP After Major Abdominal Surgery prevent morbidity?

By

Sheila Jacobs

Publish Date December 2, 2021

A clinical trial assessed the benefit of administering prophylactic continuous positive airway pressure immediately after major abdominal surgery.

Implications of Declining Asthma Exacerbation Rates During the COVID-19 Pandemic

By

Tori Rodriguez, MA, LPC, AHC

Publish Date November 24, 2021

Asthma exacerbations dropped during the pandemic; what can be learned from this occurrence that may help lower exacerbation rates in the future?

ICU Bed Occupancy During COVID-19 Linked to Increase in Excess Deaths

Stress to the health care system, as measured by ICU bed occupancy, is associated with increases in excess deaths two, four, and six weeks later.

Early CPAP May Reduce Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Incidence in Preterm Infants

By

Brandon May

A review of 8 RCTs compared prophylactic CPAP to mechanical ventilation for addressing bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants.

Review Evaluates of Methods of Weaning Patients From Mechanical Ventilation

By

Sheila Jacobs

Which methods of weaning patients from mechanical ventilation result in lower mortality and reintubation rates?

BaSICS Trial: Slower IV Bolus Does Not Affect Mortality in Critical Care

By

Bryant Moeller

Does the speed of fluid infusion affect mortality in critically ill patients requiring fluid challenge?

Provider/Pharmacist Sepsis Early Warning System for Initiating ED Antibiotics

By

Virginia A. Schad, PharmD, RPh

Can an EHR-based sepsis early warning system involving pharmacists and providers improve antibiotic administration in the ED and sepsis-related outcomes?

Assessing Lung Function Using Peripheral O2 Saturation in Suspected Sepsis

By

Virginia A. Schad, PharmD, RPh

Can peripheral oxygen saturation levels be used instead of arterial blood gas analysis to calculate SOFA scores in patients with suspected sepsis?

Factors Linked to Mortality in Invasively Ventilated Patients With COVID-19

By

Bryant Moeller

The prospective SATICOVID19 study provides a detailed analysis of characteristics of invasively ventilated patients with COVID-19 in 63 ICUs in Argentina.

Predictive Performance of Validated VTE Risk Scores in Setting of Malignancy

By

Jessica Nye, PhD

The clinical performance of several scores to predict VTE risk in the setting of malignancy are compared in a study.