Critical Care

Interictal Hypercapnic Ventilatory Response Can Be Safely Measured in Epilepsy

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Brandon May

Measurement of interictal central respiratory chemosensitivity to CO2 is rapid and safe for bedside use in patients with epilepsy.

Adjusting PEEP Not Effective in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

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Bryant Moeller

Patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome who received positive end-expiratory pressure titration guided by esophageal pressure had no significant differences in clinical outcomes.

Sepsis Mortality May Be Linked to Longer Door-to-Antibiotic Times

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Pulmonology Advisor Contributing Writer

Increasing door-to-antibiotic time for emergency department patients with clinical sepsis is associated with an hour-by-hour linear increase in 1-year mortality.

Sepsis Could Be Diagnosed in Minutes With New Test

Microelectrode device analyzes a patient’s blood and provides results in as quickly as 2.5 minutes.

Oxygen Saturation Levels Higher With Manual Ventilation During Intubation

Findings were seen with bag mask ventilation vs no ventilation in adults undergoing tracheal intubation.

Swan-Ganz Thermodilution Catheters Recalled Due to Lumen Reversal

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Haymarket Media

The class I recall is being initiated because of incorrect assembly leading to catheter tube (lumens) reversal.

Corticosteroid Use Reduces 28-Day Mortality in Sepsis

By

Zahra Masoud

The administration of corticosteroids in patients with sepsis may be associated with significant improvement in patient outcomes.

FDA Recall: VentStar and ID Breathing Circuits, Anesthesia Sets

VentStar and ID Breathing Circuits and Anesthesia Sets have been recalled because some of the devices may not have been correctly assembled, which may have resulted in a short circuited breathing hose.