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Hot Guidelines 2019

The best open access critical care guidelines published in 2020

Other Years:   2022  |  2021  |  2020  |  2019

  1. Hutchinson. Consensus statement from the International Consensus Meeting on the Role of Decompressive Craniectomy in the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury. Acta Neurochirurgica 2019;epublished May 28th
  2. Nanclares. WACEM consensus paper on deep venous thrombosis after traumatic spinal cord injury. J Emerg Trauma Shock 2019;12:150-4
  3. Current endovascular strategies for posterior circulation large vessel occlusion stroke: report of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery Standards and Guidelines Committee. Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery 2019;epublished May 18th
  4. Wiegele. Diagnostic and therapeutic approach in adult patients with traumatic brain injury receiving oral anticoagulant therapy: an Austrian interdisciplinary consensus statement. Crit Care 2019;23(1):62
  5. Chinese expert consensus on the treatment of modern combat-related spinal injuries. Military Medical Research 2019;6:6
  6. Russell. Brain death, the determination of brain death, and member guidance for brain death accommodation requests: AAN position statement. Neurology 2019;92:228–232
  1. 2019 ACC/AHA/ASE advanced training statement on echocardiography (revision of the 2003 ACC/AHA clinical competence statement on echocardiography): a report of the ACC Competency Management Committee. Cardiovascular Imaging 2019;12:e000026
  2. Lutwicka. Managing and preventing vascular catheter infections: A position paper of the international society for infectious diseases. Int J Infect Dis 2019;84:22–29
  3. 2019 AHA/ACC/HRS Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society in Collaboration With the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Circulation 2019;140:e125–e151
  4. SCAI clinical expert consensus statement on the classification of cardiogenic shock. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2019;epublished May 19th
  5. 2019 EACTS Expert Consensus on long-term mechanical circulatory support. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2019;epublished May 17th
  6. KSHF Guidelines for the Management of Acute Heart Failure: Part I. Definition, Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Acute Heart Failure. Korean Circ J 2019;49(1):1-21
  7. KSHF Guidelines for the Management of Acute Heart Failure: Part II. Treatment of Acute Heart Failure. Korean Circ J 2019;49(1):22–45
  8. KSHF Guidelines for the Management of Acute Heart Failure: Part III. Specific Management of Acute Heart Failure According to the Etiology and Co-morbidity. Korean Circ J 2019;49(1):46-68
  9. Fluid administration for acute circulatory dysfunction using basic monitoring: narrative review and expert panel recommendations from an ESICM task force. Intensive Care Med 2019;epublished November 19th
  10. The ELSO Maastricht Treaty for ECLS Nomenclature: abbreviations for cannulation configuration in extracorporeal life support - a position paper of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization. Critical Care 2019;23:36
  11. The Evolving Role of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory in the Management of Patients With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation 2019;epublished February 14th
  12. 2019 AHA/ACC/HRS Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation. Circulation 2019;epublished January 28th
  13. European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation: 2018 Update – Antiarrhythmic drugs for cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 2019;134:99–103
  1. Crewdson. Best practice advice on pre-hospital emergency anaesthesia & advanced airway management. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2019;27:6
  2. Experts’ guidelines of intubation and extubation of the ICU patient of French Society of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine (SFAR) and French-speaking Intensive Care Society (SRLF). Annals of Intensive Care 2019;9:13
  1. Infection Study Group of Chinese Thoracic Society, Chinese Medical Association. Chinese guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia in adults (2018 Edition). J Thorac Dis 2019;11(6):2581-2616
  2. Griffiths. Guidelines on the management of acute respiratory distress syndrome. BMJ Open Respiratory Research 2019;6:e000420
  3. Vlaar. A consensus redefinition of transfusion‐related acute lung injury. Transfusion 2019;epublished April 16th
  4. Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Adults. Update of the CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report. Chest 2019;155(3):565–586
  5. Fichtner. Mechanical Ventilation and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Acute Respiratory Insufficiency. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2018;115(50):840-7
  1. Management of acute liver failure. Clinical guideline from the Catalan Society of Digestology. Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019;42(1):51-64
  2. Acute-on-chronic liver failure: consensus recommendations of the Asian Pacific association for the study of the liver (APASL): an update. Hepatol Int 2019;epublished June 6th
  3. Esophageal emergencies: WSES guidelines. World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2019;14:26
  4. EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines: Drug-induced liver injury. J Hepatology 2019;70(6):1222-1261
  5. Párniczky. Antibiotic therapy in acute pancreatitis: From global overuse to evidence based recommendations. Pancreatology 2019;epublished April 19th
  6. AAST Critical Care Committee clinical consensus: ECMO, nutrition. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) Nutrition. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2019;4:e000304
  7. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma emergency general surgery guideline summaries 2018: acute appendicitis, acute cholecystitis, acute diverticulitis, acute pancreatitis, and small bowel obstructionAcute cholecystitis management guidelines summaryAcute colonic diverticulitis management guidelines summaryIntestinal obstruction due to adhesions guideline summary, Acute pancreatitis management guidelines summary. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2019;4:e000281
  8. Sociedade Portuguesa de Cuidados Intensivos guidelines for stress ulcer prophylaxis in the intensive care unit. Rev Bras Ter Intensiva 2019;epublished February 28th
  9. Diagnosis and management of acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding: guidelines from the British Society of Gastroenterology. Gut 2019;epublished February 12th
  1. Cardiorenal Syndrome: Classification, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment Strategies: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation 2019;139:e840–e878
  1. Management of antiplatelet therapy for non elective invasive procedures of bleeding complications: proposals from the French working group on perioperative haemostasis (GIHP), in collaboration with the French Society of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine (SFAR). Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med 2019;38:289–30
  2. Koo. Korean clinical practice guideline for perioperative red blood cell transfusion from Korean Society of Anesthesiologists. Korean J Anesthesiol 2019;72(2):91–118
  3. Mueller. Patient Blood Management. Recommendations From the 2018 Frankfurt Consensus Conference. JAMA 2019;321(10):983-997
  1. Scheutz. Procalcitonin (PCT)-guided antibiotic stewardship: an international experts consensus on optimized clinical use. Clin Chem Lab Med 2019;57(9):1308-1318
  2. Optimization of the treatment with beta-lactam antibiotics in critically ill patients—guidelines from the French Society of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (Société Française de Pharmacologie et Thérapeutique—SFPT) and the French Society of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine (Société Française d’Anesthésie et Réanimation—SFAR). Critical Care 2019;23:104
  3. Khilnani. Guidelines for Antibiotic Prescription in Intensive Care Unit. Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine 2019;23(Suppl 1):S1-S63
  4. Rodrigues. Indian Antimicrobial Prescription Guidelines in Critically Ill Immunocompromised Patients. Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine 2019;23(Suppl 1):S64-96
  5. Management of sepsis in neutropenic cancer patients: 2018 guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Working Party (AGIHO) and Intensive Care Working Party (iCHOP) of the German Society of Hematology and Medical Oncology (DGHO). Ann Hematol 2019;epublished February 22nd
  6. International Consensus Guidelines for the Optimal Use of the Polymyxins: Endorsed by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), International Society for Anti-infective Pharmacology (ISAP), Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), and Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP). Pharmacotherapy 2019;39(1):10-39
  1. Evidence-based review of trauma center care and routine palliative care processes for geriatric trauma patients; A collaboration from the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Patient Assessment Committee, the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Geriatric Trauma Committee, and the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Guidelines Committee. J Trauma 2019;86(4):737-743
  2. The European guideline on management of major bleeding and coagulopathy following trauma: fifth edition. Critical Care 2019;23:98
  1. 2019 WACEM - Academic college of emergency experts consensus recommendations on admission criteria to pediatric intensive care unit from the emergency departments in India. J Emerg Trauma Shock 2019;12:155-62
  2. Management of Stroke in Neonates and Children: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke 2019;50:e51–e96
  3. Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Third Edition: Update of the Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines, Executive Summary. Ped Crit Care Med 2019;20(3S):S1-S82
  1. ICS/FICM. Guidance on: Transfer of the Critically Ill Adult. Epublished May 28th 2019
  2. Statement paper on diversity for the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM). Intensive Care Med 2019;epublished April 4th
  3. Guidelines for the safe provision of anaesthesia in magnetic resonance units 2019: Guidelines from the Association of Anaesthetists and the Neuro Anaesthesia and Critical Care Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Anaesthesia 2019;epublished February 3rd
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