Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Newsletter 465 | November 9th 2020
Welcome to the 465th Critical Care Reviews Newsletter, bringing you the best critical care research and open access articles from across the medical literature over the past seven days.
Starting next week, we're going to begin unveiling the final additions to the eCCR21 programme. It's a superb line-up, consisting of trial result presentations, discussions of the best trials of 2020 with their chief investigators, and talks from our third stream of trial methodology, interpretation and publishing.
If you only have time to read one review article this week, try this one on vasopressor therapy in the intensive care unit.
Randomised Controlled Articles
- Full Text: Castro. Effects of capillary refill time-vs. lactate-targeted fluid resuscitation on regional, microcirculatory and hypoxia-related perfusion parameters in septic shock: a randomized controlled trial. Ann Intensive Care 2020;10:150
- Full Text: Amarenco. Ticagrelor Added to Aspirin in Acute Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack in Prevention of Disabling StrokeA Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Neurol 2020;epublished November 7th
Systematic Reviews & Meta Analyses
- Full Text: Shen. Accuracy of circulating microRNAs in diagnosis of sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Intensive Care 2020;8:84
- Full Text: Zhong. Non-catecholamine vasopressors in the treatment of adult patients with septic shock—evidence from meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis of randomized clinical trials. J Intensive Care 2020;8:83
Observational Studies
- Full Text: Bagate. Rescue therapy with inhaled nitric oxide and almitrine in COVID-19 patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. Ann Intensive Care 2020;10:151
- Full Text: Panwar. Compliance Phenotypes in Early Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome before the COVID-19 Pandemic. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2020;202(9):244–1252
- Full Text: Bellomo. Renin and Survival in Patients Given Angiotensin II for Catecholamine-Resistant Vasodilatory Shock. A Clinical Trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2020;202(9):1253–1261
- Abstract: Fiorentino. Serial Measurement of Cell-Cycle Arrest Biomarkers [TIMP-2] · [IGFBP7] and Risk for Progression to Death, Dialysis, or Severe Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Septic Shock. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2020;202(9):1262–1270
Cochrane Reviews
- Updated guidance on the management of COVID-19: from an American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society coordinated International Task Force. European Respiratory Review 2020;29:157
- Narayanaswami. International consensus guidance for management of myasthenia gravis. 2020 update. Neurology 2020;epublished November 3rd
Clinical
COVID-19
- Ahmadian. Covid‐19 and kidney injury: Pathophysiology and molecular mechanisms. Rev Med Virol 2020;epublished October 6th
- Cardona. Appropriateness of intensive care treatments near the end of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. Breathe 2020;16(2):200062
- José. Targeting coagulation activation in severe COVID-19 pneumonia: lessons from bacterial pneumonia and sepsis. Eur Respir Rev 2020;29(157):200240
- Welter. Management of tracheobronchial injuries. J Thorac Dis 2020;12(10):6143-6151
- Ludwig. Prophylaxis and management of postoperative complications after tracheobronchial surgery. J Thorac Dis 2020;12(10):6179-6184
- Rello. Update in COVID-19 in the intensive care unit from the 2020 HELLENIC Athens International symposium. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med 2020;epublished October 22nd
Circulatory
Respiratory
- Kim. Management of tracheo-oesophageal fistula in adults. Eur Respir Review 2020;29:200094
- Khurana. Management of severe asthma: summary of the European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society task force report. Breathe 2020;16(2):200058
Hepatobiliary
- İlhan. Posthepatectomy liver failure. Turk J Med Sci 2020;50(6):1491–1503
- Zaccherini. Albumin Administration is Efficacious in the Management of Patients with Cirrhosis: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Hepat Med 2020;12:153–172
Renal
Haematological
Intensive Care Medicine Series on ARDS
- Ware. Designing an ARDS trial for 2020 and beyond: focus on enrichment strategies. Intensive Care Med 2020;epublished November 2nd
- Combes. Extracorporeal life support for adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome. Intensive Care Med 2020;epublished November 2nd
- Goligher. Clinical strategies for implementing lung and diaphragm-protective ventilation: avoiding insufficient and excessive effort. Intensive Care Med 2020;epublished November 2nd
- Menk. Current and evolving standards of care for patients with ARDS. Intensive Care Med 2020;epublished November 6th
- Hraiech. Myorelaxants in ARDS patients. Intensive Care Med 2020;epublished November 7th
- Meduri. Pharmacological principles guiding prolonged glucocorticoid treatment in ARDS. Intensive Care Med 2020;epublished November 4th
Clinical Liver Disease Series on Liver Haemostasis
- Agbim. PRO: Portal Vein Thrombosis Impacts Liver Transplantation Outcomes. Clin Liver Dis 2020;16(4):127-131
- Sherman. CON: Portal Vein Thrombosis Does Not Impact Liver Transplantation Outcomes. Clin Liver Dis 2020;16(4):132-136
- Caldwell. Coagulation Homeostasis in Liver Disease. Clin Liver Dis 2020;16(4):137-141
- Kodali. Portal and Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis. Clin Liver Dis 2020;16(4):142-145
- Ahmed. Anticoagulants and Their Monitoring. Clin Liver Dis 2020;16(4):146-148
- Shenoy. Thromboelastography and Utility in Hepatology Practice. Clin Liver Dis 2020;16(4):149-152
- Singh. Use of Blood Products and Drugs Before Procedures in Patients With Cirrhosis. Clin Liver Dis 2020;16(4):153-157
- Premkumar. Current Concepts in Coagulation Profile in Cirrhosis and Acute‐on‐Chronic Liver Failure. Clin Liver Dis 2020;16(4):158-167
Pre-Clinical
- Dolin. Remdesivir — An Important First Step. N Engl J Med 2020; 383:1886-1887
- Marks. A new model for clinical trials to address the COVID-19 emergency. Breathe 2020;16(2):200220
- Dobler. Poor quality research and clinical practice during COVID-19. Breathe 2020;16(2):200112
- Orritt. Getting the word out: how to talk to the public about your research. Breathe 2020;16:200008
- Jonigk. COVID-19: what the clinician should know about post-mortem findings. Intensive Care Med 2020;epublished November 3rd
- Royer. Lung Ultrasound Evolution in a Patient with COVID-19. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2020;202(9):1297–1298
- Miller. Science Denial and COVID Conspiracy TheoriesPotential Neurological Mechanisms and Possible Responses. JAMA 2020;epublished November 2nd
- Verbalis. The Curious Story of Cerebral Salt Wasting. Fact or Fiction? CJASN 2020;15(11):1666-1668
- Hatamizadeh. Revisiting Filtration Fraction as an Index of the Risk of Hemofilter Clotting in Continuous Venovenous Hemofiltration. CJASN 2020;15(11):1660-1662
- Epelbaum. In defence of extrapolation but not improvisation in SARS-CoV-2 lung disease. Breathe 2020;16(2):200113
- Tidswell. Sepsis: the importance of an accurate final diagnosis. Lancet Respir Med 2020;epublished November 2nd
- Mongardon. Impact of late administration of corticosteroids in COVID-19 ARDS. Intensive Care Med 2020;epublished November 6th
- Picod. Alteration of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System in Shock: Role of the Dipeptidyl Peptidase 3. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2020;epublished November 5th
- Chaibi. Severe Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with COVID-19 and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2020;20(9):1299–1301
- Brault. COVID-19– versus non–COVID-19–related Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Differences and Similarities. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2020;20(9):1301–1304
- Chase. In-Parallel Ventilator Sharing during an Acute Shortage: Too Much Risk for a Wider Uptake. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2020;20(9):1316–1317
- Milner. Ventilator Sharing Using Volume-controlled Ventilation during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2020;20(9):1317–1319
- Smit. Ethylene glycol poisoning: A diagnostic challenge in a patient with persistent seizures and a severe metabolic acidosis. Af J Emerg Med 2020;epublished November 6th
- Wadden. Respiratory failure in a 28-year-old male. Breathe 2020;16:(2):190337
- Apraxine. An unusual progressive stridor. Breathe 2020;16(2):200006
- Jackson. A difficult pleural effusion in a cirrhotic patient. Breathe 2020;16(2):200049
Until next week
Rob