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Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Newsletter 548 | June 26th, 2022
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Welcome to the 548th Critical Care Reviews Newsletter, bringing you the best critical care research and open access articles from across the medical literature for the week June 6th to 12th.
We're well behind schedule due to the workload from CCR22, but are working hard to catch up. Expect a few newsletters in the next 10 days or so. The next newsletter will contain the major trials presented at CCR22. In this newsletter, outside the literature below, there are four topics to highlight.
Firstly, our next livestream trial result presentation is on tomorrow / tonight (Monday, June 27th, 19:30 UTC+1). The NITRIC trial investigates the effect of nitric oxide, administered via cardiopulmonary bypass, in young children undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease. Coming straight after the meeting, this has flown under the radar somewhat.
Secondly, after a three year hiatus, we're delighted to have completed the Critical Care Reviews Book 2022 in time for CCR22. Twenty-two of the best critical care trials of 2021 are summarised, critiqued and placed in context. The pdf can be downloaded from the CCR website, or a print version purchased for a low cost.
Thirdly, the videos from CCR22 are presently being edited and will be freely available on the website soon
Fourthly, as our workload and costs continue to increase, we have started a CCR Supporter facility, where you can contribute as little as the price of a cup of coffee per month, or make a one-off donation, to help support our efforts. Our aim is to share science for the benefit of all. While it is free to use, it's very costly to produce. If you value what we do, please support us in our efforts to continue keeping everyone up-to-date with the latest advances in critical care.
Research
Randomised Controlled Trials
- Meduri. Low‑dose methylprednisolone treatment in critically ill patients with severe community‑acquired pneumonia. Intensive Care Med 2022;epublished May 13th
- Dat. Effectiveness of Continuous Endotracheal Cuff Pressure Control for the Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Respiratory Infections: An Open-Label Randomized, Controlled Trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 May 30;74(10):1795-1803
- Jessen . Restrictive Fluids Versus Standard Care in Adults with Sepsis in the Emergency Department (REFACED) - a Multicenter, Randomized Feasibility Trial. Acad Emerg Med 2022;epublished June 2nd
- Greenberg. Daily Written Care Summaries for Families of Critically Ill Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Crit Care Med 2022;epublished May 23rd
- Meersch. Effect of Intraoperative Handovers of Anesthesia Care on Mortality, Readmission, or Postoperative Complications Among Adults: The HandiCAP Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 2022;epublished June 4th
Systematic Reviews & Meta Analyses
Observational Studies
- Ortiz-Reyes. Early versus delayed enteral nutrition in mechanically ventilated patients with circulatory shock: a nested cohort analysis of an international multicenter, pragmatic clinical trial. Crit Care 2022;26:173
- Haines. Catabolism in Critical Illness: A Reanalysis of the REducing Deaths due to OXidative Stress (REDOXS) Trial. Crit Care Med 2022;50(7):1072-1082
- Gallastegi. Do not forget the platelets: The independent impact of red blood cell to platelet ratio on mortality in massively transfused trauma patients. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2022;93(1):21-29
- Muscedere. The frailty, outcomes, recovery and care steps of critically ill patients (FORECAST) study: pilot study results. ICMx 2022;10:23
- Loberger. Ventilation Liberation Practices Among 380 International PICUs. Crit Care Explor 2022;4(6):e0710
- Valentina Urbano. Continuous versus routine EEG in patients after cardiac arrest-Analysis of a randomized controlled trial (CERTA). Resuscitation 2022;epublished May 30th
- Amass. Stress-Related Disorders of Family Members of Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit With COVID-19. JAMA Intern Med 2022;182(6):624-633
- Kolias. Evaluation of Outcomes Among Patients With Traumatic Intracranial Hypertension Treated With Decompressive Craniectomy vs Standard Medical Care at 24 Months: A Secondary Analysis of the RESCUEicp. JAMA Neurol 2022;epublished June 6th
- Villalba. Vasculopathy and Increased Vascular Congestion in Fatal COVID-19 and ARDS. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2022;epublished June 7th
- Ortiz-Reyes. Early versus delayed enteral nutrition in mechanically ventilated patients with circulatory shock: a nested cohort analysis of an international multicenter, pragmatic clinical trial. Crit Care 2022;26:173
- Hodgson. Comparison of 6-month outcomes of sepsis versus non-sepsis critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation. Crit Care 2022;26:174
- O’Grady. The sit-to-stand test as a patient-centered functional outcome for critical care research: a pooled analysis of five international rehabilitation studies. Crit Care 2022;26:175
Guidelines
Reviews
Clinical
Neurological
- Papaioannou. Hydrocephalus and the neuro-intensivist: CSF hydrodynamics at the bedside. ICMx 2022;10:20
- Baggiani. Acute traumatic brain injury in frail patients: the next pandemic. Curr Opin Crit Care 2022;28(2):166-175
Circulatory
- Balahura. The Management of Hypertensive Emergencies—Is There a “Magical” Prescription for All? J Clin Med 2022;11(11):3138
- Vicent. Pediatric Infective Endocarditis: A Literature Review. J Clin Med 2022;11(11):3217
Airway
- Mohamed. Airway Management During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Curr Anesthesiol Rep 2022;epublished March 25th
- Hyman. Awake Intubation Techniques, and Why It Is Still an Important Skill to Master. Curr Anesthesiol Rep 2022;epublished March 30th
Respiratory
Renal
Endocrine
Sepsis
- Zhang. Blood purification for sepsis: an overview. Precis Clin Med 2021;4(1):45–55
- Bauer. The liver-gut-axis: initiator and responder to sepsis. Curr Opin Crit Care 2022;28(2):216-220
Trauma
- Heinz. Point-of-Care Ultrasound for the Trauma Anesthesiologist. Curr Anesthesiol Rep 2022;12:217–225
- Hanna. The Use of Whole Blood Transfusion in Trauma. Curr Anesthesiol Rep 2022;12:234–239
- Girón-Arango. Is There a Role for Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Perioperative Trauma Patient?. Curr Anesthesiol Rep 2022;12:210–216
Paediatrics
Perioperative
Editorials
Commentaries
Correspondence
- Jiang. Central venous catheterization: the cephalic vein access. Crit Care 2022;26:169
- Roepke. Effect modification in a clinical trial should be assessed through interaction terms, not prognostic modelling. Intensive Care Med 2022;epublished May 27th
- Franciosi. Reply to: “Hyperoxemia in postsurgical sepsis/septic shock patients is associated with reduced mortality”. Crit Care 2022;26:172
- Cardinale. Prehospital blood transfusion for haemorrhagic shock. Lancet Haematol 2022;9(6):e395
- Del Junco. Prehospital blood transfusion for haemorrhagic shock. Lancet Haematol 2022;9(6):e395-e396
- Simpson. Prehospital blood transfusion for haemorrhagic shock. Lancet Haematol 2022;9(6):e396-e397