Procalcitonin vs CRP for Guiding Antibiotic Therapy in Sepsis
Learn which lab test provides the most efficacious guidance for antibiotic prescription in sepsis.
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Optimal Modes of Ventilation for Weaning
Is it better to use the assisted/control or SIMV with pressure support mode of ventilation in patients who fail weaning?
Managing an Effective Treatment for Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
The treatment of neuroleptic malignant syndrome with drugs that are combined with dantrolene is associated with a prolongation of clinical recovery.
Ultrasound and Pulse Ox vs CXR and ABGs for ARDS Diagnosis
Which tools are most useful to detect lung abnormalities consistent with ARDS in under-resourced settings?
Procalcitonin Use With Pneumonia and Mechanical Ventilation
Serum procalcitonin may "scalp" the APACHE II as a method for quantifying severity of illness in patients with pneumonia who are receiving mechanical ventilation.
Intravascular Cooling Device in Neurologic Intensive Care
Fever, defined as body temperature >37.9°C, is common in critically ill neurologic and neurosurgical patients, especially those with a prolonged length of stay in the neurologic intensive care unit (NICU) or with intracranial disease.
VF or Pulseless VT During Cardiac Arrest and Epinephrine Dosing
Does more frequent administration of epinephrine during cardiac arrest cause secondary ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia?
Costs and Benefits of Rapid Screening of MRSA in ICU
Nosocomial infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus have been associated with increased mortality and high health care costs. Will screening improve the situation?
Early Hydrocortisone Replacement After Septic Shock
Timing of corticosteroid dosing may have a critical impact on outcomes in patients with septic shock.
Rapid Diagnosis of Bloodstream Infections, Pneumonia, and More
Find out more about rapid pathogen identification in critically ill patients.
Ask the Experts - APACHE and SAPS Scoring
I am trying to determine the importance of Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) and Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS) scoring in recording or evaluating adverse events and serious adverse events. Does the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recognize these scoring methods? H
Preload Dependence Indices During Septic Shock
Can passive leg raising help to identify those patients who need intravascular volume expansion?
Strategy of Antibiotic Rotation
Antimicrobial resistance emerged as a major worldwide public health concern over the past decade.
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: Review and Practice Guidelines
Pregnancy related cardiomyopathy treatments may involve the use of intravenous vasodilators, inotropic medications, an intra-aortic balloon pump, and more, based on current ACC/AHA guidelines. . .
Transitions: Critical Care Outreach in End-of-Life Decisions
Escalation of levels of care is often not questioned until patients become critically or acutely unwell.
Surviving Sepsis Campaign
These guidelines update the original guidelines, "Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines for Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock," published in 2004.
Door-to-Balloon Time Not Most Critical Factor in STEMI Outcome
A new metric for STEMI patients may be on the near horizon. Find out more.
Acute Renal Failure -- Definition, Outcome Measures, Animal
Despite limited data, broad areas of consensus exist for the physiological and clinical principles needed to guide the development of consensus recommendations for defining acute renal failure.
Risk Factors of Readmissions in Severe Sepsis Survivors
How common and costly are reamissions for sepsis survivors?
Antibiotics and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Between ticarcillin plus clavulanate and piperacillin plus tazobactam, which combination is more effective as empirical antibiotic therapy in VAP?