Newsletter 156 / November 30th 2014

 

Welcome

Welcome to the 156th Critical Care Reviews Newsletter, bringing you the best critical care research published in the past week, plus a wide range of free full text review articles, guidelines, commentaries, editorials, study critiques, correspondence and case reports from hundreds of clinical and scientific journals. This week's highlights include a RCT on prehospital cooling for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, a phase 1 Ebola virus vaccine trial, a series on critical care infections from BMC Infectious Diseases and several papers from this weekend's International Fluid Academy Meeting in Antwerp, published in Anaesthesiology Intensive Care. These articles form the bulk of this week's Topic of the Week, on fluid therapy, starting with a paper on fluid overload, de-resuscitation, and outcomes in critically ill or injured patients in tomorrow's Paper of the Day.

The excellent Minerva Anestesiologica journal moved to a subscription model at the start of 2013, but has belatedly provided delayed access to articles published one year prior. Therefore, I've encluded the review articles currently available for the first 11 months of 2013. On a similar theme, another excellent journal featured weekly in the newsletter, Critical Care, is moving to an open access model in January, so I'll be able to send you their best output every week. If you only have time to read one paper this week, then you are spolit for choice. Tomorow's paper of the day would be my first choice, with alternatives being this paper by Wolfe, on the circulatory patho-physiology of anaesthesia, or on a different theme, this article by Scapigliati, on the best timing for defibrillation in shockable cardiac arrest.

 

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Upcoming Meetings

Critical Care Reviews Meeting 2015

It's just 8 weeks until the 2015 Critical Care Reviews Meeting, on Friday January 23rd, reviewing the hottest critical care trials of 2014. The programme is available and online registration is open. 

SMACC Chicago

The next SMACC conference will be held June 23rd to 26th, in Chicago, USA. It's a conference like no other. Further details, including the programme and registration, are available on the SMACC website.

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Research

Randomized Controlled Trials

• Abstract:  Debaty. Impact of intra-arrest therapeutic hypothermia in outcomes of prehospital cardiac arrest: a randomized controlled trial. Intensive Care Med 2014;40(12):1832-1842
  • Editorial:  Cariou. Cold fluids during cardiac arrest: faster cooling but not better outcome! Intensive Care Med 2014;40(12):1963-1965
• Abstract:  Thévenot. Effect of Albumin in Cirrhotic Patients with Infection Other Than Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis. A Randomized Trial. Journal of Hepatology 2014;epublished November 21st
• Abstract:  Terrault. Phase II study of avatrombopag in thrombocytopenic patients with cirrhosis undergoing an elective procedure. Journal of Hepatology 2014;61:1253–1259
  • Editorial:  Bissonnette. Managing periprocedural thrombocytopenia in cirrhosis: Aiming for a safety window. Journal of Hepatology 2014;61(6):1199–1201

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Meta Analyses

• Abstract:  Fargen. A meta-analysis of prospective randomized controlled trials evaluating endovascular therapies for acute ischemic stroke. J NeuroIntervent Surg 2014;epublished November 28th
• Full Text:  Emberson. Effect of treatment delay, age, and stroke severity on the effects of intravenous thrombolysis with alteplase for acute ischaemic stroke: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from randomised trials. Lancet 2014;384(9958):1929-1935
  • Commentary:  Hill. Alteplase in acute ischaemic stroke: the need for speed. Lancet 2014;384(9958):1904-1906
• Full Text:  Yang. Does pulse pressure variation predict fluid responsiveness in critically ill patients? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Critical Care 2014;18:650
• Full Text:  Navickis. Albumin in Burn Shock Resuscitation: A Meta-Analysis of Controlled Clinical Studies. J Burn Care Res 2014;epublished November 25th
• Full Text: Hagiwara. The impact of direct admission to a catheterisation lab/CCU in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction on the delay to reperfusion and early risk of death: results of a systematic review including meta-analysis. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014;22:67
• Full Text:  Bakke. Continuous positive airway pressure and noninvasive ventilation in prehospital treatment of patients with acute respiratory failure: a systematic review of controlled studies. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014;22:69
• Abstract:  Gu. Colistin for the treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 2014;44(6):477-485
• Full Text:  Inokuchi. Effectiveness of inhaled furosemide for acute asthma exacerbation: a meta-analysis. Critical Care 2014;18:621 
• Full Text:  Deng. Adjunctive Manual Thrombus Aspiration during ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. PLoS ONE 2014;9(11):e113481

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Observational Studies

• Full Text:  Ledgerwood. Chimpanzee Adenovirus Vector Ebola Vaccine. New Engl J Med 2014;epublished November 26th
  • Editorial:  Bausch. One Step Closer to an Ebola Virus Vaccine. New Engl J Med 2014;epublished November 26th
• Abstract:  Sanghavi. Outcomes After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Treated by Basic vs Advanced Life Support. JAMA Intern Med 2014;epublished November 24th
• Abstract:  Stiell. What Is the Optimal Chest Compression Depth During Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation of Adult Patients? Circulation 2014;130:1962-1970
• Full Text:  Klein. The attributable mortality of delirium in critically ill patients: prospective cohort study. BMJ 2014;349:g6652
• Full Text:  Prottengeier. Sedation assessment in a mobile intensive care unit: a prospective pilot-study on the relation of clinical sedation scales and the bispectral index. Critical Care 2014;18:615
• Full Text:  Tonglet. Pre-hospital identification of trauma patients with early acute coagulopathy and massive bleeding: results of a prospective non-interventional clinical trial evaluating the Trauma Induced Coagulopathy Clinical Score (TICCS). Crit Care 2014;18(6):648
• Abstract:  Sim. Mortality and Outcomes in Very Elderly Patients 90 Years of Age or Older Admitted to the ICU. Respir Care 2014;epublished November 18th
• Abstract:  Cavazzuti. Early therapy with IgM-enriched polyclonal immunoglobulin in patients with septic shock. Intensive Care Med 2014;40(12):1888-1896
  • Editorial:  Textoris. A revival for immunoglobulin therapy in septic shock? Intensive Care Med 2014;40(12):1957-1959
• Abstract:  Zadel. Point of Care UltraSound for Orotracheal Tube Placement Assessment in Out-of Hospital Setting. Resuscitation 2014;epublished November 20th

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Cochrane Reviews

New

• Warttig. Interventions for treating inadvertent postoperative hypothermia. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2014, Issue 11. Art. No.: CD009892

Updated

• Bennett. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for acute ischaemic stroke. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2014, Issue 11. Art. No.: CD004954 
• Bennett. Tranexamic acid for upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2014, Issue 11. Art. No.: CD006640

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Guidelines & Position Statements

Non-Clinical

• January. 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 Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society. J Am Coll Cardiol 2014;64(21):e1
• Campanile. Acute cholecystitis: WSES position statement. World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2014;9:58
• Sartelli. World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) guidelines for management of skin and soft tissue infections. World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2014;9:57
• Cosgrove. Guidance for the Knowledge and Skills Required for Antimicrobial Stewardship Leaders. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2014;35(12):1444-1451

Non-Clinical

• Graf. Best practice guidelines on publishing ethics: a publisher's perspective, 2nd edition. International Journal of Clinical Practice 2014;68:1410–1428 

Neurological

• Zweckberger. Surgical Aspects of Decompression Craniectomy in Malignant Stroke: Review. Cerebrovasc Dis 2014;38:313-323

Circulatory

• Wolf. Clarification of the circulatory patho-physiology of anaesthesia – Implications for high-risk surgical patients. International Journal of Surgery 2014;12(12):1348-1356
• Said. Peripartum cardiomyopathy. Ain-Shams J Anaesthesiol 2014;7:480-4
• Kato. Positive airway pressure therapy for heart failure. World J Cardiol 2014;6(11):1175-1191
• Abu-Assi. Bleeding risk stratification in an era of aggressive management of acute coronary syndromes. World J Cardiol 6(11):1140-1148
• Reddy. Blood glucose management in the patient undergoing cardiac surgery: A review. World J Cardiol 6(11):1209-1217

Articles from the International Fluid Academy via Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy

• Charron. Ten good reasons why everybody can and should perform cardiac ultrasound in the ICU. Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy 2014;46(5):319–322
• Lichtenstein. Ten good reasons to practice ultrasound in critical care. Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy 2014;46(5):323-335
• De Hert. Why hydroxyethyl starch solutions should NOT be banned from the operating room.  Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy 2014;46(5):336-341
• Hahn. Why crystalloids will do the job in the operating room.  Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy 2014;46(5):342-349
• Langer. Effects of intravenous solutions on acid-base equilibrium: from crystalloids to colloids and blood components.  Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy 2014;46(5):350-360
• Malbrain. Fluid overload, de-resuscitation, and outcomes in critically ill or injured patients: a systematic review with suggestions for clinical practice.  Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy 2014;46(5):361-380
• Malbrain. The use of bio-electrical impedance analysis (BIA) to guide fluid management, resuscitation and deresuscitation in critically ill patients: a bench-to-bedside review.  Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy 2014;46(5):381-391

Respiratory

• Longrois. Sedation in non-invasive ventilation: do we know what to do (and why)? Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2014;9:56

Gastrointestinal

• Malbrain. The role of abdominal compliance, the neglected parameter in critically ill patients — a consensus review of 16. Part 1: definitions and pathophysiology.  Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy 2014;46(5):392-405
• Malbrain.  The role of abdominal compliance, the neglected parameter in critically ill patients — a consensus review of 16. Part 2: measurement techniques and management recommendations. Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy 2014;46(5): 406–432
• Bischoff. Intestinal permeability – a new target for disease prevention and therapy. BMC Gastroenterology 2014;14:189

Hepatobiliary

• Albillos. Cirrhosis-associated immune dysfunction: Distinctive features and clinical relevance. Journal of Hepatology 2014;61:1385–1396
• Behrendt. The impact of hepatitis E in the liver transplant setting. Journal of Hepatology 2014;61:1418–1429

Renal

• Honoré. Critical care nephrology: could it be a model of multidisciplinarity in ICU nowadays for other sub-specialities – the jury is out. International Journal of Nephrology and Renovascular Disease 2014;7:437—440

Metabolic

• Shen. A review of experimental studies of hydrogen as a new therapeutic agent in emergency and critical care medicine. Medical Gas Research 2014;4:17

Haematological

• Podda. Platelet transfusion strategy for hematologic cancers. Intern Emerg Med 2014;epublished October 31st
• Cheung. Hemolytic uremic syndrome: toxins, vessels, and inflammation. Front Med 2014;epublished November 4th
• Douxfils. Measurement of non-VKA oral anticoagulants versus classic ones: the appropriate use of hemostasis assays. Thrombosis Journal 2014;12:24
• Harder. Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic evaluation of rivaroxaban: considerations for the treatment of venous thromboembolism. Thrombosis Journal 2014;12:22

Sepsis

• Forel. Treating HSV and CMV reactivations in critically ill patients who are not immunocompromised: pro. Intensive Care Med 2014;40(12):1945-1949
• Chanques. Treating HSV and CMV reactivations in critically ill patients who are not immunocompromised: con. Intensive Care Med 2014;40(12):1950-1953
• Opal. Endothelial barrier dysfunction in septic shock. J Intern Med 2014;epublished November 24th
• Tsai. Current preventive measures for health-care associated surgical site infections: a review. Patient Safety in Surgery 2014;8:42
• Bossi. Is there a benefit for a care protocol in the treatment of septic shock? Intern Emerg Med 2014;epublished November 27th
• Gray. A dead-end host: is there a way out? A position piece on the Ebola virus outbreak by the International Union of Immunology Societies. Front Immunol 2014;epublished October 27th
• Chippaux. Outbreaks of Ebola virus disease in Africa: the beginnings of a tragic saga. Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases 2014;20:44 
• Staitieh. Noninfectious Pulmonary Complications of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. American Journal of the Medical Sciences 2014;348(6):502-511

Series from BMC Infectious Diseases

• Blot. How to avoid microaspiration? A key element for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in intubated ICU patients. BMC Infectious Diseases 2014;14:119
• Vazquez-Guillamet. Treatment of gram - positive infections in critically ill patients. BMC Infectious Diseases 2014;14:92
• De Waele. How to treat infections in a surgical intensive care unit. BMC Infectious Diseases 2014;14:193
• Wong. How do we use therapeutic drug monitoring to improve outcomes from severe infections in critically ill patients? BMC Infectious Diseases 2014;14:288
• Garnacho-Montero. How to treat VAP due to MDR pathogens in ICU patients. BMC Infectious Diseases 2014;14:135
• Timsit. Treatment of bloodstream infections in ICUs. BMC Infectious Diseases 2014;14:489
• Borgatta. How to approach and treat VAP in ICU patients. BMC Infectious Diseases 2014;14:211
• Kelesidis. How to approach and treat viral infections in ICU patients. BMC Infectious Diseases 2014;14:321
• Zafrani. How to treat severe infections in critically ill neutropenic patients? BMC Infectious Diseases 2014;14:512
• Burillo. Use of rapid diagnostic techniques in ICU patients with infections. BMC Infectious Diseases 2014;14:593

Toxicology

• Singh. Acute aluminium phosphide poisoning, what is new?. Egypt J Intern Med 2014;26:99-103

Paediatrics

• Aelami. Ventilator-associated pneumonia in neonates, infants and children. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2014;3:30

Miscellaneous

• Malbrain. The polycompartment syndrome: a concise state-of-the-art review. Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy 2014;46(5):406-432 

Non-Clinical Review Articles

• Bayat. Guidelines helping clinicians make the GRADE. Intern Emerg Med 2014;epublished September 10th
• Zunic. What pharmacy practitioners need to know about ethics in scientific publishing. J Res Pharm Pract 2014;3:112-6

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Recently Made Open Access

Minerva Anestesiologica

Review Articles

• Kacmarek. Management of refractory hypoxemia in ARDS. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(10):1173-9
• Polito. Albumin: physiologic and clinical effects on lung function. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(10):1180-6
• Ducrocq. Lactate or ScvO2 as an endpoint in resuscitation of shock states? Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(9):1049-58
• MacLaren. ECMO in acute and chronic adult respiratory failure: recent trends and future directions. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(9):1059-65
• Bilotta. Postoperative delirium: risk factors, diagnosis and perioperative care. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(9):1066-76
• Aubron. Infusion of hydroxyethyl starch-containing fluids. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(9):1088-92
• Sinderby. Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist in non-invasive ventilation. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(8):915-25
• Diehl. Non-invasive ventilation in severe asthma attacks. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(8):926-33
• Braune. Extracorporeal lung support in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(8):934-43
• Wade. Identifying clinical and acute psychological risk factors for PTSD after critical care: a systematic review. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(8):944-63
• Muscaritoli. Sarcopenia in critically ill patients: the new pandemia. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(7):771-7
• Della Rocca. II Italian intersociety consensus statement on antithrombotic prophylaxis in orthopedics and traumatology. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(7):778-92
• Pearmain. Outcomes after ARDS: a distinct group in the spectrum of disability after complex and protracted critical illness. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(7):793-803
• Andersen. Sleep in the Intensive Care Unit measured by polysomnography. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(7):804-15
• Della Rocca. Do we need to use sugammadex at the end of a general anesthesia to reverse the action of neuromuscular bloking agents? Position Paper on Sugammadex use. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(6):661-6
• Van Zundert. Tracheal intubation of patients in non-standard positions requires training. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(6):679-82
• Fanelli. Donation after cardiac death: is a “paradigm shift” feasible in Italy? Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(5):534-40
• Turnbull. Super refractory status epilepticus: the development of a paradigm for critical care management. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(5):541-53
• Ambrosino. Comprehensive physiotherapy management in ARDS. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(5):554-63
• Wong. The usage of the Boussignac continuous positive airway pressure system in acute respiratory failure. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(5):564-70
• Teboul. Pulse pressure variation and ARDS. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(4):398-407
• Öncü. A clinical outline to fever in intensive care patients. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(4):408-18
• Racca. Recommendations for anesthesia and perioperative management of patients with neuromuscular disorders. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(4):419-33
• Murias. Patient-ventilator dyssynchrony during assisted invasive mechanical ventilation. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(4):434-44
• Sakka . Extravascular lung water in ARDS patients. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(3):274-84
• De Somer. End-organ protection in cardiac surgery. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(3):285-93
• Levi. Thrombomodulin in sepsis. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(3):294-8
• Mazzeo. Brain-lung crosstalk in critical care: how protective mechanical ventilation can affect the brain homeostasis. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(3):299-309
• Constantin. Lung imaging in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: from an understanding of pathophysiology to bedside monitoring. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(2):176-84
• Dimopoulos. Rituximab in critically ill patients. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(2):185-93
• Sorbello. When the end is really the end? The extubation in the difficult airway patient. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(2):194-9
• Boisson. Colistin in critically ill patients. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(2):200-8
• Carvalho. Glucose and insulin administration while maintaining normoglycemia: the GIN concept. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013 January;79(1):74-82
• Lu. How to assess positive end-expiratory pressure-induced alveolar recruitment? Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(1):83-91
• Scapigliati. The best timing for defibrillation in shockable cardiac arrest. Minerva Anestesiologica 2013;79(1):92-101

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Until next week

Rob

 

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