Economical Epoprostenol Good Enough After Major Cardiac Surgery Randomized trial compared two inhaled pulmonary vasodilators Jul 06, 2023
Two Noninvasive Ventilation Modes Win for Riskiest NICU Newborns Fewer reintubations with NIPPV and NHFOV when compared with NCPAP Jul 06, 2023
Confirmed: Spinal Cord Injury Can Suppress Immune Function Study may explain why infection risk soars after some injuries Jul 05, 2023
Madonna's ICU Stay May Have Been Due to Sepsis Despite being life-threatening, sepsis can be easy to miss Jun 30, 2023
Clot Risk More Common in Survivors of Severe COVID Versus Flu However, other medical, mental health risks similar at 1 year for COVID, flu, and sepsis patients Jun 21, 2023
Video Laryngoscopy Wins for Tracheal Intubation on the First Try DEVICE trial finds higher success rates versus direct laryngoscope in the critically ill Jun 16, 2023
Prehospital Tranexamic Acid Won't Stave Off Disability After Severe Trauma Trial yields mixed results of giving antifibrinolytic drug in the field Jun 14, 2023
Breathing Support Type Matters for Preventing Extubation Failure in the PICU CPAP, BiPAP, nasal cannula compared with conventional oxygen therapy Jun 05, 2023
Cardiorespiratory Monitoring Can Be Telling of Outcomes in Extremely Preterm Infants Physiologic and clinical data tied to death or adverse respiratory events May 26, 2023
Doctors Play 'Never Have I Ever' YouTuber Siobhan Deshauer, MD, on sleeping through a page, placing an IV, and dirty needle sticks May 18, 2023
Probiotic Use in NICUs Shows Some Benefits in Newborns With Very Low Birth Weight Even with reduced risk of necrotizing enterocolitis, adoption is slow across the U.S. May 12, 2023
AI and the Safe Surgery Checklist Atul Gawande on doctors and AI working together to improve equitable healthcare May 09, 2023 video
Racial Disparities Linked to Length of Sepsis and Respiratory Failure Stays Black patients had longer admissions compared with their white counterparts, study finds May 08, 2023
Botanical Product Reduces Sepsis Mortality in Chinese Trial But path to FDA approval for Xuebijing infusion unlikely with these data alone, say editorialists May 01, 2023
Trial: Functional Scoring a Better Guide to Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Tx NIH trial affirms benefit of increasingly popular approach to get babies home sooner Apr 30, 2023
Sketchy Benefits With Corticosteroids Persist in Children's Heart Surgery An updated meta-analysis of the controversial practice shows no definite answers Apr 28, 2023
Small Towns Edge Out Big Cities in Firearm Death Rates, Study Shows Variance mostly due to increase in gun suicides in rural counties Apr 26, 2023
Helmet CPAP Leads Noninvasive Ventilation Therapies for Acute Respiratory Failure Showdown of HFNC and helmet- and face mask-based modalities in meta-analysis Apr 23, 2023
RSV Infection in Infancy Linked to Later Asthma Could preventing RSV infections reduce childhood asthma by 15%? Apr 20, 2023
Cerebral Oximetry Not a Lifesaver for Extremely Preterm Infants No significant changes in death or brain injury in NICU patients Apr 19, 2023
COVID and Aspergillus Are Dangerous Bedfellows Attention must be paid to this new, sometimes deadly duo Apr 16, 2023
Blood Donor's Sex Makes No Difference for Survival Only difference seen was higher incidence of MRSA infection in recipients of female donor blood Apr 12, 2023
RAS Inhibitors Flop for Critically Ill COVID Potential harm seen among three trials testing different approaches Apr 12, 2023
Less Life Support Use After Early Prostacyclin for Diaphragmatic Hernia Can vasodilator use avoid resource-intensive care for high-risk newborns? Apr 10, 2023
ECMO Therapy Out of Reach for Multiple Socioeconomic Groups Sex, insurance status, and income all factors in access to advanced critical care therapy Apr 07, 2023
Uptick in Gun Deaths 'At the Scene' Point to Increased Injury Lethality More people than ever are dead before arrival at hospitals, study finds Apr 05, 2023
Simply Owning a Pulse Oximeter Isn't Medical Care Patient and provider knowledge and cultural competence are critical Mar 28, 2023
Pediatric ICU Cases Becoming More Complex in Recent Years Larger share now have underlying comorbidity, require feeding tubes or respiratory support Mar 27, 2023
Day in the Life of a Doctor: Treating a Patient With Septic Shock YouTuber and physician Siobhan Deshauer, MD, brings us along for an internal medicine shift Mar 23, 2023
Fatty Acid Tube Feeding May Backfire for Preemie Breathing Disorder Supplemental nutrition did not stave off bronchopulmonary dysplasia in premature infants Mar 22, 2023
Trial Suggests Anticoagulation 'Sweet Spot' for COVID in the ICU One big benefit amid similar overall results for high-dose prophylaxis in critically ill patients Mar 22, 2023
4F-PCC No Help in Trauma Patients at Risk of Massive Transfusion Randomized trial shows no significant reduction in 24-hour blood product consumption vs placebo Mar 21, 2023
Post-Op Delirium Linked to Accelerated Cognitive Decline Cognitive trajectory showed consistent pattern for most of 6-year follow-up Mar 20, 2023
Pulse Oximeters Confirmed to Be Biased for Black Kids These patients are prone to get false negatives in hypoxemia Mar 20, 2023
ICI-Related Myocarditis Deaths Down With Tailored Non-Corticosteroid Strategy Paris center reports results of mechanical ventilation, JAK-STAT inhibition for some patients Feb 23, 2023
Shortages Persist for Parenteral Nutrition "It's oftentimes hit or miss, and you have to be very nimble" Feb 13, 2023
BEST-II Throws Cold Water on Already-Tepid BP Lowering After Stroke Thrombectomy Trial did not show definite harm, but benefit is unlikely Feb 10, 2023
Enriched ICU Nutrition Strategy Spoiled in Randomized Trial More protein no help for recovery, survival in critical care Jan 30, 2023
Better CPR for Non-Shockable Arrest; PICU Transfusions; PTSD After Child's ICU Stay Roundup of news from the 2023 Critical Care Congress Jan 26, 2023
Unmet Medical Needs Common After ICU Care Study points to "stark mismatch" in care before discharge and after Jan 25, 2023