Critical Care
From the Journals
Lombardy ICU capacity stressed to breaking point by COVID-19 outbreak
News
Internist reports from COVID-19 front lines near Seattle
KENT, WASHINGTON – Dr. Elisabeth Poorman’s clinic has decided to convert all COVID-19 cases with symptoms into...
Conference Coverage
No sedation fails to improve mortality in mechanically ventilated patients
ORLANDO – The lack of sedation did significantly improve certain secondary endpoints, including a reduced number of thromboembolic events and...
Conference Coverage
Guidance defines vaping-related respiratory syndrome
ORLANDO – The guidance is designed to help critical care professionals efficiently identify those individuals at high risk of respiratory failure...
Conference Coverage
Medicare beneficiaries get few home health visits after ICU stay
ORLANDO – The beneficiaries received an average of less than one visit per week in the month after ICU discharge, while a third received no visits...
Conference Coverage
Opioid use disorder up in sepsis hospitalizations
ORLANDO – “While we don’t necessarily screen every sepsis patient for endocarditis, if it’s an opioid use disorder patient – particularly one with...
Conference Coverage
As novel coronavirus outbreak evolves, critical care providers need to be prepared
From the Journals
ID consult for Candida bloodstream infections can reduce mortality risk
From the Journals
Experts call to revise the Uniform Determination of Death Act
A neurologist and her colleagues propose changes with the goal of clarifying and harmonizing procedures for determining death by neurologic...
From the Journals
Postextubation laryngeal injury has lasting effects
Voice and breathing problems can persist out to at least 10 weeks after mechanical ventilation.
Guidance for Practicing Primary Care
Guideline: Diagnosis and treatment of adults with community-acquired pneumonia
The practice guideline was jointly written by an ad hoc committee of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America.