Mechanical Ventilation Journal Articles

• Nurses' Perceptions of Obstacles to End-of-Life Care How do nurses feel about the obstacles to providing end-of-life care? A survey of nurses working in critical access hospitals provides insight.
  American Journal of Critical Care, December 06, 2023
• Emergence of Melioidosis in Brazil: A Case Series Melioidosis, caused by the bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei, is an emerging infectious disease in Brazil, as documented in this series of seven laboratory-confirmed cases.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, November 03, 2023
• Fleaborne Typhus-Associated Deaths Over 170 cases of fleaborne typhus were reported in Los Angeles county in 2022, including three fatal cases, indicating that the disease is on the rise in that area.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, October 11, 2023
• Perioperative Management of Patients Exposed to Psychostimulants Patients exposed to psychostimulants present a variety of perioperative clinical challenges. Review the implications for the anesthesiologist in this article.
  Anesthesia & Analgesia, September 13, 2023
• Early Empiric Antibiotics in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients How often are hospitalized COVID-19 patients treated with empiric antibiotics? Are they being used appropriately? This study looked at the prescribing trends.
  Critical Care Medicine, September 08, 2023
• Bloodstream Infections After Congenital Heart Surgery Children undergoing congenital heart surgery may be at risk for developing bloodstream infections. What do we know about the incidence and risk factors for this complication?
  American Journal of Critical Care, September 07, 2023
• Delayed Intubation and Mortality in COVID-19 Respiratory Failure Among patients with ARF due to COVID-19 pneumonia treated with HFNC but subsequently intubated, intubation delayed beyond 24 hours was associated with increased mortality, according to this study.
  BMC Anesthesiology, September 07, 2023
• Management of Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome This review provides a summary of evidence-based strategies for the management of severe ARDS.
  Critical Care, September 05, 2023
• Candida auris-Associated Hospitalizations, U.S., 2017-2022 A better understanding of the clinical features of patients hospitalized with C. auris infections could help identify the potential risk factors for this disease.
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, September 05, 2023
• Platelet to Albumin Ratio for Predicting pAKI in the ICU This study investigated whether the platelet to albumin ratio might be a useful biomarker in early identification of persistent acute kidney injury in patients admitted to the intensive care unit.
  BMC Anesthesiology, August 31, 2023
• Mortality in ICU Patients >70 With COVID-19 vs. Other Pneumonias Did patients 70 years and older admitted to the ICU with COVID-19 have worse outcomes than elderly patients admitted to the ICU with other types of pneumonia?
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, August 29, 2023
• Medication Safety in Chronic Kidney Disease Learn more about the medications that could cause drug-induced harm in patients with CKD.
  Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension, August 28, 2023
• Legionella Associated Rhabdomyolysis This case highlights the potentially deadly triad of Legionella, rhabdomyolysis, and acute kidney injury. What was the effective management strategy for this patient?
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, August 25, 2023
• Hyperpyrexia in a Healthy Pregnant Female With COVID Pneumonia This case presents hyperpyrexia as a rare, life-threatening complication of COVID-19 pneumonia in a pregnant patient, with a fever that rose to over 106F.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, August 18, 2023
• Critical Incidents During Anesthesia: Prospective Audit This study investigated the prevalence and characteristics of critical incidents which occured during anesthesia at a multicenter hospital system over a 6 month period
  BMC Anesthesiology, August 10, 2023
• Extubation of Patients Receiving Vasopressor Infusions A clinician survey provides insight into the clinical practice patterns regarding extubation of patients receiving vasopressor infusions.
  American Journal of Critical Care, August 07, 2023
• Bivalent mRNA Vaccine Durability in Preventing Severe Disease How long does the bivalent COVID-19 booster offer protection against COVID-19-associated hospitalization and severe illness?
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, August 07, 2023
• Cerebrovascular Complications of COVID-19 on Venovenous ECMO Certain COVID-19 patients supported by venovenous ECMO may be more susceptible to cerebrovascular complications. What are the risk factors?
  Critical Care Medicine, August 03, 2023
• Diagnostic Stewardship: What Impacts Antibiotics Use? A better understanding of how diagnostic stewardship can impact antibiotic prescribing practices could help decrease unnecessary antibiotic use.
  Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, August 03, 2023
• RFA of Cervical Thyroid Cancer Metastases Is radiofrequency ablation a safe and effective treatment option for cervical metastases from papillary thyroid cancer?
  Journal of the Endocrine Society, July 31, 2023