Critical Care Alert – August 1, 2011

August 1, 2011

• Special Feature: Update on Drowning

  Drowning is defined as asphyxia or suffocation from submersion/immersion in a liquid medium.

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• Abstract & Commentary: The Impact of Establishing a Regional Weaning Unit for Patients Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation

  Although most critically ill patients require only short periods of respiratory support, a minority require prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV).

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• Abstract & Commentary: Low Tidal Volume Ventilation in theAbsence of Acute Lung Injury: A Study in Post-Cardiac Surgery Patients

  Supported by robust data from numerous clinical trials, low-tidal-volume ventilation is now standard-of-care in managing patients with acute lung injury (ALI) or the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

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• Abstract & Commentary: Patients/Surrogates Vastly Overrate Likelihood of Survival after Cardiac Arrest

  Participants in this study were 100 patients/surrogates and their physicians in a 26-bed medical ICU located in an academic medical center.

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• Pharmacology Watch: FDA issues Multiple Drug Warnings

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• Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement

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