Critical Care Alert – December 1, 2010

December 1, 2010

• Special Feature: Acetaminophen Toxicity

  Acetaminophen (known as paracetamol outside the United States) is the most commonly used analgesic in the world, usually considered to be safe and benign.

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• Abstract & Commentary: Preventing Long-term Complications in Survivors of Critical Care

  Desai and colleagues carried out a comprehensive review of published studies on long-term complications among survivors of critical illness in an attempt to find common characteristics and themes that might be used in developing strategies for preventing or mitigating them.

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• QI Process Promotes Early Mobilization of ICU Patients

  Following a chart review that indicated few (24%) medical ICU (MICU) patients received consultation for physical therapy (PT) or occupational therapy (OT) a percentage almost 50% lower than at two other academic medical centers in the same city as well as a higher prevalence of deep sedation, the authors elected to initiate a QI project designed to reduce the use of deep sedation and improve patients' functional ability.

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• Pharmacology Watch: Tiotropium for Uncontrolled Asthma

  In this issue: Tiotropium for uncontrolled asthma, sibutramine pulled from market, incidence and mortality data from WHI, FDA Actions.

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• Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement

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