Critical Care Alert – January 1, 2012

January 1, 2012

• Special Feature: Update on Hemodynamic Monitoring in 2012

  Hemodynamic monitoring is an essential part of caring for critically ill patients. Critical care providers are regularly faced with the challenge of determining whether a patient is adequately volume resuscitated, and hemodynamic assessments are often the first step in making a proper diagnosis so that other life-saving therapies can be promptly implemented.

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• Abstract & Commentary: Does the Use of Protocols in the ICU Interfere with Learning?

  Prasad and associates conducted a retrospective cohort study of associations between internal medicine trainee exposure to mechanical ventilation protocols and their performance on questions related to this topic on the critical care board-certifying examination.

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• Abstract & Commentary: Insurance Status and ICU Outcomes

  Lyon and colleagues performed a retrospective cohort study of the relationship between insurance status and 30-day mortality, as well as the use of five common ICU procedures, among 138,720 adult patients admitted to ICUs in Pennsylvania in fiscal years 2005 and 2006.

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• Pharmacology Watch: Rivaroxaban Now Approved for Stroke Prevention

  In this issue: New indication for rivaroxaban; new study on warfarin testing; medications causing adverse drug events; niacin as an add-on therapy; and FDA actions.

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• Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement

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