Critical Care Alert – April 1, 2012
April 1, 2012
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Abstract & Commentary: Gender Composition of ICU Staff May Serve As a Buffer to Caregiver Burnout
The intensive care unit (ICU) can be immensely stressful for caregivers and can lead to burnout that results from chronic emotional and interpersonal stressors in the environment. -
Abstract & Commentary: Respiratory Arrest: An Adverse Effect of Polymyxins
Wunsch and associates describe two patients who suffered respiratory arrest requiring intubation and mechanical ventilation while receiving polymyxin B. -
Abstract & Commentary: Aerosolized Antibiotics in the Management of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Arnold and colleagues at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis performed a 6-year retrospective cohort study of patients with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) documented ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), diagnosed by accepted clinical and quantitative culture criteria, that was caused by either Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) and Acinetobacter baumannii(AB). -
Abstract & Commentary: Can Anything Really be Done to Make Intensive Care Units Less Noisy?
This paper reports on the findings of a systematic literature review on noise and noise-reduction strategies in the intensive care unit (ICU). -
Abstract & Commentary: Neuroprognostication in Patients Receiving Therapeutic Hypothermia Following Cardiac Arrest
Although current guidelines recommend delaying neuroprognostication during therapeutic hypothermia following resuscitation from cardiac arrest, this review of 55 consecutive patients so managed found that a "poor prognosis" designation was arrived at during the hypothermia period in most of them, including six patients who were eventually discharged with a favorable neurologic outlook. -
Pharmacology Watch: Statins and the Risk of Diabetes
In this issue: Statins and diabetes risk; new treatment guideline for diabetes; new pertussis vaccine recommendation; antibiotics and rhinosinusitis; fluoroquinolones and cystitis; and FDA actions. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement