Critical Care Index

 
 

The Critical Care Journal Scan is the clinician's guide to the latest clinical research findings in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Chest, JAMA, The New England Journal of Medicine, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, and other important journals. Short summaries of feature articles include links to the article abstracts. (Access to full-text articles usually requires registration at the specific journal's Web site.)

  • Critical Care Journal Scan, March 2006 Sepsis is the recurring theme in this month's Journal Scan -- read about the findings from SOAP, the effect of statins on the incidence of sepsis, and more.
    Journal Article Commentary, March 2006
  • Critical Care, March 2006 Sepsis is the recurring theme in this month's Journal Scan -- read about the findings from SOAP, the effect of statins on the incidence of sepsis, and more.
    Expert Viewpoint, March 2006
  • Critical Care, November 2005 This month we look at the incidence and outcomes of acute lung injury, economic consequences of ventilator-associated pneumonia, and more.
    Journal Article Commentary, November 2005
  • Critical Care, September 2005 This month we look at terlipressin or norepinephrine in hyperdynamic septic shock; propylene glycol toxicity in the ICU; and more.
    Journal Article Commentary, September 2005
  • Critical Care, August 2005 Acute renal failure, causes and timing of death in patients with ARDS, and ventilator-associated pneumonia are among the topics discussed in this month's Journal Scan.
    Journal Article Commentary, August 2005
  • Critical Care, July 2005 A review of the latest literature including an update on VAP, DVT, and the use of ribavirin in severe acute respiratory syndrome.
    Journal Article Commentary, July 2005
  • Critical Care, June 2005 This month we examine medical management of severe brain injury, the effect of body mass index on patient outcomes, and more.
    Journal Article Commentary, June 2005
  • Critical Care, March 2005 Read the latest from the literature on anemia, allogeneic blood transfusion, and more.
    Journal Article Commentary, March 2005
  • Critical Care, December 2004 Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality and often goes undiagnosed in acutely ill patients.
    Journal Article Commentary, December 2004
  • Critical Care, November 2004 In this month's issue: ARDS on autopsy; CT vs US for diagnosis of acute appendicitis; epidemiology of 2003 SARS outbreak in Hong Kong; epidemiology of bacterial meningitis in adults; and more.
    Journal Article Commentary, November 2004
  • Critical Care, July 2004 Learn about new research on NIPPV for respiratory failure after extubation, risk of recurrent VTE, and more.
    Journal Article Commentary, July 2004
  • Critical Care, June 2004 Learn about new research on albumin vs saline for fluid resuscitation, glucose control in critically ill patients, and more.
    Journal Article Commentary, June 2004
  • Critical Care, May 2004 Read about new research on low-dose iNO in patients with acute lung injury, epinephrine in children with cardiac arrest, and more.
    Journal Article Commentary, May 2004
  • Critical Care, March 2004 Review of articles on transpyloric feeding tube placement using electromyogram and erythromycin, caregiving after prolonged mechanical ventilation, procalcitonin as a marker of infection, and more
    Journal Article Commentary, March 2004
  • Critical Care, February 2004 Review of articles on survival in the ICU by gender, symptomatic PE and the risk of VTE, the role of open-lung biopsy in ARDS, and severity of lung injury in ARDS.
    Journal Article Commentary, February 2004
  • Critical Care, January 2004 Review of articles on daily sedative interruption in the critically ill, nosocomial pneumonia in the ICU, vasopressin and gastric perfusion in sepsis, nosocomial infections and noninvasive ventilation
    Journal Article Commentary, January 2004
  • Critical Care, November 2003 Review of articles on morbidity and mortality in ARDS, the cause of mortality in cardiogenic shock, patient outcomes after discharge from a hospital-based weaning unit, end of life in a pediatric ICU
    Journal Article Commentary, November 2003
  • Critical Care, October 2003 Review of articles on clinical vs postmortem diagnoses in critically ill patients, fondaparinux vs heparin in pulmonary embolism, ximelagatran in the prevention of VTE and as secondary therapy in VTE
    Journal Article Commentary, October 2003
  • Critical Care, September 2003 Review of articles on improving the quality of dying, the role of cirrhosis in sepsis and death, mortality and costs in severe sepsis, ethics consultations in the ICU, and ICU ventilation withdrawal
    Journal Article Commentary, September 2003
  • Critical Care, August 2003 Review of articles on effects of age on ARDS development in trauma patients, end-of-life practices in European ICUs, D-dimer levels and risk of recurrent VTEs, comparison of warfarin dosages in VTEs
    Journal Article Commentary, August 2003
 
 
 
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