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21 Reducing Deep Sedation and Delirium in Acute Lung Injury Patients: A Quality Improvement Project Critical Care Medicine, May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

22 Lactate and Venoarterial Carbon Dioxide Difference/Arterial-Venous Oxygen Difference Ratio, but Not Central Venous Oxygen Saturation, Predict Increase in Oxygen Consumption in Fluid Responders Critical Care Medicine, May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

23 Maximal Chemiluminescent Intensity in Response to Lipopolysaccharide Assessed by Endotoxin Activity Assay on Admission Day Predicts Mortality in Patients With Sepsis Critical Care Medicine, May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

24 Bilateral Anterior Thoracotomy (Clamshell Incision) Is the Ideal Emergency Thoracotomy Incision: An Anatomic Study World Journal of Surgery, May 21, 2013    Review Article

25 Physicians’ Decision-Making Roles for an Acutely Unstable Critically and Terminally Ill Patient Critical Care Medicine, May 20, 2013    Clinical Article

26 Implementing acute care surgery at a level I trauma center: 1-year prospective evaluation of the impact of this shift on trauma volumes and outcomes The American Journal of Surgery, May 20, 2013    Clinical Article

27 Clinical Outcomes Following Prolonged Refractory Status Epilepticus (PRSE) Neurocritical Care , May 17, 2013    Clinical Article

28 Plethysmographic variation index predicts fluid responsiveness in ventilated patients in the early phase of septic shock in the emergency department: A pilot study Journal of Critical Care, May 17, 2013    Clinical Article

29 Changing sedative infusion from propofol to midazolam improves sublingual microcirculatory perfusion in patients with septic shock Journal of Critical Care, May 17, 2013    Clinical Article

30 Predictors of mortality in patients with stress-induced cardiomyopathy developed during critical care Journal of Critical Care, May 17, 2013    Clinical Article

31 Adapted ECMO criteria for newborns with persistent pulmonary hypertension after inhaled nitric oxide and/or high-frequency oscillatory ventilation Intensive Care Medicine, May 16, 2013    Clinical Article

32 Continuous on-line glucose measurement by microdialysis in a central vein. A pilot study Critical Care, May 16, 2013    Clinical Article

33 Anesthetic-related neurotoxicity in young children: an update Current Opinion in Anesthesiology, May 16, 2013    Review Article

34 Donation after circulatory death: current status Current Opinion in Anesthesiology, May 16, 2013

35 Making decisions in emergency surgery ANZ Journal of Surgery, May 16, 2013    Review Article

36 Mutual Agreement Between Providers in Intensive Care Medicine on Patient Care After Interdisciplinary Rounds Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, May 16, 2013    Clinical Article

37 How do anaesthetists in New Zealand disseminate critical airway information? Anesthesia and Intensive Care, May 14, 2013    Clinical Article

38 Dynamic output and control of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in critical illness and major surgery British Journal of Anesthesia, May 13, 2013    Review Article

39 Outcomes in critical care delivery at Jimma University Specialised Hospital, Ethiopia Anesthesia and Intensive Care, May 13, 2013    Clinical Article

40 Donation after cardiac death in non-survivable burns Anesthesia and Intensive Care, May 13, 2013

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Dopamine is associated with increased mortality in septic shock

Based on a meta-analysis of 11 trials involving 2,768 patients with septic shock, treatment with dopamine was associated with a greater risk of 28-day mortality (RR=1.12-1.23) and arrhythmias (RR=2.34) than norepinephrine.

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RBC transfusion decreased mortality in sepsis

As published in Critical Care Medicine, RBC transfusion decreases the risk of mortality in patients with sepsis and septic shock. The study involved 1054 patients in 22 ICUs and SICUs at 12 teaching hospitals in Korea. Of the 1054 patients, 407 received RBC transfusions; the mean pre-transfusion hemoglobin level was 7.7 g/dL. The transfused patients had a lower risk of 7-day (HR = 0.42), 28-day (HR = 0.43), and in-hospital mortality rates (HR = 0.51) than non-transfused patients.

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Statin use decreases pneumonia-associated mortality

As published in Critical Care, current statin use was associated with a decreased hospitalization rate and a decreased 30-day mortality rate in patients with pneumonia. The study group consisted of 70,953 patients with pneumonia who were hospitalized for the first time with 10 age- and gender-matched control patients for each pneumonia patient. The OR for pneumonia was 0.80 amongst current statin users compared to non-users; previous statin use had no effect on the risk of pneumonia. The 30-day mortality rates in patients who were statin users and non-users were 11.3% and 15.1%, respectively (HR=0.73).

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1 Tracheostomy in the critically ill: the myth of dead space Anesthesia and Intensive Care, March 26, 2013

2 Fluid Resuscitation in Septic Shock: The Effect of Increasing Fluid Balance on Mortality Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, March 4, 2013    Review Article

3 Occult Pulmonary Embolism in Intensive Care Unit Patients Undergoing Chest Computed Tomography Scan: Incidence and Effect on Outcomes Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, April 5, 2013

4 A Multicenter Randomized Trial of Atorvastatin Therapy in Intensive Care Patients with Severe Sepsis American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, April 12, 2013

5 Do corticosteroids improve outcome for any critical illness? Current Opinion in Anesthesiology, March 26, 2013    Review Article

6 A clinical outline to fever in intensive care patients Minerva Anestesiologica, April 11, 2013    Free full text    Review Article

7 Colistin in critically ill patients Minerva Anestesiologica, February 20, 2013    Free full text

8 Dynamic Data During Hypotensive Episode Improves Mortality Predictions Among Patients With Sepsis and Hypotension Critical Care Medicine, April 1, 2013

9 Changes in hospital mortality for United States intensive care unit admissions from 1988 to 2012 Critical Care, April 29, 2013

10 Evaluation of hemostatic biomarker abnormalities that precede platelet count decline in critically ill patients with sepsis Journal of Critical Care, April 15, 2013

11 Survival of septic adults compared with nonseptic adults receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for cardiopulmonary failure: A propensity-matched analysis Journal of Critical Care, April 3, 2013

12 Detection of Tidal Recruitment/Overdistension in Lung-Healthy Mechanically Ventilated Patients Under General Anesthesia Anesthesia & Analgesia, February 27, 2013

13 Renaissance of base deficit for the initial assessment of trauma patients: a base deficit-based classification for hypovolemic shock developed on data from 16,305 patients derived from the TraumaRegister DGU Critical Care, March 12, 2013

14 Pulse pressure variation and ARDS Minerva Anestesiologica, April 11, 2013    Free full text    Review Article

15 Sepsis biomarkers in unselected patients on admission to intensive or high-dependency care Critical Care, April 4, 2013

16 Renal Perfusion Assessment by Renal Doppler During Fluid Challenge in Sepsis Critical Care Medicine, April 26, 2013

17 Thromboprophylaxis for trauma patients Cochrane Reviews, April 1, 2013    Review Article

18 Mild Prolonged Hypothermia for Large Intracerebral Hemorrhage Neurocritical Care , March 22, 2013

19 Adverse events during intrahospital transport of critically ill patients: incidence and risk factors Annals of Intensive Care, April 15, 2013    Free full text

20 Biomarkers of Endothelial Cell Activation in Early Sepsis Shock, April 23, 2013

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