Research and Reviews in the Fastlane 094
This article has significant implications for clinicians translating evidence into practice.
7 decreasing mortality
Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) for specific population with acute respiratory failure
Mild hypothermia after cardiac arrest
Prone positioning
Low tidal volume ventilation in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Tranexamic acid in patients with or at high risk of traumatic hemorrhagic shock
Daily interruption of sedatives in critically ill patients
Albumin administration in cirrhotic patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
And 8 shown to increase mortality including hydroxyethyl starch in septic shock, IV salbutamol in ARDS, Supranormal systemic oxygen delivery and intensive insulin therapy.
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Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, ResuscitationMoler FW et al. Therapeutic hypothermia after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in children. NEJM 2015; 372(20): 1898-908. PMID: 25913022
Therapeutic hypothermia in children did not confer a statistically significant magnitude of benefit, but it would be erroneous to offer this as proof of lack of efficacy.
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PediatricsMohanta MP. Growing pains: practitioners’ dilemma. Indian Pediatr 2014; 51(5):379-83. PMID: 24953579
Be careful with the child how has leg pain. Is it simply “growing pains?” This is a nice article describing the...
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