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. Recommended by: Sa’ad Lahri The Best of the Rest 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. Recommended by: Ryan Radecki Read More: Chillin’ Children After OHCA (EM Lit of Note) 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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