Critical Care Currents
This website is sponsored by Air Life of Oregon and is a place where medical professionals may come for the top ten articles in critical care. If you work in a critical care setting, these are articles you may want to read.
Critical Care 2007
1. Strategy to minimize ventilator associated lung injury.
Ventilation with lower tidal volumes as compared with traditional tidal volumes for acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome. The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network. N Engl J Med 2000; 342(18):1301-1308.
2. Strategies to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia.
MacIntyre NR, Cook DJ, Ely EW, Jr. et al. Evidence-based guidelines for weaning and discontinuing ventilatory support: a collective task force facilitated by the American College of Chest Physicians; the American Association for Respiratory Care; and the American College of Critical Care Medicine. Chest 2001; 120(6 Suppl):375S-395S.
3. Evidence-based clinical practice guideline for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Dodek P, Keenan S, Cook D et al. Evidence-based clinical practice guideline for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Ann Intern Med 2004; 141(4):305-313.
4. Sedation
Jacobi J, Fraser GL, Coursin DB et al. Clinical practice guidelines for the sustained use of sedatives and analgesics in the critically ill adult. Crit Care Med 2002; 30(1):119-141.
Kress JP, Pohlman AS, O'Connor MF et al. Daily interruption of sedative infusions in critically ill patients undergoing mechanical ventilation. N Engl J Med 2000; 342(20):1471-1477.
5. Fluid Management for ARDS/ALI
Wiedemann HP, Wheeler AP, Bernard GR et al. Comparison of two fluid management strategies in acute lung injury. N Engl J Med 2006; 354(24):2564-2575.
6. Transfusion
Hebert PC, Wells G, Blajchman MA et al. A multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial of transfusion requirements in critical care. Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care Investigators, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. N Engl J Med 1999; 340(6):409-417.
7. Brain Death and Care for an Organ Donor
Wijdicks EF. The diagnosis of brain death. N Engl J Med 2001; 344(16):1215-1221.
Wood KE, Becker BN, McCartney JG et al. Care of the potential organ donor. N Engl J Med 2004; 351(26):2730-2739.
8. Community Acquired and Healthcare Associated Pneumonia
Mandell LA, Wunderink RG, Anzueto A et al. Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society consensus guidelines on the management of community-acquired pneumonia in adults. Clin Infect Dis 2007; 44 Suppl 2:S27-S72.
Guidelines for the management of adults with hospital-acquired, ventilator-associated, and healthcare-associated pneumonia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2005; 171(4):388-416.
9. Status Asthmaticus
Stather DR, Stewart TE. Clinical review: Mechanical ventilation in severe asthma. Crit Care 2005; 9(6):581-587.
10. ICU Team
Brilli RJ, Spevetz A, Branson RD et al. Critical care delivery in the intensive care unit: defining clinical roles and the best practice model. Crit Care Med 2001; 29(10):2007-2019.