Browsing: Critical Care Alert

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Critical Care Alert , Critical Care , Cardiology , Resuscitation

Critical Care Alert: Noninvasive Ventilation for Preoxygenation During Emergency Intubation

7/29/2024 Alex Lucas, MD , Josh Wild, DO , Gabriel Colon, MD , Luxi Qiao, MD, MPhil , Dustin Slagle, MD
Tracheal intubation is a critical procedure on patients who are already in crisis. Is it better to choose a mask or non-invasive ventilation for preoxygenation?
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Critical Care Alert , Critical Care , Cardiology , Resuscitation

Critical Care Alert: HFNC Oxygen v. Noninvasive Ventilation for Management of Acute Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema

7/11/2024 Dominique Gelmann, MD , Josh Wild, DO , Luxi Qiao, MD, MPhil
When managing acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema, how do the outcomes differ between high-flow nasal cannula and noninvasive ventilation?
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Critical Care Alert , Critical Care , Cardiology , Resuscitation

Critical Care Alert: Treatment of Refractory Cardiac Arrest by Controlled Reperfusion of the Whole Body

7/1/2024 Alex Lucas, MD , Josh Wild, DO , Gabriel Colon, MD , Dustin Slagle, MD
ECPR continues to show promising results for patients undergoing cardiac arrest. CARL technology implements a new design that provides comprehensive monitoring and multimodal therapy to address the un
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Critical Care Alert , Critical Care , Cardiology , Resuscitation

Critical Care Alert: Microaxial Flow Pump or Standard Care in Infarct-Related Cardiogenic Shock

5/6/2024 Josh Wild, DO , Alex Lucas, MD , Dominique Gelmann, MD
After more than 10 years in the making, the DanGer Shock investigation sheds light on the efficacy of the microaxial flow pump in the treatment of patients with STEMI and cardiogenic shock and planned
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Critical Care Alert , Critical Care , Airway , Toxicology

Critical Care Alert: Effect of Noninvasive Airway Management of Comatose Patients with Acute Poisoning: A Randomized Clinical Trial

2/22/2024 Alex Lucas, MD , Christian Kasianko, MD , Dustin Slagle, MD
How reliable is the old adage, "GCS less than 8, intubate"? A randomized trial examines the effect of intubation vs. noninvasive airway management for poisoned patients with GCS less than 8.
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Critical Care Alert , Critical Care , Cardiology , Pulmonary , Trauma

Critical Care Alert: Extracorporeal Life Support in Infarct-Related Cardiogenic Shock: ECLS-SHOCK Trial

11/20/2023 ThucAn Bui, DO , Gabriel Colon, MD , Evan McMurray, MD
The ECLS-SHOCK Trial investigated whether extracorporeal life support would benefit patients suffering acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock. Is VA-ECMO always the answer?
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Critical Care Alert , Critical Care , Cardiology , EMS

Critical Care Alert: Survival by Time-to-administration of Amiodarone, Lidocaine, or Placebo in Shock-Refractory Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest

11/1/2023 Christian Roa, MD , Alex Lucas, MD , Evan McMurray, MD
What role does amiodarone or lidocaine play in achieving a good outcome for shockable refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest? This Critical Care Alert looks at a follow-up to the ALPS study.
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Critical Care Alert , Critical Care , Pulmonary , Cardiology , Neurology

Critical Care Alert: TAME Trial: Mild Hypercapnia versus Normocapnia after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

9/29/2023 ThucAn Bui, DO , Evan McMurray, MD
This Critical Care Alert examines a study of targeted mild hypercapnia versus normocapnia for patients who achieved ROSC after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
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Critical Care Alert , Critical Care , Neurology

Critical Care Alert: Tranexamic Acid for Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Patients on Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants (TICH-NOAC)

9/10/2023 Cassidy Cunningham, DO , Evan McMurray, MD
In this underpowered RCT, no evidence was found that TXA limits HE nor that it improves clinical outcomes by 90 days in NOAC-associated ICH. That being said, there were no major safety concerns noted
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Critical Care Alert , Critical Care , Airway

Critical Care Alert: Video v. Direct Laryngoscopy for Tracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adults: The DEVICE Trial

8/3/2023 Gabriel Colon, MD , Alexandra Hallagan, MD , Evan McMurray, MD
More evidence is stacking up in favor of video laryngoscopy. The DEVICE Trial shows that when intubating critically ill patients in the ED or ICU, consider using video over direct laryngoscopy to impr