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Critical Care Alert: Re-evaluation of Systemic Early Neuromuscular Blockade: The ROSE Trial

7/16/2019 Jonathan Pickos, DO , Joshua Novy, MD, MBA, MS , Sean M. Hickey, MD
Does early neuromuscular blockade accompanied by heavy sedation in ARDS cases improve all-cause in-hospital mortality rates? The ROSE trial investigates.
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Critical Care Alert: Measuring Lactate vs. Capillary Refill in Guiding Resuscitation in Shock: Is there a difference?

6/11/2019 Bryan Beattie, MD , Sean M. Hickey, MD
When trying to resuscitate patients with septic shock, which offers better guidance for intervention: measuring capillary refill or trending lactate levels? The Andromeda SHOCK trial studied patients
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Critical Care Alert: Closed Chest Compressions in Traumatic Cardiac Arrest

5/18/2019 Sean M. Hickey, MD , Bryan Beattie, MD
The study authors sought to examine the effect of closed chest compressions on cardiac arrest due to hemorrhagic shock versus whole blood resuscitation.
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Critical Care Alert: Early Use of Norepinephrine in Septic Shock Resuscitation (CENSER): A Randomized Trial

5/17/2019 Jonathan Pickos, DO , Sean M. Hickey, MD
The study authors sought to examine if early norepinephrine administration in patients diagnosed with septic shock improved shock control by 6 hours compared with standard care.
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Critical Care Alert: Crystalloids vs Colloids for Fluid Resuscitation in the Intensive Care Unit: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

5/17/2019 Omid Manoochehri, MD , Sean M. Hickey, MD
Surviving Sepsis Guidelines recommend crystalloids for initial fluid resuscitation then switching to albumin when crystalloids are insufficient. There is debate regarding using colloid as an initial r
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Critical Care Alert: Bag-Mask Ventilation During Tracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adults

5/17/2019 Sean M. Hickey, MD , Yanika Wolfe, MD , Meghan Gorski, DO
Does the application of positive pressure ventilation by bag valve mask during tracheal intubation improve outcomes in critically ill patients?
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Critical Care Alert: Coronary Angiography after Cardiac Arrest without ST-Segment Elevation

5/17/2019 Joshua Novy, MD, MBA, MS , Sean M. Hickey, MD
This study examines whether immediate coronary angiography in the setting of ROSC without STEMI changes on ECG following out of hospital cardiac arrest confers superiority in 90 day mortality compared
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Critical Care Alert: A Randomized Trial of Epinephrine in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (PARAMEDIC2 Trial)

1/21/2019 Sean M. Hickey, MD , Yanika Wolfe, MD , Meghan Gorski, DO
Is epinephrine a safe and effective treatment for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest? The PARAMEDIC2 trial offers evidence.
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Critical Care Alert: Adjunctive Corticosteroid Treatment in Patients with Septic Shock (ADRENAL Trial)

12/1/2018 Susannah Empson, MD , Yanika Wolfe, MD , Meghan Gorski, DO
The ADRENAL trial was designed to test the hypothesis that hydrocortisone results in lower mortality than placebo among patients with septic shock. Find out what investigators discovered.
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Critical Care Alert: Hydrocortisone plus Fludrocortisone for Adults with Septic Shock (APROCCHSS)

9/10/2018 Sean M. Hickey, MD
Can the use of hydrocortisone plus fludrocortisone and/or drotrecogin alfa improve clinical outcomes in patients with septic shock?