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Authors: Lam SW et al. Crit Care Med 2018 Jan 2. Procalcitonin guidance for antibiotic cessation improves short-term mortality in ICU patients. Previous meta-analyses showed that procalcitonin-guided antimicrobial management, compared with standard care, resulted in less overall antibiotic exposure in intensive care unit (ICU) patients; however, differences in mortality or length of stay were not detected (NEJM […]
Read MoreApneic oxygenation through a nasal cannula can help intubation in the ER, particularly by preventing low oxygen saturation (SO2) during intubation, according to a meta-analysis. The eight-study meta-analysis, totaling 1,837 patients, also found that the technique increases the first-pass success rate of intubation. “Apneic oxygenation is one of the few beneficial interventions that is inexpensive […]
Read MoreBurnout is painful and disheartening in any workplace; in a hospital, it can be a killer. About 1 in 10 doctors reported that they had made a major medical error in the prior three months in a national survey of over 6,000 American doctors just published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Just over half of the doctors surveyed reported […]
Read MoreProgram seeks male donors with Type O-positive blood By Deven Clarke – News Reporter A unique type of blood transfusion is saving lives of people involved in traumatic accidents in South Texas. A program through the South Texas Blood and Tissue Center called Brothers in Arms is equipping air medical crews with blood to be used for transfusions […]
Read MoreHenry Jay Przybylo, MD, a pediatric anesthesiologist and associate professor of anesthesiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago, recently published “Counting Backwards: A Doctor’s Notes on Anesthesia,” which is available through W. W. Norton & Company. Dr. Przybylo’s more than three decades of professional experience provides ample material for this look at […]
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