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Authors: Kazuhiro Shirozu, M.D., Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology published November 2, 2017 Background: Forced air warming systems are used to maintain body temperature during surgery. Benefits of forced air warming have been established, but the possibility that it may disturb the operating room environment and contribute to surgical site contamination is debated. The direction and speed of […]
Read MoreJournal of Critical Care October 2017 Volume 41, Pages 289–295 The Cerebral Oxygenation and Neurological Outcomes Following Critical Illness (CONFOCAL) Research Group on behalf of the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group, Authors: Michael D. Wood, BA et al Purpose To test the hypothesis that poor brain tissue oxygenation (BtO2) during the first 24 h of critical illness correlates with […]
Read MoreAuthors: Pauls LA et al. J Hosp Med 2017 Sep . Meta-analysis of observational studies showed nearly 20% higher mortality for weekend admissions. Whether mortality is more likely after weekend hospital admissions than after weekday admissions is unclear. In a meta-analysis of 97 observational studies, researchers evaluated worldwide data on >51 million inpatients for in-hospital, 7-day, or […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Dudaryk, Roman MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: October 2017 – Volume 125 – Issue 4 – p 1261–1266 BACKGROUND: End-tidal carbon dioxide (EtCO2) is a valuable marker of the return of adequate circulation after cardiac arrest due to medical causes. Previously, the prognostic value of capnography in trauma has been studied among limited populations in […]
Read MoreAuthors: Binks MJ et al., Am J Emerg Med 2017 Jun 24; Two meta-analyses used different methods but have similar findings. Apneic oxygenation is the delivery of high-flow oxygen by nasal cannula during endotracheal intubation. Two separate meta-analyses provide pooled results from trials of apneic oxygenation. The first meta-analysis included 8 studies and 1953 patients in critical care […]
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