Critical Care
Conference Coverage
Continuous glucose monitoring keeps ICU patients steady
Major finding: ICU patients with continuous subcutaneous glucose monitoring remained in their blood glucose target range for 79% of their stay,...
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Two studies document a rise in gun wounds, homicides
Major finding: The proportion of homicides related to guns in southern Arizona increased significantly from 1.97% to 2.45% after that state passed...
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Study points to 24-hour window to rule out bacteremia
Major finding: The number needed to treat for one blood culture to turn positive after 24 hours was 515 infants admitted for fever.Data source:...
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Edoxaban pivotal trial shows VTE efficacy, safety (copy 1)
Major finding: Treatment of acute venous thromboembolism with edoxaban reduced clinically relevant bleeds by a relative 19%, compared with...
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ICU stay may be unnecessary after elective endovascular aneurysm treatment
Major finding: Only 4% of 687 patients undergoing routine endovascular aneurysm treatment experienced postoperative complications and almost three...
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FDA: No starch solutions for critically ill, cardiopulmonary bypass patients
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For empiric candidemia treatment, echinocandin tops fluconazole
Major finding: Of candidemia patients, 25% had C. glabrata, which is resistant to fluconazole and is associated with in-hospital mortality.Data...
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Vancomycin, properly dosed, is as safe on the kidneys as linezolid
Major finding: Vancomycin is as safe on the kidneys of critically ill patients as linezolid, so long as trough levels don’t exceed the recommended...
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Hypoglycemia linked to increased morbidity risk in pediatric burn patients
Major finding: Severely burned children are almost three times more likely to die if they have even one hypoglycemic episode.Data Source:...