Critical care medicine
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Critical care medicine · Jul 2019
Observational StudySleep and Work in ICU Physicians During a Randomized Trial of Nighttime Intensivist Staffing.
To compare sleep, work hours, and behavioral alertness in faculty and fellows during a randomized trial of nighttime in-hospital intensivist staffing compared with a standard daytime intensivist model. ⋯ Although no differences were measured in patient outcomes between the two staffing models, in-hospital nighttime intensivist staffing was associated with small increases in total sleep duration for faculty and fellows, reductions in total work hours for fellows only, and improvements in subjective well-being for both groups. Staffing models should consider how work duration, sleep, and well-being may impact burnout and sustainability.
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There is a paucity of data on patients with new-onset status epilepticus in patients without a prior history of epilepsy; we aimed to describe clinical characteristics and assess variables predictive of outcomes. ⋯ Poor outcomes in new-onset status epilepticus were associated with older age as well as predominantly progressive or remote symptomatic disease. Further prospective investigations assessing the course and outcomes of these patients would be useful in management and prognostication.
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Critical care medicine · Jul 2019
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyLow-Dose Versus Therapeutic Anticoagulation in Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Pilot Randomized Trial.
To determine whether randomization of patients undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to either therapeutic or a low-dose anticoagulation protocol results in a difference in activated partial thromboplastin time and anti-Xa. ⋯ Allocating patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to two different anticoagulation protocols led to a significant difference in mean daily activated partial thromboplastin time and anti-Xa levels between groups. When considering subgroups analyses, these results were consistent in patients on venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Our results support the feasibility of a larger trial in patients undergoing venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to compare different anticoagulation protocols; however, this study does not provide evidence on the optimal anticoagulation protocol for patients undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
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Critical care medicine · Jul 2019
Untangling Infusion Confusion: A Comparative Evaluation of Interventions in a Simulated Intensive Care Setting.
Assess interventions' impact on preventing IV infusion identification and disconnection mix-ups. ⋯ The results suggest that line labels/organizers may increase infusion identification accuracy and efficiency.
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Critical care medicine · Jul 2019
Observational StudyCardiac Arrest Prior to Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Risk Factors for Mortality.
Mortality after cardiac arrest remains high despite initiation of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. We aimed to identify pre-venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation risk factors of 90-day mortality in patients with witnessed cardiac arrest and with greater than or equal to 1 minute of cardiopulmonary resuscitation before venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. The association between preimplant variables and all-cause mortality at 90 days was analyzed with multivariable logistic regression. ⋯ In 72 patients with cardiac arrest before venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation initiation, nonshockable rhythm, arterial lactate, and ischemic heart disease were identified as independent pre-venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation risk factors of 90-day mortality. The novelty of this study is that the metabolic state, expressed as level of lactate just before venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation initiation seems more predictive of outcome than cardiopulmonary resuscitation duration or absence of return of spontaneous circulation.