Articles: patients.
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Comment Meta Analysis
In adults receiving mechanical ventilation, selective decontamination of the digestive tract reduces hospital mortality.
Hammond NE, Myburgh J, Seppelt I, et al. Association between selective decontamination of the digestive tract and in-hospital mortality in intensive care unit patients receiving mechanical ventilation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA. 2022;328:1922-34. 36286098.
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Critical care medicine · Mar 2023
Meta AnalysisPrognostic Factors Associated With Extubation Failure in Acutely Brain-Injured Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Extubation failure in brain-injured patients is associated with increased morbidity. Our objective was to systematically review prognostic factors associated with extubation failure in acutely brain-injured adult patients receiving invasive ventilation in an ICU. ⋯ Patient age, duration of mechanical ventilation, and airway reflexes were associated with extubation failure in brain-injured patients with moderate certainty. Future studies are needed to determine the optimal application of these variables in clinical practice.
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Comment Meta Analysis
SGLT2 inhibitors reduce adverse renal and CV outcomes in patients with or without diabetes.
Nuffield Department of Population Health Renal Studies Group; SGLT2 inhibitor Meta-Analysis Cardio-Renal Trialists' Consortium. Impact of diabetes on the effects of sodium glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors on kidney outcomes: collaborative meta-analysis of large placebo-controlled trials. Lancet. 2022;400:1788-801. 36351458.
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Review Meta Analysis
Should antenatal testing be performed in patients with a pre-pregnancy BMI ≥ 35?
Possibly. Elevated BMI is associated with an increased risk for stillbirth (strength of recommendation [SOR], B; cohort studies and meta-analysis of cohort studies). Three studies found an association between elevated BMI and stillbirth and one did not. However, no studies demonstrate that antenatal testing in pregnant people with higher BMIs decreases stillbirth rates, or that no harm is caused by unnecessary testing or resultant interventions.
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Comment Meta Analysis
Antihypertensive therapy reduced incident dementia vs. placebo at a median 4.3 y.
Peters R, Xu Y, Fitzgerald O, et al. Blood pressure lowering and prevention of dementia: an individual patient data meta-analysis. Eur Heart J. 2022;43:4980-90. 36282295.