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https://read.qxmd.com/read/36825593/diarrhea-in-the-critically-ill-definitions-epidemiology-risk-factors-and-outcomes
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Joanna C Dionne, Lawrence Mbuagbaw
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: In this paper, we review the current evidence with respect to definitions, risk factors, and outcomes of diarrhea in the critically ill and highlight research gaps in the literature. RECENT FINDINGS: Definitions of diarrhea in the intensive care unit (ICU) include the World Health Organization quantified as >3 liquid bowel movements per day and the Bristol Stool Chart score of 7. Diarrhea incidence is 37.7-73.8% and varies based on definition applied...
February 22, 2023: Current Opinion in Critical Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36762679/brain-monitoring-after-cardiac-arrest
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Claudio Sandroni, Markus Benedikt Skrifvars, Fabio Silvio Taccone
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To describe the available neuromonitoring tools in patients who are comatose after resuscitation from cardiac arrest because of hypoxic-ischemic brain injury (HIBI). RECENT FINDINGS: Electroencephalogram (EEG) is useful for detecting seizures and guiding antiepileptic treatment. Moreover, specific EEG patterns accurately identify patients with irreversible HIBI. Cerebral blood flow (CBF) decreases in HIBI, and a greater decrease with no CBF recovery indicates poor outcome...
February 18, 2023: Current Opinion in Critical Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36794932/neurological-complications-of-sepsis
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Simone Piva, Michele Bertoni, Nicola Gitti, Francesco A Rasulo, Nicola Latronico
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Sepsis, defined as life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection, is a leading cause of hospital and ICU admission. The central and peripheral nervous system may be the first organ system to show signs of dysfunction, leading to clinical manifestations such as sepsis-associated encephalopathy (SAE) with delirium or coma and ICU-acquired weakness (ICUAW). In the current review, we want to highlight developing insights into the epidemiology, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of patients with SAE and ICUAW...
February 16, 2023: Current Opinion in Critical Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36794929/the-epigenetic-legacy-of-icu-feeding-and-its-consequences
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Ilse Vanhorebeek, Greet Van den Berghe
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Many critically ill patients face physical, mental or neurocognitive impairments up to years later, the etiology remaining largely unexplained. Aberrant epigenetic changes have been linked to abnormal development and diseases resulting from adverse environmental exposures like major stress or inadequate nutrition. Theoretically, severe stress and artificial nutritional management of critical illness thus could induce epigenetic changes explaining long-term problems...
February 16, 2023: Current Opinion in Critical Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36762680/novel-nutritional-strategies-to-prevent-muscle-wasting
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Thomas J McClelland, Thomas Davies, Zudin Puthucheary
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Muscle wasting in critical illness has proven to be refractory to physical rehabilitation, and to conventional nutritional strategies. This presents one of the central challenges to critical care medicine in the 21st century. Novel strategies are needed, that facilitate nutritional interventions, identify patients that will benefit and have measurable, relevant benefits. RECENT FINDINGS: Drug repurposing was demonstrated to be a powerful technique in the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, and may have similar applications to address the metabolic derangements of critical illness...
January 31, 2023: Current Opinion in Critical Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36727757/update-on-the-management-of-acute-pancreatitis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Fons F van den Berg, Marja A Boermeester
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review provides insight into the recent advancements in the management of acute pancreatitis. RECENT FINDINGS: Moderate fluid resuscitation and Ringer's lactate has advantages above aggressive fluid resuscitation and normal saline, respectively. A normal "on-demand" diet has a positive effect on recovery from acute pancreatitis and length of hospital stay. A multimodal pain management approach including epidural analgesia might reduce unwarranted effects of opiate use...
January 24, 2023: Current Opinion in Critical Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36762685/ventilatory-targets-following-brain-injury
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Shaurya Taran, Sarah Wahlster, Chiara Robba
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Recent studies have focused on identifying optimal targets and strategies of mechanical ventilation in patients with acute brain injury (ABI). The present review will summarize these findings and provide practical guidance to titrate ventilatory settings at the bedside, with a focus on managing potential brain-lung conflicts. RECENT FINDINGS: Physiologic studies have elucidated the impact of low tidal volume ventilation and varying levels of positive end expiratory pressure on intracranial pressure and cerebral perfusion...
January 23, 2023: Current Opinion in Critical Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36880557/the-power-of-the-gut-in-critical-care
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W Joost Wiersinga
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April 1, 2023: Current Opinion in Critical Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36880556/neurological-complications-of-critically-ill-covid-19-patients
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REVIEW
Romain Sonneville, Neha S Dangayach, Virginia Newcombe
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: COVID-19 and systemic critical illness are both associated with neurological complications. We provide an update on the diagnosis and critical care management of adult patients with neurological complications of COVID-19. RECENT FINDINGS: Large prospective multicentre studies conducted in the adult population over the last 18 months improved current knowledge on severe neurological complications of COVID-19. In COVID-19 patients presenting with neurological symptoms, a multimodal diagnostic workup (including CSF analysis, brain MRI, and EEG) may identify different syndromes associated with distinct trajectories and outcomes...
April 1, 2023: Current Opinion in Critical Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36880555/transfusion-medicine-approaches-for-spontaneous-intracerebral-hemorrhage-patients
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REVIEW
Elizabeth F Stone, Fernanda Carvalho Poyraz, David J Roh
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is the deadliest stroke subtype. Acute treatments necessitate rapid hemorrhage control to minimize secondary brain injury. Here, we discuss the overlap of transfusion medicine and acute ICH care relating to diagnostic testing and therapies relevant for coagulopathy reversal and secondary brain injury prevention. RECENT FINDINGS: Hematoma expansion (HE) is the largest contributor to poor outcomes after ICH...
April 1, 2023: Current Opinion in Critical Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36880554/editorial-introduction
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
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April 1, 2023: Current Opinion in Critical Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36794940/approach-to-acute-encephalitis-in-the-intensive-care-unit
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REVIEW
Arun Venkatesan, Ralph Habis, Romergryko G Geocadin
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in the identification of autoimmune encephalitis (AE) and the emergence of new causes of infectious encephalitis (IE). However, management of these patients remains challenging, with many requiring care in intensive care units. Here, we describe recent advances in the diagnosis and management of acute encephalitis. RECENT FINDINGS: Advances in the identification of clinical presentations, neuroimaging biomarkers, and electroencephalogram patterns have enabled more rapid diagnosis of encephalitis...
April 1, 2023: Current Opinion in Critical Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36762684/gut-lung-crosstalk-during-critical-illness
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REVIEW
Sridesh Nath, Georgios D Kitsios, Lieuwe D J Bos
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Study of organ crosstalk in critical illness has uncovered complex biological communication between different organ systems, but the role of microbiota in organ crosstalk has received limited attention. We highlight the emerging understanding of the gut-lung axis, and how the largest biomass of the human body in the gut may affect lung physiology in critical illness. RECENT FINDINGS: Disruption of healthy gut microbial communities and replacement by disease-promoting pathogens (pathobiome) generates a maladaptive transmitter of messages from the gut to the lungs, connected via the portal venous and the mesenteric lymphatic systems...
April 1, 2023: Current Opinion in Critical Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36762681/leveraging-the-microbiome-in-the-treatment-of-sepsis-potential-pitfalls-and-new-perspectives
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REVIEW
Jason J Biemond, Braedon McDonald, Bastiaan W Haak
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review aims to provide an overview of the current knowledge about microbiota-targeted therapies in sepsis, and calls out - despite recent negative studies - not to halt our efforts of translating these tools into regular medical practice. RECENT FINDINGS: The intestinal microbiome has an important role in shaping our immune system, and microbiota-derived metabolites prime innate and adaptive inflammatory responses to infectious pathogens...
April 1, 2023: Current Opinion in Critical Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36762674/beyond-intracranial-pressure-monitoring-cerebral-perfusion-and-autoregulation-in-severe-traumatic-brain-injury
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REVIEW
Sofie Dietvorst, Bart Depreitere, Geert Meyfroidt
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains the most prevalent neurological condition worldwide. Observational and interventional studies provide evidence to recommend monitoring of intracranial pressure (ICP) in all severe TBI patients. Existing guidelines focus on treating elevated ICP and optimizing cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP), according to fixed universal thresholds. However, both ICP and CPP, their target thresholds, and their interaction, need to be interpreted in a broader picture of cerebral autoregulation, the natural capacity to adjust cerebrovascular resistance to preserve cerebral blood flow in response to external stimuli...
April 1, 2023: Current Opinion in Critical Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36762671/current-insights-in-icu-nutrition-tailored-nutrition
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REVIEW
Anoek Jacqueline Hubertine Hermans, Babette Irene Laarhuis, Imre Willemijn Kehinde Kouw, Arthur Raymond Hubert van Zanten
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To summarize recent research on critical care nutrition focusing on the optimal composition, timing, and monitoring of enteral feeding strategies for (post)-ICU patients. We provide new insights on energy and protein recommendations, feeding intolerance, and describe nutritional practices for coronavirus disease 2019 ICU patients. RECENT FINDINGS: The use of indirect calorimetry to establish individual energy requirements for ICU patients is considered the gold standard...
April 1, 2023: Current Opinion in Critical Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36580371/integrating-biology-into-clinical-trial-design
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REVIEW
Rombout B E van Amstel, Lonneke A van Vught, Lieuwe D J Bos
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Critical care medicine revolves around syndromes, such as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), sepsis and acute kidney injury. Few interventions have shown to be effective in large clinical trials, likely because of between-patient heterogeneity. Translational evidence suggests that more homogeneous biological subgroups can be identified and that differential treatment effects exist. Integrating biological considerations into clinical trial design is therefore an important frontier of critical care research...
February 1, 2023: Current Opinion in Critical Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36580370/the-impact-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic-on-sedation-in-critical-care-volatile-anesthetics-in-the-icu
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REVIEW
Angela Jerath, Marat Slessarev
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To reflect on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on sedation for mechanically ventilated patients. RECENT FINDINGS: Shortages of intravenous sedatives during coronavirus pandemic renewed interest in using widely available inhaled anaesthetics for sedation of critically ill patients. Universally used for surgical anaesthesia, inhaled anaesthetics may offer therapeutic advantages in patients with acute lung injury with good sedation profiles, rapid clearance and lower lung inflammation in pilot trials...
February 1, 2023: Current Opinion in Critical Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36580369/helmet-noninvasive-ventilation-in-acute-hypoxic-respiratory-failure
#19
REVIEW
Kevin G Buell, Bhakti K Patel
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Invasive mechanical ventilation is a lifesaving intervention for patients with severe acute hypoxic respiratory failure (AHRF), but it is associated with neuromuscular, cognitive, and infectious complications. Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) may provide sufficient respiratory support without these complications. The helmet interface for NIV could address concerns raised for the use of NIV as first-line therapy in AHRF. This review will summarize and appraise the current evidence for helmet NIV in AHRF...
February 1, 2023: Current Opinion in Critical Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36580368/prone-positioning-of-nonintubated-patients-with-acute-hypoxemic-respiratory-failure
#20
REVIEW
Jie Li, Oriol Roca, Stephan Ehrmann
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Since the early pandemic, prone positioning has been broadly utilized for nonintubated patients (so-called 'awake prone positioning, APP') with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) induced acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF). RECENT FINDINGS: Numerous clinical studies have been conducted to investigate the effects of APP on oxygenation, intubation, and mortality. However, several questions remain unclear, such as the patient populations who benefit most from APP, the best length of daily duration on APP, how to improve adherence to APP, and the mechanisms of APP efficacy...
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