Emergency Medicine Evidence Updates – July 2022
What’s new in the Critical Care literature – monthly updates
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What’s new in the Critical Care literature – monthly updates
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In patients undergoing major abdominal surgery who are at high nutritional risk and have poor tolerance to enteral nutrition (EN) does the early use of supplemental parental nutrition (E-SPN), compared with late supplemental parental nutrition (L-SPN), reduce the risk of nosocomial infection?
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Diuretics Versus Volume Expansion in the Initial Management of Acute Intermediate High‐Risk Pulmonary Embolism Ferrari E. Lung (2022); DOI:10.1007/s00408-022-00530-5 Clinical Question In adult patients with acute pulmonary embolism and right heart strain does a strategy of volume expansion or early diuretic therapy result in a more rapid resolution of troponin levels? Background Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common cause […]
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In adult patients in ICU with septic shock, does a restrictive approach to fluid therapy compared to a standard care result in fewer deaths at day 90?
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In patients with cardiogenic shock receiving venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation(VA-ECMO), does early use of moderate hypothermia (33-34°C) compared with strict normothermia (36-37 °C) improve 30 day mortality?
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In patients requiring rapid sequence intubation (RSI) in the emergency department does the addition of fentanyl to ketamine and rocuronium reduce the frequency of patients having a systolic blood pressure (SBP) outside of a target range of 100-150mmHg?
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In patients with severe stroke does early (≤5 days of intubation) tracheostomy when compared to standard timing (from day 10) of tracheostomy improve functional outcome at 6 months?
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