Critical Care Alert – October 1, 2011

October 1, 2011

• Special Feature: Pregnancy and Critical Care Medicine — Part 1I: Acute Respiratory Failure and Pregnancy

  In Part 1 of this two-part series on Pregnancy and Critical Care Medicine (see Critical Care Alert, March 2011, p. 89-93), we reviewed the normal physiologic changes that occur during pregnancy, examining changes occurring across multiple organ systems that affect our management of these patients as well as the ability of the pregnant woman to respond to various forms of stress, such as acute hemorrhage.

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• Abstract & Commentary: Patient Outcomes After Failed Extubation

  In this prospective study carried out in a 13-bed French medical ICU, Thille and associates sought to determine the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients who experienced extubation failure the requirement for reintubation within 72 hours of either planned or unplanned extubation.

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• Pharmacology Watch: Apixaban is Heating Up the Anticoagulation Market

  In this issue: Apixaban could soon join the anticoagulation market; Chinese herbs for flu; chronic medication and discontinuation after hospitalization; and FDA actions.

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• Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement

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