Critical Care Alert – October 1, 2015

October 1, 2015

• Achieving Successful Rehabilitation in the ICU

  Clinicians should consider ICU-acquired weakness in almost every critically ill patient who is ventilated.

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• Should High-flow Oxygen Therapy Change Our Approach to Managing Acute Respiratory Failure?

  Managing acute hypoxemic respiratory failure with high-flow nasal cannula significantly reduced intubation rates compared to standard oxygen (O₂) mask delivery and non-invasive ventilation among patients whose arterial O₂ tension to inspired O₂ fraction ratio (PaO₂/FiO₂) was < 200.

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• National Practice Patterns and Outcomes of Tracheostomy Placement in the United States

  Tracheostomy use rose over the last two decades until 2008 in the United States and was associated with an increase in discharge to long-term care facilities with a concomitant decrease in hospital length of stay and hospital mortality.

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