Critical Care Alert – August 1, 2016
August 1, 2016
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ICU Outcomes and Triage in Elderly Patients with Advanced Cancer
Here are the stats for those patients who are 80 years and older.
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How Good Is Passive Leg Raise at Predicting Fluid Responsiveness?
In a meta-analysis of 23 clinical trials, passive leg raise was shown to be an excellent predictor of fluid responsiveness.
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Proportional Assist Ventilation and Lung Protection in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Way Forward
A post-hoc analysis found that once patients were allowed to control their breathing pattern on high-level proportional assist ventilation, they continued to maintain an estimated driving pressure remarkably close to that measured during lung protective ventilation.