Critical Care Alert – December 1, 2016

December 1, 2016

• A New Paradigm in the Management of Massive and Submassive Pulmonary Embolism

  A multidisciplinary pulmonary embolism (PE) response team is a sustainable option to improve care for severe PE.

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• Rehabilitation in the ICU: More Questions Than Answers

  In patients with acute respiratory failure, standardized rehabilitation therapy consisting of passive range of motion, physical therapy, and progressive resistance exercise did not decrease hospital length of stay compared to usual care.

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• Should We Use Non-invasive Ventilation to Treat Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome?

  Managing acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with non-invasive ventilation was associated with increased failure as the severity of ARDS increased.

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• High-flow Nasal Cannula vs. Noninvasive Ventilation in Postextubation Failure: Does It Matter?

  In this multicenter, randomized, clinical trial of critically ill adults at high risk for reintubation, high-flow conditioned oxygen therapy was not inferior to noninvasive mechanical ventilation with regard to preventing reintubation and postextubation respiratory failure within 72 hours of extubation.

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