Articles

** Neuro **
EAST Guidelines: Pain Management for Blunt Thoracic Trauma
Screening for Thoracolumbar Spine Fracture
The Diagnosis of Brain Death
Status Epilepticus
Antiseizure Prophylaxis
Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke
Management of Thoracolumbar Fracture
Pain Management for Blunt Thoracic Trauma

** Cardiovascular **
Afib in the Surgical Intensive ICU
Afib in the Trauma Patient in the ICU
Afib - Rate versus Rhythm
Rate versus Rhythm in Patients w Persistent Afib
Amiodarone for Afib
New-Onset Afib in the MICU
Amiodarone for Resuscitation after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest due to Ventricular Fibrillation
Cardiac Resuscitation
Cardiogenic Shock
Early Revascularization in Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic
Shock
Congestive Heart Failure
Intraaortic Balloon Pump
Valvular Heart Disease
Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease Using Risk Factor Categories
Vasopressors & Inotropes
Trial of Goal-Oriented Hemodynamic Therapy in Critically Ill Patients
Immediate Versus Delayed Fluid Resuscitation for Hypotensive Patients with Penetrating Torso Injuries

** Pulmonary **
Guidelines - Community Acquired Pneumonia
Guidelines - Hospital Acquired, Ventilator Assoc Pneumonia
Acute PE: PIOPED II
Outcomes in Post-ICU Mechanical
Ventilation
Reexpansion Pulmonary Edema
ARDS - Fluid Conservative Strategy
ARDS - Inhaled Betas
ARDS - Low Tidal Volumes
ARDS - PA vs CVP
ARDS - PEEP
ARDS - Lung Recruitment
ARDS - Corticosteroids
ARDS - Trauma Cohort
ARDS - Protective-Ventilation Strategy
ARDS - Treatment
The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
ARDS - Editorial: Prone Position
ARDS - Effect of Prone Positioning
Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury
Noninvasive Ventilation
A Comparison of Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation and Conventional Mechanical Ventilation in Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure
Advances in Mechanical Ventilation
Aspiration Pneumonitis and Aspiration Pneumonia
Major Pulmonary Embolism
Pulmonary Embolism
Pleural Effusion
Clinical Aspects of Respiratory Muscle Dysfunction in the Critically Ill
The Timing of Tracheotomy
Prevention of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

** FEN **
Diagnosis of Metabolic Acid-Base Disturbances in Critically Ill Patients
Early jejunal feeding with early gastric feeding in critically ill patients
Intensive Insulin Therapy in Critcally Ill Patients
Comparison of Omeprazole and Placebo for Bleeding Peptic Ulcer
Immediate Versus Delayed Fluid Resuscitation for Hypotensive Patients with Penetrating Torso Injuries
Management of Cirrhosis and Ascites

** Other **
International Conference: Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
Compartment Syndrome
IAP Guidelines for the Surgical Management of Acute Pancreatitis
Acute Mesenteric Ischemia
Acute Mesenteric Ischemia (by Grace Yu)
Xigris Restrictions
General Surgery Review Manual (by Peter Attia)
Handling Floor Calls for Interns (Scott Perryman, MD and Amanda Wheeler, MD)

** Renal **
REMEDIAL TRIAL - Volume vs Bicarb vs Mucomyst for Contrast Nephropathy
Acute Oliguria
Prevention of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy with Sodium Bicarbonate
Prevention of Radiographic-Contrast-Agent-Induced Reductions in Renal Function by Acetylcysteine
N-Acetylcysteine and Contrast-Induced Nephropathy in Primary Angioplasty
Dialysis Therapy
Daily Hemodialysis and the Outcome of Acute Renal Failure
Continuous Hemofiltration in the Treatment of Acute Renal Failure
Low-dose dopamine in patients with early renal dysfunction: a placebo controlled
randomised trial

** Hematology **
Factor VII for severe bleeding and DIC
4 T's for diagnosis of HIT
Antithrombotic Therapy for Venous Thromboembolic Disease - ACCP Conference
ELISA for HIT
Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury
The Coxibs, Selective COX-2 Inhibitors
COX Inhibitors and Thromboregulation
Platelet-Active Drugs
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Efficacy of Erythropoietin in Critically Ill
Patients
Hemostatic Drugs
Low-Molecular Weight Heparins
Temporal Aspects of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
HIT Alogorithm
Blood Transfusion in Elderly Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction
Transfusion Medicine (1/2)
Transfusion Medicine (2/2)
Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial of Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care
The Effect of Arterial Lines on Blood-Drawing Practices and Costs in the ICU
Stanford ICU Blood Transfusion Guidelines

** Sepsis & Shock **
Surviving Sepsis Campaign
Hydrocortisone in Septic Shock
Hydrocortisone and Fludrocortisone for Septic Shock
Treating Patients with Severe Sepsis
Pathophysiology and Treatment of Sepsis
Efficacy and Safety of Recombinant Human Activated Protein C for Severe Sepsis
The Pathogenesis of Vasodilatory Shock
Beneficial Effects of Short-term Vasopressin Infusion during Severe Septic Shock
Physiology of Vasopressin Relevant to Management of Septic Shock
Inflammation, coagulopathy, and the pathogenesis of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
High-Dose Antithrombin III in Severe Sepsis
Immediate Versus Delayed Fluid Resuscitation for Hypotensive Patients with Penetrating Torso Injuries
Early Goal-Directed Therapy in the Treatment of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock
Corticosteroids for Septic Shock
Effect of Treatment with Low Doses of Hydrocortisone and Fludrocortisone on Mortality in Patients with Septic Shock
Corticosteroid Therapy in Severe Illness
Adrenal Insufficiency in High Risk Surgical ICU Patients
Adrenal Insufficiency in the Critically Ill

** Infectious Disease **
Preventing Complications of Central Venous Catheterization
Empiric Therapy for GP
Linezolid vs Vanc - MRSA soft tissue
Linezolid vs Vanc - MRSA
Linezolid vs Vanc - PNA
Antiobiotic Resistance in the
Intensive Care Unit
Virulent Klebsiella
Surgical Site Infection and the Routine Use of Perioperative Hyperoxia in General Surgical Population
Supplemental Perioperative Oxygen to Reduce the Incidence of Surgical Wound Infection