by James Gilbertson, Hans Rosenberg, Ian Stiell | Apr 9, 2023 | Critical Care, Featured, Infectious Disease, Journal Club, Resuscitation
Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 3/5 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Prevention and Early Treatment of Acute Lung Injury Clinical Trials Network; et al. N Engl J Med. 2023 Feb 9;388(6):499-510. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2212663. Epub 2023 Jan 21. Question and...
by Zach MacDonald, Hans Rosenberg, Christian Vaillancourt | Dec 26, 2022 | Critical Care, Journal Club
Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 3/5 Meyhoff TS, et al. N Engl J Med. 2022 Jun 30;386(26):2459-2470. Question and Methods: International, stratified, parallel group, open-label, randomized clinical trial where ICU patients were randomized to restrictive or standard fluid...
by Bo Zheng, Richard Hoang, Shankar Sethuraman | May 2, 2019 | Grand Round Summaries
IV fluid is a drug Intravenous fluid administration is the second most common medical intervention next to supplemental oxygen.1 Over 200 million liters of normal saline (NS) is used in the United States annually.2 Intravenous fluids, like any other drug, should be...
by Hans Rosenberg | Nov 12, 2018 | Critical Care, Endocrinology, Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 4/5 Kuppermann N, et al. N Engl J Med. 2018 Jun 14;378(24):2275-2287. Editorial: Fluid Composition, Infusion Rate, and Brain Injury in Diabetic Ketoacidosis. Question and Methods: 13 centre RCT with four arms to...
by Rajiv Thavanathan, Richard Hoang | Sep 27, 2018 | Endocrinology, Grand Round Summaries
In the Emergency Department (ED) we’re always thinking about the “ABC’s”. You’ve also probably heard of “DEFG: Don’t Ever Forget Glucose”. This usually refers to hypoglycemia in our critically ill patients—those with decreased level of consciousness, new onset...
