Critical Care News

As of Sept. 30, 2023, there have been 561 reported deaths reportedly connected to recalled Philips Respironics devices, according to an update from the FDA.

ICU patients who received a high opioid dose during mechanical ventilation faced a heightened risk for opioid use after discharge, according to data presented at Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Critical Care Congress.

Among mechanically ventilated patients, implementation of the ICU Liberation Bundle meant shorter ICU stays and less time receiving ventilation, according to study results published in Critical Care Explorations.

Use of a conservative vs. liberal oxygenation saturation target reduced time spent on organ support or death at 30 days in ventilated pediatric ICU patients, according to study results published in The Lancet.

One dose of ceftriaxone lowered the risk for ventilator-associated pneumonia within the first week of mechanical ventilation among patients with acute brain injury, according to results published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

More babies born at 22 weeks’ gestation in England and Wales received respiratory life support after a new national guidance recommendation was published in 2019, according to results published in BMJ Medicine.

More older patients with COPD, dementia or kidney failure had a palliative care consultation shortly after admission through a default ordering system vs. usual care, according to study results published in JAMA.

Among ICU patients, invasive ventilation was used less in Asian, Black and Hispanic patients vs. white patients, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Older ICU survivors had a higher likelihood for filling new and persistent sedative prescriptions when placed in a long-term care facility following ICU discharge, according to results published in CHEST.

Using lung ultrasonography to identify acute chest syndrome in patients with sickle cell disease resulted in favorable diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity and specificity, according to results published in CHEST.