Tuesday, April 30, 2019

A Randomized, Controlled, Double-Blind Crossover Study on the Effects of 2-L Infusions of 0.9% Saline and Plasma-Lyte® 148 on Renal Blood Flow Velocity and Renal Cortical Tissue Perfusion in Healthy Volunteers



https://journals.lww.com/annalsofsurgery/Abstract/2012/07000/A_Randomized,_Controlled,_Double_Blind_Crossover.5.aspx

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Monday, April 29, 2019

Fluids given ≠ Fluids retained: Bibliography



https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19789444



https://jasn.asnjournals.org/content/12/suppl_1/S33.long



https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00134-004-2510-3

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Sunday, April 28, 2019

“Death is certain, the time is not”: mortality and survival in Game of Thrones



https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30535868
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186%2Fs40621-018-0174-7.pdf

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Thursday, April 25, 2019

Impact of Phlebotomy Tourniquet Use on Blood Lactate Levels in Acutely Ill Patients




https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27618976
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/295102634_Impact_of_Phlebotomy_Tourniquet_Use_on_Blood_Lactate_Levels_in_Acutely_Ill_Patients/download

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Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Plasma lactate measurement as an example of encountered gaps between routine clinical laboratory processes and manufactures' sample-handling instructions



https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6223191/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6223191/pdf/main.pdf

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Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Sedation practices and clinical outcomes in mechanically ventilated patients in a prospective multicenter cohort



https://ccforum.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13054-019-2394-9
https://ccforum.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s13054-019-2394-9

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Monday, April 22, 2019

The Restrictive IV Fluid Trial in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock (RIFTS)

https://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Abstract/onlinefirst/The_Restrictive_IV_Fluid_Trial_in_Severe_Sepsis.95970.aspx?sessionEnd=true

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Sunday, April 21, 2019

Ascorbic acid, corticosteroids, and thiamine in sepsis: a review of the biologic rationale and the present state of clinical evaluation



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A Computerized Alert Screening For Severe Sepsis In Emergency Department Patients Increases Lactate Testing But Does Not Improve Inpatient Mortality



https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3633314/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3633314/pdf/ACI-01-0394.pdf

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Friday, April 19, 2019

Hypophosphatemia in the ICU



https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20682049

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2945130/pdf/cc9215.pdf

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Lactate predicts in-hospital mortality



https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22202128
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3292838/pdf/1757-7241-19-74.pdf

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Thiamine on Lactate Clearance and Mortality



https://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Citation/2018/11000/Effect_of_Thiamine_Administration_on_Lactate.5.aspx

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Sunday, April 14, 2019

Acute Right Ventricular Dysfunction in the ICU



https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2017/8217105/

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Bicarbonate in diabetic ketoacidosis



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Thursday, April 11, 2019

Lidocaine (IV) for Acute Pain



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Sorry but I can't get you this full article due to the paywall 😢

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Continuous intravenous perioperative lidocaine infusion for postoperative pain and recovery (Review)



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Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Continuous Lidocaine Infusion as Adjunctive Analgesia in Intensive Care Unit Patients



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Monday, April 8, 2019

Hyperkalemia Management in the Acutely Ill







Hyperkalemia, that dreaded page at 4am that makes our hearts race and we rush to our EMR where we click every single order on the order set. We should really be better at getting an EKG on ourselves and thinking through the whole process. Is the sample hemolyzed? Is the patient already on CRRT and the bath needs to be changed? The authors did a great job with the algorithm which we all should have a copy of on our phones.

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Dépret, F., Peacock, W. F., Liu, K. D., Rafique, Z., Rossignol, P., & Legrand, M. (2019). Management of hyperkalemia in the acutely ill patient. Annals of Intensive Care, 9(1).

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Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) during acute hypoxemic respiratory failure



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Friday, April 5, 2019

Hypernatremia: How quickly can you correct it?


https://cjasn.asnjournals.org/content/early/2019/04/03/CJN.10640918
https://cjasn.asnjournals.org/content/clinjasn/early/2019/04/03/CJN.10640918.full.pdf

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Thrombocytopenia: the most frequent haemostatic disorder in the ICU


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Citations for my "Choosing IVF in Resuscitation' Video



You have all be requesting this for a long time. I apologize for taking so long to get to this. Here are some of the major ones. I will try to update this list.



https://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Citation/2016/12000/_Normal__Saline_and_Co___What_Is_Normal__.24.aspx



https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4537691/



https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4537691/



https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27716310



https://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Abstract/2016/12000/Lactated_Ringer_Is_Associated_With_Reduced.6.aspx



https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4955703/



https://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Citation/2016/08000/Saline_Is_the_Solution_for_Crystalloid.12.aspx



https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4095570/



https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2454911



https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25007167



https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8428200















Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Current use of vasopressors in septic shock




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