Friday, April 19, 2019

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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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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