Reviews

Tranexamic acid for GI bleeds: Review

Going retro can be a gas, but not in randomized trials

Aug 30 •

Tranexamic acid for prevention of surgical bleeding: Review

The benefits are (mostly) clear. What are the risks?

Aug 29 •

Do thrombolytics improve outcomes in less severe strokes?

TEMPO-2, testing TNK vs antiplatelets, may have decided things

Aug 25 •

Antipsychotics in the ICU: Review

Severely ill patients commonly become confused.

Aug 19 •

What is "ICU delirium"?

Looking closely at the concept may cause acute confusion

Aug 16 •

Resuscitative TEE challenges standardized CPR

TEE's diffusion from cardiac PACU into ED/ICUs tries to build its use case

Jul 21 •

Continuous glucose monitoring in the hospital: Review

CGM doesn't improve glucose control in RCTs, but macro trends will likely push it forward

Jul 21 •

Using Procalcitonin in the ICU

Is there a "right" way? No, but there are wrong ways

Jul 14 •

Steroids for severe pulmonary infections: Review

JAMA review supports the new paradigm of steroids-for-most in the ICU

Jun 29 •

Stress ulcer prophylaxis in the ICU: Review

2024 REVISE trial adds data on benefits, though theoretical risk of harm persists

Jun 22 •

Continuous antibiotic infusions for sepsis: do they save lives?

A large meta-analysis suggests benefits of prolonged beta-lactam infusions

Jun 16 •

How bad are outcomes after transfer to LTACH?

So bad. But did anyone tell the family? (Me neither.)

Jun 16 •

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