SCCM
<ѻý class="page-description">Society of Critical Care Medicineѻý>Individualized treatment noninferior versus usual long-course treatment in the ICU
Corticosteroids, glycemic control, and clinical deterioration outside ICU addressed
Strategy appeared to increase supplemental oxygen-free days
Intervention reduced "alert fatigue" for clinicians
Single-dose administered prophylactically associated with less pneumonia, mortality
The Phoenix Sepsis Score was validated using encounters in higher- and lower-resource settings
Roundup of news from the 2023 Critical Care Congress
Study points to "stark mismatch" in care before discharge and after
Randomized trial supports switch for adult ICU blood tests, despite a pandemic dent in the data
Randomized trial only applies to toddlers without COVID-19, though
Randomized trial suggests this common practice doesn't help
Observational study points to mortality disadvantage with high-dose pulses of methylprednisolon
CLOVERS randomized trial weighs in
A round-up of noteworthy research from the SCCM Critical Care Congress
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SCCM: Society of Critical Care Medicine
January 2024