Blogs
Blood purification in adult patients in sepsis and septic shock
A Network Meta-Analysis (NMA) published in CCM by SCCM on july20, 2023 to review current situation of impact of blood purification modalities on survival of adult patients with sepsis and septic shock...
A New Global Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
The Berlin definition of ARDS in 2012 is recently updated in American Thoracic Society (ATS) meeting in may 2023 by 32 experts. The new definition of ARDS is now expanded to patients not on mechanical...
The Future of Work – How AI Can Boost Productivity and Transform Your Career?
I’ve been doing a lot of reading, learning, thinking, and using AI in recent months. I want to share my latest thoughts on how it can transform work. There’s a lot of talk about how AI will impact the...
Effect of Vasopressin and Methylprednisolone vs Placebo on Return of Spontaneous Circulation in Patients with In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest(IHCA) – VAM-IHCA TRIAL
VAM-IHCA TRIAL Effect of Vasopressin and Methylprednisolone vs Placebo on Return of Spontaneous Circulation in Patients with In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest(IHCA) IHCA has been poorly researched when compa...
Effect of NIV on Tracheal Intubation Rate In Patients With Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure Following Abdominal Surgery – Nivas Trial
NIVAS TRIAL Effect of NIV on Tracheal Intubation Rate In Patients With Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure Following Abdominal Surgery This was an open label,Multicenter,parallel group,randomized controlled...
Hydrocortisone in severe community acquired pneumonia – CAPE COD TRIAL
CAPE COD TRIAL Hydrocortisone in Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia Beneficial/useless?The ride for steroid seems like a roller coaster in severe CAP. Severe CAP has a significant mortality upto 10% ...
Tranexamic Acid in Acute GI Bleed – HALT IT TRIAL
HALT-IT TRIAL Tranexamic Acid in Acute GI Bleed Friend or Foe? Dr.Kishalaya Chakraborty Considering the high mortality associated with GI bleeding(10%) and the 4times high risk of death in case of reb...
Which intravenous fluid is better?
Balanced crystalloids or 0.9% Saline? SMART Trial: Pragmatic, cluster-randomized, multiple-crossover trial done in five ICUs at an academic center, 15,802 adults for saline (0.9% sodium chloride) or b...
What should be the Ideal oxygen saturation in ICU?
In a single center, pragmatic, cluster randomized trial in emergency and ICU with 2541 ventilated patients, it was found that there is no difference in outcome while targeting low vs high oxygen satur...