Intravenous hydrocortisone may reduce risk of kidney failure in patients with sepsis
1. Intravenous hydrocortisone treatment was associated with reduced odds of new kidney replacement in patients with septic shock. Evidence Rating...
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Ocular trauma may be a predictor of mortality in geriatric patients
1. Geriatric patients with ocular trauma had higher mortality rates within 5 years, particularly within the first year post-injury. Evidence...
Delayed alteplase has clinical benefits in posterior circulation stroke outcomes
1. In this randomized controlled trial of patients with posterior circulation stroke not for thrombectomy, treatment with alteplase 4.5 to...
Bedside parameters may help predict chronic post-traumatic head and neck pain
1. Key predictors of chronic pain following motor vehicle collisions include elevated levels of acute post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), high...
Endothelial Activation and Stress Index as a predictor of mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation
1. The Endothelial Activation and Stress Index (EASIX) is associated with in-hospital, short-term (28-day), and long-term (365-day) all-cause mortality in...
Analysis of clinical outcomes utilizing ultrasound-assisted catheter-directed thrombolysis for pulmonary embolism
1. In this cohort of patients with a pulmonary embolism (PE), ultrasound catheter-directed thrombolysis (USAT) is safe for symptomatic patients...
Critical-care pain observation tool demonstrates reliability for critically ill pediatric patients
1. The Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT) showed strong correlations with other validated pain observation tools in pediatric patients Evidence...
Epinephrine inferior to norepinephrine as initial treatment in children with septic shock
1. Epinephrine was associated with greater 30-day mortality compared to norepinephrine in the management of septic shock in pediatric patients....
Heterogeneous treatment effects of stress ulcer prophylaxis among ICU patients at risk for gastrointestinal bleeding
1. In patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with at least one risk factor for clinically significant gastrointestinal...
Benzodiazepine initiation post stroke associated with increased falls risk
1. In older adults post-acute ischemic stroke, benzodiazepine initiation was associated with an increase in 10-day fall and fall-related injury...
