southerndoc
06-02-2006, 07:50 AM
Wahoo, here is the list of required reading for critical care in the ED (we have 2 critical care docs in the ED). I will try to gather up the list of articles given to us by the medical ICU director as well. The formatting may be messed up, but here goes:
1. SEVERE SEPSIS AND SEPTIC SHOCK
a. Levy et al, 2001 SCCM/ESICM/ACCP/ATS/SIS International Sepsis Definitions Conference, CCM, 2003
b. Hotchkiss et al, The Pathophysiology and Treatment of Sepsis, NEJM, 2003
c. Rivers et al, Early Goal-Directed Therapy in the Treatment of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock, NEJM, 2001
d. Shapiro et al, Implementation and Outcomes of the Multiple Urgent Sepsis Therapies (MUST) Protocol, CCM, 2006
e. Trzeciak et al, Translating Research to Clinical Practice: A 1 Year Experience with Implementing EGDT for Septic Shock in the ED, Chest, 2006
f. Shapiro et al, Serum Lactate as a Predictor of Mortality in Emergency Department Patients with Infection, Ann Emer Med, 2005
g. Rivers et al, Central Venous Oxygen Saturation Monitoring in the Critically Ill Patient, Curr Op Crit Care, 2001
h. Kellum et al, Use of Vasopressor Agents in Critically Ill Patients, Curr Op Crit Care, 2002
i. Jones et al, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Immediate vs. Delayed Goal-Directed Ultrasound to Identify the Cause of Non-Traumatic Hypotension in Emergency Department Patients, CCM, 2004
j. Cuschieri et al, Central Venous-Arterial C02 Difference as an Indicator of Cardiac Index, Intensive Care Medicine, 2005
k. Rivers et al, Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Curr Op Crit Care, 2002
l. DeBacker et al, The Effects of Dobutamine on Microcirculatory Alterations in Patients with Septic Shock are Independent of its Systemic Effects, CCM, 2006
m. Nguyen et al, Early Lactate Clearance is Associated with Improved Outcome in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock, CCM, 2004
n. Bateman et al, Microvascular Resuscitation as a Therapeutic Goal in Severe Sepsis, Crit Care, 2005
o. Bernard et al, Efficacy and Safety of Recombinant Human Activated Protein C for Severe Sepsis, NEJM, 2001
p. Rivers et al, Clinical Manifestations of Disordered Microcirculatory Perfusion in Severe Sepsis, Crit Care, 2005
q. Schrier et al, Acute Renal Failure and Sepsis, NEJM, 2004
r. Krejci et al, Effects of EPI, NOREPI, and Phenyephrin on Microcirculatory Blood Flow in the GI Tract in Sepsis, CCM 2006
2. CARDIAC ARREST AND POST-RESUSCITATIVE DISEASE
a. Eisenberg et al, Cardiac Resuscitation, NEJM, 2001
b. Bernard et al, Induced Hypothermia in Critical Care Medicine: A Review, CCM, 2003
c. HACASG, Mild Therapeutic Hypothermia to Improve the Neurologic Outcome after Cardiac Arrest, NEJM, 2002
d. ILCOR Advisory Statement, Therapeutic Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest, Circulation, 2003
e. Safar et al, Cerebral Resuscitation Potentials for Cardiac Arrest, CCM, 2002
f. Adrie et al, Successful CPR after Cardiac Arrest as a “Sepsis-Like Syndrome,” Circulation, 2002
g. Adrie et al, Post-Resuscitation Disease after Cardiac Arrest: A Sepsis-Like Syndrome? Current Op Crit Care, 2004
h. Martin et al, Emergency Department Cardiopulmonary Bypass in the Treatment of Human Cardiac Arrest, Chest, 1998
i. Wenzel et al, A Comparison of Vasopressin and EPI for Out-of-Hospital CPR, NEJM, 2004
j. Dorian et al, Amiodarone as Compared with Lidocaine for Shock Resistant Ventricular Fibrillation, NEJM, 2002
k. Dell’Orfano et al, Update on External Cardioversion and Defibrillation, Curr Op Cardiol, 2002
l. Jones et al, Electrophysiology of Ventricular Fibrillation and Defibrillation, CCM 2000
m. Abu-Laban et al, TPA in Cardiac Arrest with PEA, NEJM, 2002
n. Wira et al, Application of Normothermic Cardiac Algorithms to Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest in a Canine Model, Resuscitation, 2006
3. CARDIOVASCULAR
a. Pollack et al, 2004 ACA/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients with STEMI: Implications for ED Practice, Ann Emer Med, 2005
b. Gibler et al, Practical Implementation of the Guidelines for Unstable Angina/NSTEMI in the ED, Ann Emer Med, 2005
c. Bean et al, Chest Pain: Diagnostic Strategies to Save Lives, Time, and Money in the ED, EMP, 2003
d. Klompas, Does this Patient have an Acute Thoracic Aortic Dissection? JAMA, 2002
e. Ahmad et al, Acute Aortic Syndrome: Pathology and Therapeutic Strategies, Postgrad Med, 2006
f. Durham et al, Cardiac Arrhythmias: Diagnosis and Management of the Tachycardias, Crit Care and Resuscitation, 2002
g. Craig et al, Tachyarrhythmias in the ED: Best Evidence, EMP, 2003
h. Page, Newly Diagnosed Atrial Fibrillation, NEJM, 2004
i. Durham et al, Cardiac Arrhythmias: Diagnosis and Management of the Bradycardias, Crit Care and Resuscitation, 2002
j. Da Costa, Bradycardias and AV Conduction Block, BMJ, 2002
k. Jessup et al, Heart Failure, NEJM, 2003
l. Kosowsky et al, Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategies for the New Millennium, EMP, 2002
m. Spodick, Acute Cardiac Tamponade, NEJM, 2003
n. Kapoor, Syncope, NEJM, 2000
4. PULMONARY
a. Orebaugh, Difficult Airway Management in the ED, J of Em Med, 2002
b. Tobin, Advances in Mechanical Ventilation, NEJM, 2001
c. Kollef et al, The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, NEJM, 1995
d. Hillberg et al, Non-Invasive Ventilation, NEJM, 1997
e. Sahn et al, Spontaneous Pneumothorax, NEJM, 2000
f. Goldhaber, Pulmonary Embolism, NEJM, 1998
g. Fedullo et al, The Evaluation of Suspected Pulmonary Embolism, NEJM, 2003
h. Christopher Study Investigators, Effectiveness of Managing Suspected PE Using an Algorithm Combining Clinical Probability, D-Dimer Testing, and CT, JAMA, 2006
i. Chunilal et al, Does this Patient have a PE? JAMA, 2003
j. Wells et al, Does this Patient have a DVT, JAMA, 2006
k. ARDsnet, Pulmonary-Artery vs. Central Venous Catheter to Guide Treatment of Acute Lung Injury, NEJM, 2006
l. Light, Pleural Effusion, NEJM, 2002
5. GASTROINTESTINAL
a. Westhoff et al, Gastrointestional Bleeding: An Evidence-Based ED Approach to Risk Stratification, EMP, 2004
b. Sharara et al, Gastroesophageal Variceal Hemorrhage, NEJM, 2001
6. ALLERGY
a. Kemp et al, Anaphylaxis: A Review of Causes and Mechanisms, J All. Clin. Imm, 2002
b. Sampson et al, Second Symposium on the Definition and Management of Anaphylaxis, J All. Clin. Imm, 2006
7. METABOLIC/ENDOCRINE
a. Adroogue et al, Management of Life-Threatening Acid-Base Disorders: Part I, NEJM, 1998
b. Adrogue et al, Management of Life-Threatening Acid-Base Disorders: Part II, NEJM, 1998
c. Cooper et al, Corticosteroid Insufficiency in Acutely Ill Patients, NEJM, 2003
d. Thadhani et al, Acute Renal Failure, NEJM, 1996
e. Adrogue et al, Hyponatremia, NEJM, 2000
f. ADA, Hyperglycemic Crises in Diabetes, Diabetes Care, 2004
g. Van Den Berghe et al, Intensive Insulin Therapy in Critically Ill Patients, NEJM, 2001
h. Sarlis et al, Thyroid Emergencies, Endo and Met Disorders, 2003
8. NEUROLOGICAL EMERGENCIES
a. Lewandowski et al, Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke, Ann Emer Med, 2001
b. Brott et al, Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke, NEJM, 2000
c. Qureshi et al, Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage, NEJM, 2001
d. Edlow et al, Avoiding Pitfalls in the Diagnosis of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, NEJM, 2000
e. Suarez et al, Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, NEJM, 2006
f. Mayer et al, Recombinant Activated Factor VII for Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage, NEJM, 2005
g. Savitz et al, Vertebrabasilar Disease, NEJM, 2005
h. Lowenstein et al, Status Epilepticus, NEJM, 1998
9. TOXICOLOGY
a. Erickson et al, Toxicology Update: A Rational Approach to Managing the Poisoned Patient, EMP, 2001
10. OB/GYN CRITICAL CARE
a. Gammill et al, ARF in Pregnancy, CCM, 2005
b. Hanania et al, Acute Asthma in Pregnancy, CCM, 2005
c. Carroll et al, DKA in Pregnancy, CCM, 2005
d. Guntupalli et al, Hepatic Disease and Pregnancy: An Overview of Diagnosis and Management, CCM, 2005
e. Vidaeff et al, Acute Hypertensive Emergencies in Pregnancy, CCM, 2005
f. Karnad et al, Neurologic Disorders in Pregnancy, CCM, 2005
g. Murali et al, Peripartum Cardiomyopathy, CCM, 2005
h. Goodnight et al, Pneumonia in Pregnancy, CCM, 2005
i. Mattox et al, Trauma in Pregnancy, CCM, 2005
11. HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY
a. Levi et al, Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation, NEJM, 1999
b. Cervantes et al, Oncological Emergencies, An of Onc, 2004
c. Kruskall et al, Transfusion Therapy in Emergency Medicine, An Emer Med, 1988
George, Thombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, NEJM, 2006