NS-LIJ Evidence Based Guidelines for the SICU

Neurological

Pulmonary

Hemodynamics

GI

Nutrition

Endocrine

Renal

Hematology

Infectious Disease

 

Thanks to:  Jay Yelon, MD & John Platz, MD (NSUH) and Corrado Marini, MD & Gary Ritter, PA-Sr (LIJ)

Compiled  by Stefan Holubar, MD

This document was last edited on Monday, 16. February 2004

 

 

 

 

Neurological

Clinical practice guidelines for the sustained use of sedatives and analgesics in the critically ill adult.
Crit Care Med. 2002 Jan;30(1):119-41. No abstract available. Erratum in: Crit Care Med 2002 Mar;30(3):726.
Jacobi J, Fraser GL, Coursin DB, Riker RR, Fontaine D, Wittbrodt ET, Chalfin DB, Masica MF, Bjerke HS, Coplin WM, Crippen DW, Fuchs BD, Kelleher RM, Marik PE, Nasraway SA Jr, Murray MJ, Peruzzi WT, Lumb PD; Task Force of the American College of Critical Care Medicine (ACCM) of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), American College of Chest Physicians. http://www.lwwonline.com/article.asp?ISSN=0090-3493&VOL=30&ISS=1&PAGE=119

Critical illness polyneuropathy in multiple organ dysfunction syndrome and weaning from the ventilator.
Intensive Care Med. 1996 Sep;22(9):856-61.
Leijten FS, De Weerd AW, Poortvliet DC, De Ridder VA, Ulrich C, Harink-De Weerd JE.

Practice management guidelines for the management of mild traumatic brain injury: the EAST practice management guidelines work group.
J Trauma. 2001 Nov;51(5):1016-26. Review. No abstract available. Cushman JG, Agarwal N, Fabian TC, Garcia V, Nagy KK, Pasquale MD, Salotto AG; EAST Practice Management Guidelines Work Group.

1) Part I. Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury. In: Management and prognosis of severe traumatic brain injury. (2) Update notice. Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury: cerebral perfusion pressure.  American Association of Neurological Surgeons - Medical Specialty Society
Brain Trauma Foundation - Disease Specific Society.
  2000 (revised 2003).  165 pages.    NGC:003020

Part II. Early indicators of prognosis in severe traumatic brain injury. In: Management and prognosis of severe traumatic brain injury.   American Association of Neurological Surgeons - Medical Specialty Society Brain Trauma Foundation - Disease Specific Society.  2000.  116 pages.    NGC:002348

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Pulmonary

Mechanical ventilation.
N Engl J Med. 1994 Apr 14;330(15):1056-61. Review. Tobin MJ.

Evidence-based guidelines for weaning and discontinuing ventilatory support: a collective task force facilitated by the American College of Chest Physicians; the American Association for Respiratory Care; and the American College of Critical Care Medicine.
Chest. 2001 Dec;120(6 Suppl):375S-95S. Review. No abstract available MacIntyre NR, Cook DJ, Ely EW Jr, Epstein SK, Fink JB, Heffner JE, Hess D, Hubmayer RD, Scheinhorn DJ; American College of Chest Physicians; American Association for Respiratory Care; American College of Critical Care Medicine.

Short-term effects of inhaled nitric oxide and prone position in pulmonary and extrapulmonary acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2001 Jul 15;164(2):243-9.Rialp G, Betbese AJ, Perez-Marquez M, Mancebo J.

Effect of prone positioning on the survival of patients with acute respiratory failure.
N Engl J Med. 2001 Aug 23;345(8):568-73.  Gattinoni L, Tognoni G, Pesenti A, Taccone P, Mascheroni D, Labarta V, Malacrida R, Di Giulio P, Fumagalli R, Pelosi P, Brazzi L, Latini R; Prone-Supine Study Group. Summary for patients in: Aust J Physiother. 2002;48(3):237.

High-frequency oscillatory ventilation for acute respiratory distress syndrome in adult patients.
Crit Care Med. 2003 Apr;31(4 Suppl):S317-23. Review. Derdak S.

The acute respiratory distress syndrome.
N Engl J Med. 2000 May 4;342(18):1334-49. Review.Ware LB. Matthay MA.

Ventilation with lower tidal volumes as compared with traditional tidal volumes for acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome. The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network. N Engl J Med. 2000 May 4;342(18):1301-8. No authors listed]

Value of the ventilation/perfusion scan in acute pulmonary embolism. Results of the prospective investigation of pulmonary embolism diagnosis (PIOPED). The PIOPED Investigators.
JAMA. 1990 May 23-30;263(20):2753-9.[No authors listed]

Development and validation of a multifactorial risk index for predicting postoperative pneumonia after major noncardiac surgery.
Ann Intern Med. 2001 Nov 20;135(10):847-57.Arozullah AM, Khuri SF, Henderson WG, Daley J; Participants in the National Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program.

Ventilation with lower tidal volumes as compared with traditional tidal volumes for acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome. The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network. N Engl J Med. 2000 May 4;342(18):1301-8. [No authors listed]

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Hemodynamics

The effectiveness of right heart catheterization in the initial care of critically ill patients. SUPPORT Investigators.
JAMA. 1996 Sep 18;276(11):889-97. Connors AF Jr, Speroff T, Dawson NV, Thomas C, Harrell FE Jr, Wagner D, Desbiens N, Goldman L, Wu AW, Califf RM, Fulkerson WJ Jr, Vidaillet H, Broste S, Bellamy P, Lynn J, Knaus WA.

Pulmonary artery catheter consensus conference. Chicago, Illinois, December 6-8, 1996.
New Horiz. 1997 Aug;5(3):173-296. Review. [No authors listed]

In search of the optimal end points of resuscitation in trauma patients: a review.
J Trauma. 1998 May;44(5):908-14. Review. Porter JM, Ivatury RR.

Practice parameters for hemodynamic support of sepsis in adult patients in sepsis. Task Force of the American College of Critical Care Medicine, Society of Critical Care Medicine. Crit Care Med. 1999 Mar;27(3):639-60. Review. [No authors listed]

Cardiovascular management of septic shock.
Crit Care Med. 2003 Mar;31(3):946-55. Review. Dellinger RP.

Hemodynamic and metabolic effects of low-dose vasopressin infusions in vasodilatory septic shock.
Crit Care Med. 2001 Mar;29(3):487-93. Tsuneyoshi I, Yamada H, Kakihana Y, Nakamura M, Nakano Y, Boyle WA 3rd.

Amiodarone versus diltiazem for rate control in critically ill patients with atrial tachyarrhythmias.Delle Karth G, Geppert A, Neunteufl T, Priglinger U, Haumer M, Gschwandtner M, Siostrzonek P, Heinz G.

The effect of bisoprolol on perioperative mortality and myocardial infarction in high-risk patients undergoing vascular surgery. Dutch Echocardiographic Cardiac Risk Evaluation Applying Stress Echocardiography Study Group.
N Engl J Med. 1999 Dec 9;341(24):1789-94.Poldermans D, Boersma E, Bax JJ, Thomson IR, van de Ven LL, Blankensteijn JD, Baars HF, Yo TI, Trocino G, Vigna C, Roelandt JR, van Urk H.

Effect of atenolol on mortality and cardiovascular morbidity after noncardiac surgery. Multicenter Study of Perioperative Ischemia Research Group.
N Engl J Med. 1996 Dec 5;335(23):1713-20. Erratum in: N Engl J Med 1997 Apr 3;336(14):1039.Mangano DT, Layug EL, Wallace A, Tateo I.

Prophylactic atenolol reduces postoperative myocardial ischemia. McSPI Research Group. Anesthesiology. 1998 Jan;88(1):7-17.
Wallace A, Layug B, Tateo I, Li J, Hollenberg M, Browner W, Miller D, Mangano DT.

Prolonged lactate clearance is associated with increased mortality in the surgical intensive care unit.
Am J Surg. 2001 Nov;182(5):481-5.McNelis J, Marini CP, Jurkiewicz A, Szomstein S, Simms HH, Ritter G, Nathan IM.

Gastric mucosal pH and oxygen delivery and oxygen consumption indices in the assessment of adequacy of resuscitation after trauma: a prospective, randomized study.
J Trauma. 1995 Jul;39(1):128-34; discussion 134-6.Ivatury RR, Simon RJ, Havriliak D, Garcia C, Greenbarg J, Stahl WM.

Early goal-directed therapy in the treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock.
N Engl J Med. 2001 Nov 8;345(19):1368-77.Rivers E, Nguyen B, Havstad S, Ressler J, Muzzin A, Knoblich B, Peterson E, Tomlanovich M; Early Goal-Directed Therapy Collaborative Group.

A randomized clinical trial of the effect of deliberate perioperative increase of oxygen delivery on mortality in high-risk surgical patients.
JAMA. 1993 Dec 8;270(22):2699-707. Boyd O, Grounds RM, Bennett ED.

Maximizing oxygen delivery in critically ill patients: a methodologic appraisal of the evidence.
Crit Care Med. 1996 Mar;24(3):517-24. Review. Heyland DK, Cook DJ, King D, Kernerman P, Brun-Buisson C.

Effect of dopexamine on outcome after major abdominal surgery: a prospective, randomized, controlled multicenter study. European Multicenter Study Group on Dopexamine in Major Abdominal Surgery. Crit Care Med. 2000 Oct;28(10):3417-23.Takala J, Meier-Hellmann A, Eddleston J, Hulstaert P, Sramek V.

Frequency of mortality and myocardial infarction during maximizing oxygen delivery: a prospective, randomized trial.
Crit Care Med. 1995 Jun;23(6):1025-32.Yu M, Takanishi D, Myers SA, Takiguchi SA, Severino R, Hasaniya N, Levy MM, McNamara JJ.

Elevation of systemic oxygen delivery in the treatment of critically ill patients.
N Engl J Med. 1994 Jun 16;330(24):1717-22 Hayes MA, Timmins AC, Yau EH, Palazzo M, Hinds CJ, Watson D.

A randomized and controlled trial of the effect of treatment aimed at maximizing oxygen delivery in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock.
Chest. 1999 Feb;115(2):453-61. Alia I, Esteban A, Gordo F, Lorente JA, Diaz C, Rodriguez JA, Frutos F.

Lactate Metabolism in the Critically Ill Patient Current Opinion in Critical Care 1995, 1; 267-271 [Review Article] Matthews Joan Gumowitz, and  Alan Lisbon. (SEE GARY RITTER FOR COPY)

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GI

Abdominal compartment syndrome: clinical manifestations and predictive factors.
Curr Opin Crit Care. 2003 Apr;9(2):133-6. Review. McNelis J, Marini CP, Simms HH.

Abdominal compartment syndrome.
J Trauma. 1998 Sep;45(3):597-609. Review. Saggi BH, Sugerman HJ, Ivatury RR, Bloomfield GL.

Avoidance of abdominal compartment syndrome in damage-control laparotomy after trauma.
Arch Surg. 2001 Jun;136(6):676-81. Offner PJ, de Souza AL, Moore EE, Biffl WL, Franciose RJ, Johnson JL, Burch JM.

A comparison of sucralfate and ranitidine for the prevention of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients requiring mechanical ventilation. Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. N Engl J Med. 1998 Mar 19;338(12):791-7. Cook D, Guyatt G, Marshall J, Leasa D, Fuller H, Hall R, Peters S, Rutledge F, Griffith L, McLellan A, Wood G, Kirby A.

Risk factors for gastrointestinal bleeding in critically ill patients. Canadian Critical Care Trials Group.
N Engl J Med. 1994 Feb 10;330(6):377-81. Cook DJ, Fuller HD, Guyatt GH, Marshall JC, Leasa D, Hall R, Winton TL, Rutledge F, Todd TJ, Roy P, et al.

Rationale for Gastric-Acid Supression in the Critically Ill. Dellinger, RP

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Nutrition

Early enteral nutrition in acutely ill patients: a systematic review.
Crit Care Med. 2001 Dec;29(12):2264-70. Review. Erratum in: Crit Care Med 2002 Mar;30(3):725. Marik PE, Zaloga GP.

Total parenteral nutrition in the critically ill patient: a meta-analysis.
JAMA. 1998 Dec 16;280(23):2013-9.Heyland DK, MacDonald S, Keefe L, Drover JW.

An immune-enhancing enteral diet reduces mortality rate and episodes of bacteremia in septic intensive care unit patients.
Crit Care Med. 2000 Mar;28(3):643-8 Galban C, Montejo JC, Mesejo A, Marco P, Celaya S, Sanchez-Segura JM, Farre M, Bryg DJ.

Early enteral administration of a formula (Impact) supplemented with arginine, nucleotides, and fish oil in intensive care unit patients: results of a multicenter, prospective, randomized, clinical trial.
Crit Care Med. 1995 Mar;23(3):436-49 Bower RH, Cerra FB, Bershadsky B, Licari JJ, Hoyt DB, Jensen GL, Van Buren CT, Rothkopf MM, Daly JM, Adelsberg BR.

A randomized trial of isonitrogenous enteral diets after severe trauma. An immune-enhancing diet reduces septic complications.
Ann Surg. 1996 Oct;224(4):531-40; discussion 540-3 Kudsk KA, Minard G, Croce MA, Brown RO, Lowrey TS, Pritchard FE, Dickerson RN, Fabian TC.

Randomized, prospective trial of antioxidant supplementation in critically ill surgical patients.
Ann Surg. 2002 Dec;236(6):814-22 Nathens AB, Neff MJ, Jurkovich GJ, Klotz P, Farver K, Ruzinski JT, Radella F, Garcia I, Maier RV

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 Endocrine

Intensive insulin therapy in the critically ill patients.
N Engl J Med. 2001 Nov 8;345(19):1359-67.
van den Berghe G, Wouters P, Weekers F, Verwaest C, Bruyninckx F, Schetz M, Vlasselaers D, Ferdinande P, Lauwers P, Bouillon R.

Hemodynamic and metabolic therapy in critically ill patients.
N Engl J Med. 2001 Nov 8;345(19):1417-8. Evans TW.

Glucocorticoid insufficiency in patients who present to the hospital with severe sepsis: a prospective clinical trial.
Crit Care Med. 2003 Jun;31(6):1668-75. Manglik S, Flores E, Lubarsky L, Fernandez F, Chhibber VL, Tayek JA.

A 3-level prognostic classification in septic shock based on cortisol levels and cortisol response to corticotropin.
JAMA. 2000 Feb 23;283(8):1038-45. Annane D, Sebille V, Troche G, Raphael JC, Gajdos P, Bellissant E.

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Renal

Acute renal failure.
JAMA. 2003 Feb 12;289(6):747-51. Review. Singri N, Ahya SN, Levin ML.

Diuretics, mortality, and nonrecovery of renal function in acute renal failure.
JAMA. 2002 Nov 27;288(20):2547-53. Mehta RL, Pascual MT, Soroko S, Chertow GM; PICARD Study Group.

Continuous renal replacement therapy in the intensive care unit.
Intensive Care Med. 1999 Aug;25(8):781-9. Review. Bellomo R, Ronco C.

Low-dose dopamine in patients with early renal dysfunction: a placebo-controlled randomised trial. Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) Clinical Trials Group.
Lancet. 2000 Dec 23-30;356(9248):2139-43. Bellomo R, Chapman M, Finfer S, Hickling K, Myburgh J

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Hematology

A multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial of transfusion requirements in critical care. Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care Investigators, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group.
N Engl J Med. 1999 Feb 11;340(6):409-17. Erratum in: N Engl J Med 1999 Apr 1;340(13):1056. Hebert PC, Wells G, Blajchman MA, Marshall J, Martin C, Pagliarello G, Tweeddale M, Schweitzer I, Yetisir E.

Is a low transfusion threshold safe in critically ill patients with cardiovascular diseases?
Crit Care Med. 2001 Feb;29(2):227-34. Hebert PC, Yetisir E, Martin C, Blajchman MA, Wells G, Marshall J, Tweeddale M, Pagliarello G, Schweitzer I; Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care Investigators for the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group.

Response of erythropoiesis and iron metabolism to recombinant human erythropoietin in intensive care unit patients.
Crit Care Med. 2000 Aug;28(8):2773-8. van Iperen CE, Gaillard CA, Kraaijenhagen RJ, Braam BG, Marx JJ, van de Wiel A.

Efficacy of recombinant human erythropoietin in critically ill patients: a randomized controlled trial.Corwin HL, Gettinger A, Pearl RG, Fink MP, Levy MM, Shapiro MJ, Corwin MJ, Colton T; EPO Critical Care Trials Group.

Lessening the punch of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.
Chest. 2002 Jul;122(1):5-6.Maloney JP.

Practice management guidelines for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in trauma patients: the EAST practice management guidelines work group.
J Trauma. 2002 Jul;53(1):142-64. Review.Rogers FB, Cipolle MD, Velmahos G, Rozycki G, Luchette FA.

Prevention of venous thromboembolism.
Chest. 2001 Jan;119(1 Suppl):132S-175S. Review. No abstract available. Geerts WH, Heit JA, Clagett GP, Pineo GF, Colwell CW, Anderson FA Jr, Wheeler HB.

 

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Infectious Disease

Practice parameters for evaluating new fever in critically ill adult patients. Task Force of the American College of Critical Care Medicine of the Society of Critical Care Medicine in collaboration with the Infectious Disease Society of America.
Crit Care Med. 1998 Feb;26(2):392-408. Review. O'Grady NP, Barie PS, Bartlett J, Bleck T, Garvey G, Jacobi J, Linden P, Maki DG, Nam M, Pasculle W, Pasquale MD, Tribett DL, Masur H.

The Surgical Infection Society Guidelines on Antimicrobial Therapy for Intra-Abdominal Infections: An Executive Summary.
Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2002 Autumn;3(3):161-173. Mazuski JE, Sawyer RG, Nathens AB, DiPiro JT, Schein M, Kudsk KA, Yowler C.

Are quantitative cultures useful in the diagnosis of hospital-acquired pneumonia?
Chest. 2001 Feb;119(2 Suppl):385S-390S. San Pedro G.

Preventing complications of central venous catheterization.
N Engl J Med. 2003 Mar 20;348(12):1123-33. Review. McGee DC, Gould MK.

Surgical patients with pseudomembranous colitis: factors affecting prognosis.
Surgery. 1994 Oct;116(4):768-74; discussion 774-5.Prendergast TM, Marini CP, D'Angelo AJ, Sher ME, Cohen JR.

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