New pathways and current concepts in intensive care medicine - a summary of important articles
New pathways and current concepts in intensive care medicine - a summary of important articles of the last month

[Article in German]

Heine J, Groeben H, Bottiger BW. Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther. 2003 Nov;38(11):710-5.

Klinik fur Anasthesie und Intensivmedizin, Krankenhaus Goslar. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

One of the most outstanding critical care concepts of the last month is the definition of 5 therapy strategies by the Society of Critical Care for treatment of patients in septic shock. These strategies are: Low tidal volume of 6 ml/kg (-1) body weight in patients with ARDS, early goal-directed therapy, activated protein C therapy, moderate-dose corticosteroids, and tight control of blood sugar. Following further review of the main critical care medicine related journals for strategies to reduce mortality, the non-invasive ventilation is worthwhile mentioning. Moreover, this review summarizes articles on the topics of: Low-dose dopamine does not prevent acute renal insufficiency, increase of mortality is not related to albumin infusion, subglottic suctioning prevents early onset of ventilator associated pneumonia, prone position in ARDS patients has no influence on mortality, the safest site for central venous catheterization, and pulmonary-artery catheter directed therapy has no influence on mortality of high-risk surgical patients.
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