Speaker: Aarti Sarwal, MD, FAAN, FNCS, FCCM
Aarti Sarwal, MD, FAAN, FNCS, FCCM: Hello, I'm Aarti Sarwal, the Social Media Editor of Critical Care Medicine. Here are my top reads from the upcoming issue of CCM. The April issue brings us a collaborative position paper from SCCM and ESCIM on norepinephrine formulations in the ICU. This multi-professional task force looked at current practices and impact of dose variations on clinical practice and research trial enrollment amongst other issues. They make recommendations for uniformity in clinical and research reporting. Norepinephrine based variation in different salts. Things you find out when you really look! Another article by TRACK-TBI investigators reports on data gathered from 18 level 1 trauma centers in the US to look for association between early dexmedetomidine and functional outcomes in severe traumatic brain injury. This study evaluates the hypothesis whether blunting sympathetic activity early on after TBI is a reasonable management target. This issue also brings us guidelines for glycemic control in both adults and pediatrics that provides several key practice changing updates, accounting for evolving literature on this topic. in the last decade. There are several other key articles on resuscitation, quite a few systematic reviews and some very thoughtful editorials. For more articles, please follow us on X and Facebook. Have a great day.
