Search results for "Hypoxemia"
Hypoxemia risk lower with noninvasive ventilation before intubation
Hypoxemia occurred in 9.1% of critically ill patients randomized to noninvasive ventilation before tracheal intubation, compared to 18.5% of those who got an oxygen mask instead, a trial in 24 U.S. EDs and ICUs found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/06/26/hypoxemia-risk-lower-with-noninvasive-ventilation-before-intubation.htm
26 Jun 2024
Occult hypoxemia more common in hospitalized patients with darker skin, review finds
Occult hypoxemia, a pulse oximetry reading higher than the arterial oxygen saturation, was 67% more likely in Black patients and 39% more likely in patients identifying as Asian, Latinx, Indigenous, multiracial, or other race compared with White patients, a review found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/07/24/occult-hypoxemia-more-common-in-hospitalized-patients-with-darker-skin-review-finds.htm
24 Jul 2024
New research on steroids, tocilizumab, interferon beta-1a in COVID-19 inpatients
A 12-mg dose of dexamethasone didn't work any better than 6 mg in a trial of patients with severe hypoxemia, tocilizumab seemed to outperform steroids only in patients with the most inflammation, and interferon beta-1a did not help hospitalized patients on remdesivir.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/10/27/1.htm
27 Oct 2021
Lower mortality in COVID-19 with remdesivir plus dexamethasone than dexamethasone alone
An industry-funded retrospective study found that COVID-19 patients who got both remdesivir and dexamethasone had lower inpatient mortality than matched patients who got dexamethasone alone, across all levels of respiratory support.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/10/02/free/lower-mortality-in-covid-19-with-remdesivir-plus-dexamethasone-than-dexamethasone-alone.htm
2 Oct 2024
No association seen between red blood cell transfusion, mortality in sepsis
Receiving a transfusion was associated with higher risk of ICU-acquired infection and severe hypoxemia among the study cohort of French ICU patients with sepsis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/09/20/2.htm
20 Sep 2017
June 26, 2024
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July 24, 2024
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Studies find practice variation and frequent adverse events with mechanical ventilation
About 45% of critically ill patients experienced at least one major adverse peri-intubation event in one international study, while another study found that weaning and discontinuation practices vary around the world.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/31/5.htm
31 Mar 2021
Corticosteroids appear safe but ineffective in M. pneumoniae pneumonia
Hospitalized adults with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia who received adjunctive corticosteroids had similar time to hypoxemia regression and length of stay but shorter fever duration versus controls, a Swedish cohort study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/09/11/corticosteroids-appear-safe-but-ineffective-in-m-pneumoniae-pneumonia.htm
11 Sep 2024
Persistent cognitive impairment after ICU stay associated with modifiable risk factors
Twenty-two percent of studied ICU patients were found to have cognitive impairment, but only 2.5% developed new and persistent impairment between three and 24 months after ICU discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/09/26/3.htm
26 Sep 2018