JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis  January 8, 2025 Corticosteroids for Sepsis, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, or Community-Acquired Pneumonia Peggy B. Leung, Andrew M. Davis, Joshua Davis JAMA. Published online January 8, 2025. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.24537 Guideline title 2024 Focused Update: Guidelines on Use of Corticosteroids in Sepsis, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, and Community-Acquired Pneu...

Special Communication  October 19, 2024 World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki: Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Participants World Medical Association JAMA. Published online October 19, 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.21972 Adopted by the 18th WMA General Assembly, Helsinki, Finland, June 1964 and amended by the: 29th WMA General Assembly, Tokyo, Japan, October 1975 35th WMA General Assembly, Venice, I...

2024 Clinical Practice Guideline Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America on Complicated Intra-abdominal Infections: Risk Assessment, Diagnostic Imaging, and Microbiological Evaluation in Adults, Children, and Pregnant People  Robert A Bonomo,  Anthony W Chow,  Morven S Edwards,  et al Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 79, Issue Supplement_3, October 2024, Pages S81–S87, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciae346 RESULTS: RECOMMENDATIONS AND REMARKS ...

Editor's Note  October 19, 2024 The 2024 Revision to the Declaration of Helsinki: Modern Ethics for Medical Research Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Linda Brubaker, Greg Curfman JAMA. Published online October 19, 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.22530 This JAMA issue focuses on important contemporary issues in ethics and medical research and is anchored by 2 Special Communications with their accompanying Viewpoints and Editorials. The first ...

JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis  October 24, 2024 Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Acute Altitude Illness Mia Derstine, Elan Small, Andrew M. Davis JAMA. Published online October 24, 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.19562 Guideline title Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Acute Altitude Illness Release date January 2024 Developer and funding source Wilderness Medical Society (WMS) ...

Thoracic Oncology: Guidelines and Consensus Statement Management of Central Airway Obstruction: An American College of Chest Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline Kamran Mahmood, Lindsy Frazer-Green, Anne V. Gonzalez, et al Chest 2024 in press https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2024.06.3804 Background Central airway obstruction (CAO), seen in a variety of malignant and non-malignant airway disorders, is associated with a poor prognosis. The management of CAO ...

ESICM Green Paper: Environmental Sustainability in Intensive Care In ICU Wed, 9 Oct 2024 The ESICM Green Paper on sustainability was launched at #LIVES2024 in Barcelona, providing a roadmap for reducing the ICU’s footprint while maintaining top care.  The healthcare sector, particularly ICUs, significantly impacts the environment due to its high energy consumption, waste generation, and reliance on single-use devices. With climate change posing...

ESICM Guidelines on End-of-Life and Palliative Care In ICU Tue, 8 Oct 2024 End-of-life (EoL) care focuses on symptom relief and addressing the emotional, psychological, and spiritual needs of patients and their families. These decisions are influenced by ethical, legal, cultural, and resource-related factors, and practices vary globally. In some countries, life-supporting treatment (LST) decisions are shared with families, while in others, clinicians d...

Guidelines: Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Trauma In ICU Tue, 2 Apr 2024 Antibiotic prophylaxis (AP) in surgery prevents surgical site infections (SSIs). Despite clear recommendations from health authorities, AP is often misused globally, leading to reduced patient safety and increased antimicrobial resistance. Factors contributing to inappropriate AP use include errors in drug selection, dosage, duration, timing, and administration method.  In poly...

JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis  June 20, 2024 Perioperative Management of Antithrombotic Therapy Maureen D. Lyons, Bailey Pope, Jason Alexander JAMA. Published online June 20, 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.5880 Guideline title Perioperative Management of Antithrombotic Therapy: An American College of Chest Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline Release date November 2022 Developer and funding sou...