Update in Critical Care Medicine: Evidence Published in 2016
Authors: Mark Hepokoski, Atul Malhotra
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2017)

Updates4 April 2017Update in Critical Care Medicine: Evidence Published in 2016Mark Hepokoski, MD and Atul Malhotra, MDMark Hepokoski, MDFrom the University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.Search for more papers by this author and Atul Malhotra, MDFrom the University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M17-0138 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail We summarize key articles in critical care medicine published in 2016. We used an informal survey of academic and community intensivists to identify novel articles from high-impact journals that had important effects on clinical practice. In addition, we searched the most accessed journals from the American College of Physicians' JournalWise database to find articles that were particularly relevant to internal medicine clinicians.We included 2 studies on acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) that solidified the need to better understand the epidemiology of this disorder by demonstrating high rates of underrecognition and disparities in care. A novel noninvasive ventilation (NIV) device ...References1. Ranieri VM, Rubenfeld GD, Thompson BT, Ferguson ND, Caldwell E, Fan E, et al; ARDS Definition Task Force. Acute respiratory distress syndrome: the Berlin Definition. JAMA. 2012;307:2526-33. [PMID: 22797452] doi:10.1001/jama.2012.5669 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Malhotra A. Low-tidal-volume ventilation in the acute respiratory distress syndrome. N Engl J Med. 2007;357:1113-20. [PMID: 17855672] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Hepokoski M, Owens RL, Malhotra A, Beitler JR. 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A Critical Care Societies Collaborative Statement: Burnout Syndrome in Critical Care Health-care Professionals. A Call for Action. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016;194:106-13. [PMID: 27367887] doi:10.1164/rccm.201604-0708ST CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From the University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.Disclosures: Dr. Hepokoski is funded by T32 DK104717 (primary investigator, Joachim Ix) outside the submitted work. Dr. Malhotra is primary investigator on RO1 HL085188, K24-HL132105, and T32 HL134632 outside the submitted work. Dr. Malhotra has relinquished all outside personal income since 2012 as an officer of the American Thoracic Society. Disclosures can also be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M17-0138.Corresponding Author: Mark Hepokoski, MD, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9300 Campus Point Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037; e-mail, [email protected]edu.Current Author Addresses: Drs. Hepokoski and Malhotra: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9300 Campus Point Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037.Author Contributions: Conception and design: M. Hepokoski, A. Malhotra.Analysis and interpretation of the data: M. Hepokoski.Drafting of the article: M. Hepokoski, A. Malhotra.Critical revision for important intellectual content: M. Hepokoski.Final approval of the article: M. Hepokoski, A. Malhotra.Administrative, technical, or logistic support: M. Hepokoski.Collection and assembly of data: M. Hepokoski.This article was published at Annals.org on 30 March 2017. 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