Review

Update in intensive care medicine: Studies that challenged our practice in the last 5 years

Enrique Diaz-Guzman, MD, Juan Sanchez, MD and Alejandro C. Arroliga, MD, FCCP
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2011, 78 (10) 665-674; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.10188

ABSTRACT

During the last 5 years, new randomized trials in critically ill patients have challenged a number of traditional treatment strategies in intensive care. The authors review eight studies that helped change their medical practices.

  1. Enrique Diaz-Guzman, MD⇑,
  2. Juan Sanchez, MD and
  3. Alejandro C. Arroliga, MD, FCCP
  1. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Chief, Pulmonary Section, Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington
  2. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Scott & White Health Center, and Texas A&M College of Medicine, Temple, TX
  3. Chairman and Professor, Dr. A. Ford Wolf and Brooksie Nell Boyd Wolf Centennial Chair of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Scott & White Health Center, and Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Temple, TX
  1. ADDRESS:
    Enrique Diaz-Guzman, MD, University of Kentucky, L543 Kentucky Clinic, 740 S. Limestone Street, Lexington, KY 40536-0284; e-mail enriquedgz{at}uky.edu.

ABSTRACT

During the last 5 years, new randomized trials in critically ill patients have challenged a number of traditional treatment strategies in intensive care. The authors review eight studies that helped change their medical practices.

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