Early enteral nutrition in critically ill patients: ESICM clinical practice guidelines

Reintam Blaser, A; Starkopf, J; Alhazzani, W; Berger, M. M; Casaer, M. P; Deane, A. M; Fruhwald, S; Hiesmayr, M; Ichai, C; Jakob, S. M; Loudet, C. I; Malbrain, M. L; Montejo González, J. C; Paugam-Burtz, C; Poeze, M; Preiser, J. C; Singer, P; van Zanten, A. R; de Waele, J; Wendon, J; Wernerman, J; Whitehouse, T; Wilmer, A; Oudemans-van Straaten, H. M.

Intensive care med; 43 (3), 2017

PURPOSE: To provide evidence-based guidelines for early enteral nutrition (EEN) during critical illness. METHODS: We aimed to compare EEN vs. early parenteral nutrition (PN) and vs. delayed EN. We defined "early" EN as EN started within 48 h independent of type or amount. We listed, a priori, conditions ...

Enteral Nutrition/standards, Catastrophic Illness/therapy, Time Factors, Critical Illness/therapy, GRADE Approach

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Official Executive Summary of an American Thoracic Society/American College of Chest Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline: Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Ill Adults

Girard, TD; Alhazzani, W; Kress, JP; Ouellette, DR; Schmidt, GA; Truwit, JD; Burns, SM; Epstein, SK; Esteban, A; Fan, E; Ferrer, M; Fraser, GL; Gong, MN; Hough, CL; Mehta, S; Nanchal, R; Patel, S; Pawlik, AJ; Schweickert, WD; Sessler, CN; Strøm, T; Wilson, KC; Morris, PE.

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med; 195 (1), 2017

"BACKGROUND: This clinical practice guideline addresses six questions related to liberation from mechanical ventilation in critically ill adults. It is the result of a collaborative effort between the American Thoracic Society and the American College of Chest Physicians. METHODS: A multidisciplinary pa...

Clinical Protocols/standards, Critical Illness, Respiration, Artificial, Respiration, Artificial/standards, Ventilator Weaning/standards, Critical Illness/therapy, Critical Illness/rehabilitation, Intubation, Intratracheal/standards

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Liberation from mechanical ventilation in critically ill adults: an official American College of Chest Physicians/American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline: inspiratory pressure augmentation during spontaneous breathing trials, protocols minimizing sedation, and noninvasive ventilation immediately after extubation

Ouellette, DR; Patel, S; Girard, TD; Morris, PE; Schmidt, GA; Truwit, JD; Alhazzani, W; Burns, SM; Epstein, SK; Esteban, A; Fan, E; Ferrer, M; Fraser, GL; Gong, MN; Hough, CL; Mehta, S; Nanchal, R; Pawlik, AJ; Schweickert, WD; Sessler, CN; Strøm, T; Kress, JP.

Chest; 151 (1), 2017

DESCRIPTION: The Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters, which comprises representatives of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) and the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), formed a workgroup to review evidence and provide guidance to health care provide...

Airway Extubation/methods, Noninvasive Ventilation/methods, Respiration, Artificial/methods, Ventilator Weaning, Conscious Sedation/methods, Critical Care/methods, Critical Care/standards, Critical Illness/therapy, Critical Illness, Ventilator Weaning/methods

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Liberation from mechanical ventilation in critically Ill adults: Executive Summary of an Official American College of Chest Physicians/American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline

Schmidt, GA; Girard, TD; Kress, JP; Morris, PE; Ouellette, DR; Alhazzani, W; Burns, SM; Epstein, SK; Esteban, A; Fan, E; Ferrer, M; Fraser, GL; Gong, MN; Hough, CL; Mehta, S; Nanchal, R; Patel, S; Pawlik, AJ; Schweickert, WD; Sessler, CN; Strøm, T; Wilson, KC; Truwit, JD.

Chest; 151 (1), 2017

Critical Illness/therapy, Respiration, Artificial, Respiration, Artificial/methods, Clinical Decision-Making, Critical Care/methods, Critical Care/standards

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Care of dying adults in the last days of life

England. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

This guideline covers the clinical care of adults (18 years and over) who are dying during the last 2 to 3 days of life. It aims to improve end of life care for people in their last days of life by communicating respectfully and involving them, and the people important to them, in decisions and by mainta...

Terminal Care/standards, Drug Prescriptions/standards, Health Personnel/organization & administration, Critical Illness/therapy

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