Major publications in the critical care pharmacotherapy literature: February 2012 through February 2013

Abstract

This review provides synopses of practice guidelines and other recent additions to the professional literature pertaining to rational medication use in the ICU practice setting.

Redesigning Journal Clubs to Staying Current with the Literature

“…To evaluate the success of our journal club in identifying articles pertinent to our practice, we examined a series of publications which was intended to identify the most significant articles for pharmacy nutrition support and critical care pharmacy practice published from 2013 to 2017 [ 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 ] and compared them to our current list of periodicals screened by our journal club. The intent of these publication series was to assist the pharmacist engaged in nutrition support or critical care pharmacotherapy in staying current with the pertinent literature.…”

“…Articles selected for inclusion into the yearly paper indicating major publications were rated according to the Grading of Recommendation, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology [ 19 ] in addition to consideration of their applicability to reinforce or change current clinical practice in various critically ill subpopulations. These articles were published in a series of annual publications covering the years 2012–2015 [ 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 ].…”

Major publications in the critical care pharmacotherapy literature: January–December 2013

“…2015; 72:e1-13 T here is a wealth of medical literature published every day, and practicing clinicians have an obligation to keep up with advancements in their specialty field. 1,2 PubMed, the National Library of Medicine's literature database, houses over 23 million articles, with over 1 million works published in 2013 alone. A search focusing only on obviously critical care-related publications in 2013 identified 11,376 articles, which equates to an average of over 31 articles daily.…”

“…The inaugural installment of the CCPLU group's review of major publications in critical care encompassed articles published from February 2012 through February 2013. 1 As a wealth of critical care literature has been published since, the group endeavored to create a new review covering the period January-December 2013, excluding any publications or guidelines previously summarized; during that period, the CCPLU group wrote synopses of 100 articles, including five consensus guidelines. [99][100][101][102][103] Members used the Grades of Recommendation Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology 104,105 to select the highest-quality works based on methodology and study design.…”

Major publications in the critical care pharmacotherapy literature: January–December 2014

“…To aid in this endeavor, the Critical Care Pharmacotherapy Literature Update (CCPLU) group has published annual summaries of key guidelines and articles pertaining to high-quality critical care pharmacotherapy since 2012. 1,2 January et al 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS guideline for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation 5 The 2014 atrial fibrillation (AF) guideline is a joint production from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA). Evidence-based methodology developed by the ACC-AHA task force was used for data analysis and recommendation development.…”