SCCM Resource Library-September Journal Club: Critical Care Medicine (2021)

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In this Journal Club Critical Care Medicine webcast, two articles were discussed. The first presentation by Jonathan Hinton focused on the role of troponin as a biomarker for risk in critical care. He explained the different types of myocardial infarction and discussed the importance of high sensitivity troponin assays. Hinton presented data from a study that showed a significant proportion of critically ill patients had troponin levels above the upper limit of normal, which were associated with increasing age, comorbidity, illness severity, and the need for organ support. He also demonstrated that high sensitivity troponin elevation is an independent marker of critical care mortality and has similar discriminative ability to traditional scoring systems. The second presentation by Dr. Marek Nalos explored the association between pre-morbid beta blocker exposure and sepsis outcomes. The study analyzed data from multiple centers and found that patients who were prescribed chronic beta blockers had lower ICU and hospital mortality compared to those who were not prescribed beta blockers. The results also showed improved respiratory outcomes in the beta blocker group. Overall, both presentations provided valuable insights into the use of troponin as a biomarker in critical care and the potential benefits of pre-morbid beta blocker use in sepsis patients.

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Cardiovascular, Sepsis, Quality and Patient Safety, 2021

Asset Caption

"The Journal Club: Critical Care Medicine webcast series focuses on articles of interest from Critical Care Medicine.

This series is held on the fourth Thursday of each month and features in-depth presentations and lively discussion by the authors.

Follow the conversation at #CritCareMed."

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Content Type Webcast

Knowledge Area Cardiovascular

Knowledge Area Sepsis

Knowledge Area Quality and Patient Safety

Knowledge Level Intermediate

Knowledge Level Advanced

Membership Level Professional

Membership Level Select

Membership Level Associate

Tag Cardiovascular

Tag Sepsis

Tag Mortality

Tag Evidence Based Medicine

Year 2021

Keywords

troponin

biomarker

risk

myocardial infarction

high sensitivity troponin assays

critically ill patients

pre-morbid beta blocker exposure

sepsis outcomes

chronic beta blockers

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