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ICU GUIDELINES

Clinical and administrative guidelines published by major organizations to provide direction for the provision of critical care services. These guidelines recommend practices that are based on the best available evidence and expert consensus. They are designed to promote the delivery of high-quality, safe, and effective care.

AARC Clinical Practice Guidelines: Artificial Airway Suctioning
Artificial Airway Suctioning

AARC Clinical Practice Guidelines: Artificial Airway Suctioning

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February 1, 2022

A guideline that both evaluates current practice and provides recommendations to address sedation, pain, and delirium management with regard for neuromuscular blockade and withdrawal is not currently available.
Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation, Neuromuscular Blockade, and Delirium in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients With Consideration of the ICU Environment and Early Mobility

A guideline that both evaluates current practice and provides recommendations to address sedation, pain, and delirium management with regard for neuromuscular blockade and withdrawal is not currently available.

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February 4, 2022

Evidence-based recommendations for thromboprophylaxis in Patients with COVID-19 by ACCP.
Thromboprophylaxis in Patients with COVID-19

Evidence-based recommendations for thromboprophylaxis in Patients with COVID-19 by ACCP.

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February 10, 2022

Practical recommendations in a concise format designed to assist acute-care hospitals in implementing and prioritizing their central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) prevention efforts.
Strategies to Prevent Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Acute-Care Hospitals

Practical recommendations in a concise format designed to assist acute-care hospitals in implementing and prioritizing their central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) prevention efforts.

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April 19, 2022

Evidence-based guidelines for the management of patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage
Management of Patients With Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Evidence-based guidelines for the management of patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage

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May 17, 2022

Recommendations in this guideline are based on high‐/moderate‐quality evidence available through March 2022. Focused updates will incorporate future evidence supporting changes to these recommendations.
Antithrombotic Treatment in COVID-19

Recommendations in this guideline are based on high‐/moderate‐quality evidence available through March 2022. Focused updates will incorporate future evidence supporting changes to these recommendations.

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July 5, 2022

This guideline updates recommendations from the 2016 American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN)/Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) critical care nutrition guideline for five foundational questions central to critical care nutrition support.
Provision of Nutrition Support Therapy in the Adult Critically Ill Patient

This guideline updates recommendations from the 2016 American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN)/Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) critical care nutrition guideline for five foundational questions central to critical care nutrition support.

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November 16, 2021

The scope of this guidance document is to provide clinicians with practical advice on the choice of an anticoagulant agent, dosing, and the optimal anticoagulant monitoring strategy during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support in adult patients.
Anticoagulation in Adult Patients Supported with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

The scope of this guidance document is to provide clinicians with practical advice on the choice of an anticoagulant agent, dosing, and the optimal anticoagulant monitoring strategy during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support in adult patients.

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December 20, 2022

This CHEST guideline examines the literature on the respiratory management of patients with neuromuscular disease (NMD) to provide evidence-based recommendations.
Respiratory Management of Patients with Neuromuscular Weakness

This CHEST guideline examines the literature on the respiratory management of patients with neuromuscular disease (NMD) to provide evidence-based recommendations.

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March 13, 2023

Recommendations on the reliability of select clinical predictors that serve as the basis of neuroprognostication and provide guidance to clinicians counseling surrogates of comatose cardiac arrest survivors.
Neuroprognostication in Comatose Adult Survivors of Cardiac Arrest

Recommendations on the reliability of select clinical predictors that serve as the basis of neuroprognostication and provide guidance to clinicians counseling surrogates of comatose cardiac arrest survivors.

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March 22, 2023

Recommendations on the reliability of select clinical predictors that serve as the basis of neuroprognostication and provide guidance to clinicians counseling adult patients with GBS and/or their surrogates.
Neuroprognostication in Adults with Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Recommendations on the reliability of select clinical predictors that serve as the basis of neuroprognostication and provide guidance to clinicians counseling adult patients with GBS and/or their surrogates.

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March 25, 2023

In these international guidelines, ERS, ESICM, ESCMID and ALAT provide evidence-based clinical practice recommendations for diagnosis, empirical treatment and antibiotic therapy for severe community acquired pneumonia
Management of Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia

In these international guidelines, ERS, ESICM, ESCMID and ALAT provide evidence-based clinical practice recommendations for diagnosis, empirical treatment and antibiotic therapy for severe community acquired pneumonia

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April 4, 2023

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