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The selected are favorite library and online resources for physicians, clinicians, researchers, teaching faculty, students, and house staff. The selections are subsets of the larger complete resource list found on the main library webpage.
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The resources listed in this guide will serve as a starting point for locating information on biomedical topics.
Introductory videos:
VIDEO: UAMS Library Online Orientation
Overview of the UAMS Library Online Resources and Services 2020. Running time: 9 mins.
VIDEO: Introduction to PubMed Introduction to PubMed
Getting started with PubMed. Running time: 8 mins.
Compiled by Emily Kocurek, MD, Assistant Professor, UAMS Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
| Topic | Resource | Link |
|---|---|---|
| ARDS Pathophysiology | ||
| “Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome” | 28792873 | |
| ARDS Pathophysiology in COVID-19 | “Pathophysiology of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and COVID-19 Lung Injury” | 34548132 |
| Ventilator Settings | ||
| Low Tidal Volume Ventilation | “Ventilation with Lower Tidal Volumes as Compared with Traditional Tidal Volumes for Acute Lung Injury and the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome” [ARMA Trial] | 10793162 |
| ARDSnet Protocol Summary Card | Mechanical Ventilation Protocol Summary | Link |
| Higher PEEP Review | “Higher PEEP versus Lower PEEP Strategies for Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis” | 29043834 |
| Understanding Lung Recruitment with PEEP | “Lung recruitment in patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome” | 16641394 |
| Driving Pressure in ARDS | “Driving pressure and survival in the acute respiratory distress syndrome” | 25693014 |
| Adjunctive Therapies | ||
| Prone Positioning | “Prone Positioning in Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome” [PROSEVA Trial] | 23688302 |
| Conservative Fluid Management | “Comparison of two fluid-management strategies in acute lung injury” [FACTT Trial] | 16714767 |
| Neuromuscular Blocker Trial: ACURASYS | “Neuromuscular Blockers in Early Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome” [ACURASYS Trial] | 20843245 |
| Neuromuscular Blocker Trial: ROSE | “Early Neuromuscular Blockade in the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome” [Petal Network/ROSE Trial] | 31112383 |
| Steroids for severe CAP | "Hydrocortisone in Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia" | |
| Sedation/ICU Liberation | ||
| PADIS (Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, Sleep) Guidelines | “Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU” | 30113379 |
| Benzodiazepine Sedation | “Benzodiazepine versus nonbenzodiazepine-based sedation for mechanically ventilated, critically ill adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials” | 23989093 |
| ICU Liberation | Society of Critical Care Medicine | Link |
| ICU Delirium | Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center | Link |
| Paired Spontaneous Awakening and Spontaneous Breathing Trials | “Efficacy and safety of a paired sedation and ventilator weaning protocol for mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care (Awakening and Breathing Controlled trial): a randomised controlled trial” | 18191684 |
| Early Mobilization Benefits | “Early physical and occupational therapy in mechanically ventilated, critically ill patients: a randomised controlled trial” | 19446324 |
| Early Mobilization is Safe | Early activity is feasible and safe in respiratory failure patients” | 17133183 |
| Tracheostomy | ||
| “Tracheostomy in critically ill patients” | 16342657 | |
| Post-Intensive Care Syndrome | ||
| “Co-Occurrence of Post-Intensive Care Syndrome Problems Among 406 Survivors of Critical Illness” | 29787415 | |
| Post Intensive Care Syndrome | Link | |
| MISC | ||
| “Nonlinear Imputation of Pao2/Fio2 From Spo2/Fio2 Among Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome” | ||
| “Nonlinear Imputation of PaO2/FIO2 From SpO2/FIO2 Among Mechanically Ventilated Patients in the ICU: A Prospective, Observational Study” | 28538439 |
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