Publications by authors named "Caleb Mackey"
Objectives: To assess the safety of Auxora in patients with acute pancreatitis (AP), systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), and hypoxemia, and identify efficacy endpoints to prospectively test in future studies.
Methods: This phase 2, open-label, dose-response study randomized patients with AP, accompanying SIRS, and hypoxemia (n = 21) to receive low-dose or high-dose Auxora plus standard of care (SOC) or SOC alone. All patients received pancreatic contrast-enhanced computed tomography scans at screenings, day 5/discharge, and as clinically required 90 days postrandomization; scans were blinded and centrally read to determine AP severity using computed tomography severity index.
Background: Vasodilatory shock that does not respond to high-dose vasopressors is associated with high mortality. We investigated the effectiveness of angiotensin II for the treatment of patients with this condition.
Methods: We randomly assigned patients with vasodilatory shock who were receiving more than 0.
Does Robotic Telerounding Enhance Nurse-Physician Collaboration Satisfaction About Care Decisions?
Telemed J E Health
August 2015
Background: Delivering healthcare using remote robotic telepresence is an evolving practice in medical and surgical intensive critical care units and will likely have varied implications for work practices and working relationships in intensive care units. Our study assessed the nurse-physician collaboration satisfaction about care decisions from surgical intensive critical care nurses during remote robotic telepresence night rounds in comparison with conventional telephone night rounds.
Materials And Methods: This study used a randomized trial to test whether robotic telerounding enhances the nurse-physician collaboration satisfaction about care decisions.
Background: A persistent left-sided superior vena cava (PLSVC) is a rare, often asymptomatic, venous anomaly that may be first diagnosed during central venous catheterization. During chest radiograph interpretation, a PLSVC can be confused with inadvertent arterial catheterization.
Case Report: We describe the presentation of a 45-year-old man with end-stage liver disease who required central venous catheterization for treatment of septic shock.
Background: Medical emergency teams frequently implement do not resuscitate orders, but little is known about end-of-life care in this population.
Objective: To examine resource utilization and end-of-life care following medical emergency team-implemented do not resuscitate orders.
Design: Retrospective review.