Hong Kong Society of Critical Care Medicine

Mehta NM, Bechard LJ, Cahill N, Wang M, Day A, Duggan CP, Heyland DK.; Crit Care Med. 2012 May 4. [Epub ahead of print]
OBJECTIVES: To examine factors influencing the adequacy of energy and protein intake in the pediatric intensive care unit and to describe their relationship to clinical outcomes in mechanically ventilated children.

Gershengorn HB, Iwashyna TJ, Cooke CR, Scales DC, Kahn JM, Wunsch H.; Crit Care Med. 2012 May 4. [Epub ahead of print]
OBJECTIVE: Intensive care unit beds are limited, yet few guidelines exist for triage of patients to the intensive care unit, especially patients at low risk for mortality. The frequency with which low-risk patients are admitted to intensive care units in different hospitals is unknown. Our objective was to assess variation in the use of intensive care for patients with diabetic ketoacidosis, a common condition with a low risk of mortality.

Qureshi AI, Palesch YY, Martin R, Novitzke J, Cruz Flores S, Ehtisham A, Goldstein JN, Kirmani JF, Hussein HM, Suri MF, Tariq N; Antihypertensive Treatment of Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage Investigators.; Am J Med. 2012 May 4. [Epub ahead of print]
BACKGROUND: Aggressive systolic blood pressure reduction may precipitate acute renal injury because of underlying hypertensive nephropathy in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage. The study's objective was to determine the rate and determinants of acute renal injury during acute hospitalization among subjects with intracerebral hemorrhage using a post hoc analysis of a multicenter prospective study.

Luyckx VA.; Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2012 May;19(3):129-41.
The use of alternative medicine is highly prevalent around the world; in many areas, this is so because of lack of access to, or trust in, Western medicine, and also because they are considered "natural" and therefore safe. The kidney is an organ vulnerable to toxic insults by virtue of its anatomy and function. Reports of nephrotoxicity associated with alternative medicine use encompass all forms of renal dysfunction, ranging from electrolyte abnormalities and proteinuria to acute and CKD, renal failure, and death....