The American Journal of Critical Care’s Junior Peer Reviewer program aims to mentor novice reviewers in the peer review process. To grow their critical appraisal skills, the participants take part in discussion sessions in which they review articles published in other journals. Here we summarize the articles reviewed during the second year of the program, which again focused on the care of critically ill patients with COVID-19. This article aims to share these reviews and the reviewers’ thoughts regarding the relevance, design, and applicability of the findings from the selected studies. High rates of delirium associated with COVID-19 may be impacted by optimizing sedation strategies and allowing safe family visitation. Current methodology in crisis standards of care may result in inequity and further research is needed. The use of extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal to facilitate super low tidal volume ventilation does not improve 90-day mortality outcomes. Continued research to better understand the natural history of COVID-19 and interventions useful for improving outcomes is imperative.
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1 September 2022
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September 01 2022
What the American Journal of Critical Care Junior Peer Reviewers Were Reading During Year 2 of the Program
L. Douglas Smith, Jr, MSN, APRN, ACNP-BC, CCRN, CNRN, SCRN;
L. Douglas Smith Jr is a critical care nurse practitioner with ICC Healthcare at HCA TriStar Centennial Medical Center and an instructor of nursing at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, Tennessee.
Corresponding author: L. Douglas Smith Jr, 461 21st Ave S, Frist Hall - #435, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, TN 37240 (email: [email protected]).
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Thomas Alne, MSN, CRNP, ACNPBC-AG, RN, CCRN-CMC, PCCN, PHRN;
Thomas Alne, MSN, CRNP, ACNPBC-AG, RN, CCRN-CMC, PCCN, PHRN
Thomas Alne is a nurse practitioner with the Mechanical Circulatory Support Program at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
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Heather Briere, MS, FNP-BC, CCM;
Heather Briere, MS, FNP-BC, CCM
Heather Briere is a nurse practitioner and nurse educator at the Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing at the UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.
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Angelica Hernandez, MSN-Ed, RN;
Angelica Hernandez, MSN-Ed, RN
Angelica Hernandez is an assistant professor at Advent Health University, Orlando, Florida.
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Regi Freeman, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, FCNS;
Regi Freeman, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, FCNS
Regi Freeman is a cardiovascular intensive care unit clinical nurse specialist at University of Michigan Health and a clinical adjunct faculty member at the University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor.
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Katie Gabel, RN, CCRN;
Katie Gabel, RN, CCRN
Katie Gabel is a virtual lecturer at the Fort Hays State University Department of Nursing, Hays, Kansas, and a nurse educator at Ascension St John Medical Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Jennifer Berube, PhD, RN-BC, PCCN-K, CNE;
Jennifer Berube, PhD, RN-BC, PCCN-K, CNE
Jennifer Berube is an assistant professor at the College of Health Professions, Trine University, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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Christian Justin Carreon, BSN, RN, CCRN-CSC;
Christian Justin Carreon, BSN, RN, CCRN-CSC
Christian Justin Carreon is a staff nurse in the intensive care unit/critical care unit and cardiovascular intensive care unit, Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, California.
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Kelly S. Grimshaw, DNP, APRN, CCRN;
Kelly S. Grimshaw, DNP, APRN, CCRN
Kelly S. Grimshaw is a value analysis nurse at Yale New Haven Health, New Haven, Connecticut.
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Mintie Indar-Maraj, EdD, MA, RN-BC;
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Mintie Indar-Maraj, EdD, MA, RN-BC
Mintie Indar-Maraj is a staff nurse in the intensive care unit/critical care unit and telemetry unit, Montefiore Health System, Bronx, New York.
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Lori Ledford, MSN, RN, CCRN, CEN, CPEN, TCRN, CFRN, CTRN;
Lori Ledford, MSN, RN, CCRN, CEN, CPEN, TCRN, CFRN, CTRN
Lori Ledford is a flight nurse with Air EMS and adjunct nursing faculty at Estrella Mountain Community College in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Patricia Rosier, MS, RN, ACNS-BC, PMGT-BC;
Patricia Rosier, MS, RN, ACNS-BC, PMGT-BC
Patricia Rosier is a surgical clinical nurse specialist at Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
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Tracy Tyner, MSN, APRN, ACNP-BC, CCRN;
Tracy Tyner, MSN, APRN, ACNP-BC, CCRN
Tracy Tyner is a surgical/trauma critical care nurse practitioner, Parkland Health, Dallas, Texas.
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Janeane Walker, PhD, RN, CCRN-K;
Janeane Walker, PhD, RN, CCRN-K
Janeane Walker is director of educational outcomes, Graduate Medical Education, Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville.
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Aluko A. Hope, MD, MSCE
Aluko A. Hope, MD, MSCE
Aluko A. Hope is an associate professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland.
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Am J Crit Care (2022) 31 (5): 425–430.
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L. Douglas Smith, Thomas Alne, Heather Briere, Angelica Hernandez, Regi Freeman, Katie Gabel, Jennifer Berube, Christian Justin Carreon, Kelly S. Grimshaw, Mintie Indar-Maraj, Lori Ledford, Patricia Rosier, Tracy Tyner, Janeane Walker, Aluko A. Hope; What the American Journal of Critical Care Junior Peer Reviewers Were Reading During Year 2 of the Program. Am J Crit Care 1 September 2022; 31 (5): 425–430. doi: https://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2022628
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