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Every Deep-Drawn Breath: A Critical Care Doctor on Healing, Recovery, and Transforming Medicine in the ICU

 

Every Deep-Drawn Breath: A Critical Care Doctor on Healing, Recovery, and Transforming Medicine in the ICU

A world-renowned critical care doctor offers hope for ICU patients and their families in this timely, urgent, and compassionate narrative. Over the next ten years, 40 to 60 million people in this country will be admitted... read more

 
 
Effect of Adjunctive Vitamin C, Glucocorticoids, and Vitamin B1 on Sepsis

 

Effect of Adjunctive Vitamin C, Glucocorticoids, and Vitamin B1 on Sepsis

We aimed to compare the effects of vitamin C, glucocorticoids, vitamin B1, combinations of these drugs, and placebo or usual care on longer-term mortality in adults with sepsis or septic shock. MEDLINE, Embase, CENTRAL, ClinicalTrials.gov... read more

 

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Adrenal Insufficiency in Patients Taking Benralizumab as Corticosteroid Sparing Therapy

 

Adrenal Insufficiency in Patients Taking Benralizumab as Corticosteroid Sparing Therapy

A personalised regimen of tapering oral corticosteroids in the presence of the anti-IL5 receptor α-directed cytolytic monoclonal antibody benralizumab can help to achieve elimination or dose reduction of oral corticosteroids... read more

 
 
Year of the Nurse: A 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic Memoir

 

Year of the Nurse: A 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic Memoir

This book is for everyone, nurse or otherwise, who is furious about how 2020 went down and how 2021 is going. #1 Amazon Bestseller in Critical & Intensive Care Nursing #1 Amazon Bestseller in Mental Health Nursing #1... read more

 
 
Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia Secondary to Daptomycin

 

Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia Secondary to Daptomycin

Daptomycin is an antimicrobial agent with activity against gram-positive bacteria that is usually reserved for severe infections. Acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP) is an increasingly rare side effect that can manifest after... read more

 
 
Life Lessons After a Career in Intensive Care Medicine

 

Life Lessons After a Career in Intensive Care Medicine

I have spent the past 30 years working in intensive care medicine. I was drawn to intensive care as a trainee for several reasons. First, I enjoyed the opportunity to care for the sickest patients in the hospital and to use... read more

 
 
Head Rotation in Anaesthetised Apnoeic Patients Significantly Increases Mask Ventilation Efficiency

 

Head Rotation in Anaesthetised Apnoeic Patients Significantly Increases Mask Ventilation Efficiency

Head rotation of 45° in anaesthetised apnoeic adults significantly increases the efficiency of mask ventilation compared with the neutral head position. Head rotation is an effective alternative to improve mask ventilation... read more

 
 
One Night in the ER

 

One Night in the ER

Follow Dr. Jim McCray through a single twelve-hour night shift working in the emergency room of a small Midwestern hospital. The fast-paced writing chronicles Dr. McCray’s experience with wit and candor as he manages... read more

 
 
How protein-based COVID vaccines could change the pandemic

 

How protein-based COVID vaccines could change the pandemic

Unlike the relatively new technologies that the mRNA and viral-vector COVID-19 shots are based on, protein vaccines have been used for decades to protect people from hepatitis, shingles and other viral infections. To elicit... read more

 
 
Seven Signs of Life: Stories from an Intensive Care Doctor

 

Seven Signs of Life: Stories from an Intensive Care Doctor

Seven Signs of Life encompasses intensive care stories centered around patients and as a means to explain the ICU to the non-clinician. However, Aoife Abbey organises her book by emotion, not by body system. This clever structure... read more

 
 
Not all COVID waves look the same. Here’s a snapshot of the Delta surge

 

Not all COVID waves look the same. Here’s a snapshot of the Delta surge

Waves of Covid can give you an awful sense of déjà vu. As “Hot Vax Summer” gave way early to Delta-anxious fall, you could be forgiven for feeling a familiar sense of dread, not so different from what you’d... read more

 
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Critical Illness in Patients with Hematologic Malignancy

 

Critical Illness in Patients with Hematologic Malignancy

Critical illness in patients with a newly diagnosed hematologic malignancy is frequent, occurring early after diagnosis. Certain baseline characteristics can help identify those patients at the highest risk. A total of 87,965... read more

 
 
Ivermectin Not the Crisis It’s Claimed to Be

 

Ivermectin Not the Crisis It’s Claimed to Be

I can’t remember any time when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had to resort to the faux-folksy mode of expression to try to get its point across. We live in strange times. The FDA was responding, of course, to... read more

 
 
Endothelial Glycocalyx Degradation Contributes to Metabolic Acidosis in Children After Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery

 

Endothelial Glycocalyx Degradation Contributes to Metabolic Acidosis in Children After Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery

Our data show that metabolic acidosis (increased strong ion gap) is associated with plasma concentration of heparan sulfate, a negatively charged glycosaminoglycan cleaved from the endothelial glycocalyx during cardiopulmonary... read more

 
 
Use of Hemoadsorption in Patients With Severe Intoxication Requiring ECMO

 

Use of Hemoadsorption in Patients With Severe Intoxication Requiring ECMO

Drugs intoxications often lead to severe vasoplegia and cardiogenic shock, and VA-ECMO represents a viable therapy option. However, as cardiopulmonary support is not contributing to the removal of the causal agent from the... read more

 
 
SARS–CoV–2 Spike Impairs DNA Damage Repair and Inhibits V(D)J Recombination In Vitro

 

SARS–CoV–2 Spike Impairs DNA Damage Repair and Inhibits V(D)J Recombination In Vitro

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS–CoV–2) has led to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19) pandemic, severely affecting public health and the global economy. Adaptive immunity plays a crucial role... read more

 
 
Vasopressin and Methylprednisolone vs Placebo on Return of Spontaneous Circulation in Patients With In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

 

Vasopressin and Methylprednisolone vs Placebo on Return of Spontaneous Circulation in Patients With In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Among patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest, administration of vasopressin and methylprednisolone, compared with placebo, significantly increased the likelihood of return of spontaneous circulation. However, there is uncertainty... read more

 
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LATEST CRITICAL CARE PODCASTS
 

Every week we scour the web to bring you the latest podcast episodes related to ICU and Critical Care Medicine.

Early Vs Delayed RRT in ICU
Intensive care physicians often face the conundrum of deciding when to consider renal replacement therapy (RRT) in acute kidney injury (AKI). RRT may be commenced for the early correction of metabolic complications and prevention of volume overload.

How panic and distress led one ICU nurse to leave
Whether you call it the Big Quit or the Great Resignation, the nationwide trend of people quitting their jobs has also hit health care. Nurses everywhere are quitting in record numbers.

Noninvasive Respiratory Support: Opinion- or Evidence-Based Medicine?
When should clinicians intubate preterm infants? The answer is not always straightforward, according to podcast guest Deepak Jain, MD, FAAP. He and host Pamela M. Peeke, MD, MPH, FACP, FACSM, discuss strategies that optimize noninvasive ventilation and when such strategies are appropriate.

How the pandemic narrowed the great divide between ICU and ward care
Covid has put incredible pressure on healthcare systems around the world. This has forced hospitals into overdrive, whereby staff have been redeployed and models of care have changed.

Intensive Care Society Podcast – Journey to Work: Episode 10
Julie speaks to Matt Morgan, a consultant in intensive care from Wales, about his reflections on being a doctor during the pandemic.

 
CRITICAL CARE UPCOMING EVENTS
 
26th Brazilian Congress of Intensive Care Medicine
Nov. 07, 2021 - Online

4th Annual New Jersey Neurovascular & Neurosciences Symposium
Nov. 18, 2021 - Online

COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium
Nov. 20, 2021 - Online

ICU Pandemic Preparedness
Dec. 02, 2021 - Online

Best of SCCM Congress
Dec. 18, 2021 - Taipei

ICICEM 2021
Dec. 20, 2021 - Online

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NEW CRITICAL CARE JOBS
 
Full-time Intensivist Opportunity
Sacramento, California
We are currently seeking an enthusiastic BC/BE Intensivist with a team player mentality and prior cardiac surgical experience. The Cardiac Intensivist Program at Mercy General Hospital (MGH), Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit (CSICU) will be an exciting role for an Intensivist with special interest in cardiovascular medicine.

BE/BC Critical Care Intensivist
Port Arthur, Texas
HNI Healthcare is seeking a BE/BC Critical Care Intensivist for The Medical Center of SE Texas, 90 miles from downtown Houston. - BE/BC IM/CC, ANES/CC, P/CC, Surg/CC Physician - 204-Bed, Level IV Trauma Facility - 24-Bed open ICU - Average PCC census: 14-16 patients - 7 On/ 7 off 7a-7p no nights, no on-call - eICU covers nights w/Nocturnist rounding - Leadership opportunity available - EMR- Cerner

Critical Care Intensivist
Richmond, Virginia
- Employed hospital position with a large integrated health system in Coastal Virginia - Level II regional medical center - Primary responsibilities include covering 18 bed closed medical ICU with some cross over for cardiac and neurosurgery patients in the surgical ICU - Supported by experienced APP's in the unit - Active teaching opportunities with FM and EM residents - EPIC EMR - Critical Care board certification required

Pulmonary Critical Care
Eastern Iowa
Highly respected multi-specialty group in Eastern Iowa seeking a BC/BE Pulmonary Critical Care physician to join their growing employed practice. Provide full spectrum of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine to both inpatient and outpatient population.

Cardiac Intensivist Nocturnist
Hollywood, Florida
Memorial Healthcare System is seeking a critical care physician, dedicated to night shifts, to join the critical care team. Successful candidates will have excellent clinical skills, a broad knowledge base in critical care, and be dedicated to providing high quality, evidence-based care.

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POPULAR CRITICAL CARE BOOKS
Mechanical Ventilators for Non-invasive Ventilation
Mechanical Ventilators for Non-invasive Ventilation
Perioperative Hemodynamic Monitoring and Goal Directed Therapy: From Theory to Practice
Perioperative Hemodynamic Monitoring and Goal Directed Therapy: From Theory to Practice
Uncommon Diseases in the ICU
Uncommon Diseases in the ICU
Something for the Pain: Compassion and Burnout in the ER
Something for the Pain: Compassion and Burnout in the ER
Operative Techniques and Recent Advances in Acute Care and Emergency Surgery
Operative Techniques and Recent Advances in Acute Care and Emergency Surgery
Atlas of Chest Imaging in COVID-19 Patients
Atlas of Chest Imaging in COVID-19 Patients
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