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Efficacy of High-Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen Therapy in Patients with AHRF

Efficacy of High-Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen Therapy in Patients with AHRF

This study suggests that high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) therapy in general respiratory wards may be a potential rescue therapy for patients with respiratory failure. Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) potentially monitors... read more

Tags: AHRF, HFNC, mechanical ventilation, oxygenation, study, tomography, treatment,


ICU Protocols: A Step-wise Approach, Vol II

ICU Protocols: A Step-wise Approach, Vol II

The second edition of this highly successful book includes up-to-date notes on the step-wise management of clinical emergencies encountered in everyday intensive care units (ICU). Each thoroughly revised chapter provides... read more

Tags: book, education, ICU, obstetrics, trauma, treatment,


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Genetic Causal Factors of ARDS

Genetic Causal Factors of ARDS

This comprehensive study highlights the importance of utilizing the MR-pheWAS framework in unraveling the complex etiology and pathogenesis of ARDS, and further underlines the value of integrating blood-based biomarkers into... read more

Tags: ARDS, bacteremia, biomarkers, COVID-19, sepsis, study,


Handbook of Critical and Intensive Care Medicine

Handbook of Critical and Intensive Care Medicine

The latest edition of this handbook is a concise yet comprehensive guide for attending physicians, fellows, residents, and students who cover the ICU. The chapters follow an outline format and are divided by organ system,... read more

Tags: book, education, ICU, trauma,


Intravenous Vitamin C for COVID-19 Patients

Intravenous Vitamin C for COVID-19 Patients

In hospitalized patients with COVID-19, vitamin C had low probability of improving the primary composite outcome of organ support–free days and hospital survival. Enrollment was terminated after statistical triggers for... read more

Tags: COVID-19, study, trial, vasopressors, ventilation, vitamin C,


Inflammatory Subphenotypes in Patients at Risk of ARDS

Inflammatory Subphenotypes in Patients at Risk of ARDS

We identified hyper- and non-hyperinflammatory subphenotypes in patients at risk of ARDS upon presentation to the emergency department. These subphenotypes remained identifiable over time and a hyperinflammatory subphenotype... read more

Tags: ARDS, biomarkers, inflammation, treatment, trial,


Pediatric Sepsis Phenotype with Persistent Hypoxemia, Encephalopathy, and Shock

Pediatric Sepsis Phenotype with Persistent Hypoxemia, Encephalopathy, and Shock

We derived and validated the persistent hypoxemia, encephalopathy, and shock phenotype, which is highly reproducible, clinically relevant, and associated with HTE to common adjuvant therapies in children with sepsis. We used... read more

Tags: encephalopathy, hypoxemia, pediatrics, phenotypes, sepsis, study,


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Scheduled Intravenous Opioids

Scheduled Intravenous Opioids

Maintaining comfort and analgesia is fundamental to providing adequate care in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Pain assessment and its control remain the highest priorities and concerns among survivors of critical illness... read more

Tags: analgesia, guidelines, ICU, mechanical ventilation, opioids, sedation,


Screening Tools for Sepsis Identification

Screening Tools for Sepsis Identification

The authors undertook a rapid review to determine the suitability of sepsis screening tools in the emergency setting with regard to sensitivity and specificity of sepsis diagnosis. The review recognized that there is currently... read more

Tags: infection, qSOFA, research, screening, sepsis, SIRS, SOFA,


Damage Control Resuscitation: Identification and Treatment of Life-Threatening Hemorrhage

Damage Control Resuscitation: Identification and Treatment of Life-Threatening Hemorrhage

This book provides a comprehensive overview of damage control resuscitation (DCR), an evidence-based approach to the resuscitation of patients with severe life-threatening hemorrhage (LTH). It focuses on both civilian and... read more

Tags: book, hemorrhage, hypotension, resuscitation, trauma,


Uncovering Heterogeneity in Sepsis

Uncovering Heterogeneity in Sepsis

Among critically ill patients with sepsis, subtype strategies using clinical, biomarker, and transcriptomic data do not identify comparable patient populations and are likely to reflect disparate clinical characteristics... read more

Tags: ARDS, biomarkers, coagulation, inflammation, sepsis, study,


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Handbook of Evidence-Based Critical Care

Handbook of Evidence-Based Critical Care

This updated and revised edition of the classic bedside pocket reference remains the gold standard in critical care medicine. The new edition maintains Dr. Marik’s trademark humor and engaging writing style, while adding... read more

Tags: book, education, ICU, reference, sedation, sepsis, treatment,


Oxygenation Improvement in Hyperinflammatory Ovine ARDS Treated with Methylprednisolone

Oxygenation Improvement in Hyperinflammatory Ovine ARDS Treated with Methylprednisolone

Early and persistent improvement in oxygenation was seen only in hyperinflammatory ovine ARDS treated with methylprednisolone, while hemodynamic situation and survival was improved in both injury models and corticosteroid... read more

Tags: ARDS, diagnosis, inflammation, oxygenation, study, treatment,


Platelets and Fibrinogen Matter When Bleeding on ECMO

Platelets and Fibrinogen Matter When Bleeding on ECMO

Fibrinolysis is poorly investigated in ECMO patients, partly due to a lack of routine laboratory tests evaluating fibrinolysis. Hence, hyperfibrinolysis may be a contributor to bleeding risk during ECMO treatment. However,... read more

Tags: bleeding, coagulation, ECMO, hyperfibrinolysis, thrombosis,


LATEST CRITICAL CARE PODCASTS

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

A case of antidepressant discontinuation syndrome in the ICU and how it was handled
In this episode, I’ll discuss a case of antidepressant discontinuation syndrome in the ICU. Listen to podcast

Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI)
In this episode, we will discuss Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI). My guest is Dr. Naomi O'Grady, a critical care and infectious disease physician at the National Institutes of Health. Her research focuses on strategies to reduce the incidence of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens in the ICU and catheter-related bloodstream infections. Listen to podcast

Three Recent Studies About Haloperidol and ICU Delirium
In this episode, I’ll discuss haloperidol for ICU delirium. Listen to podcast

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CRITICAL CARE UPCOMING EVENTS

Topics in Emergency Medicine
Nov. 13, 2023 - Kona, Hawaii

This course is designed for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, and all other medical care providers who must maintain state-of-the-art knowledge of the emergency medicine specialty or are impacted by it.



Current Concepts in Extracorporeal Life Support: Medical Management and High-Fidelity Cannulation Simulations
Nov. 29, 2023 - Jacksonville, FL

This course provides the necessary framework for management of a patient requiring ECLS through the use of practical case-based scenarios, high-fidelity hands-on simulations, and discussion of current hot topics.



EKG Interpretation Seminar
Dec. 04, 2023 - Las Vegas, Nevada

This course is designed for physicians, certified registered nurse anesthetists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, registered nurses and other medical care providers who must maintain state-of-the-art knowledge of the anesthesia specialty or are impacted by it.



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NEW CRITICAL CARE JOBS

Critical Care Intensivist
Madison, Wisconsin
SSM Health Dean Medical Group, a 500-physician multi-specialty group, is actively recruiting for a full-time (1.0 FTE), BE/BC Critical Care Intensivist. The practice is conveniently based on the campus of SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Madison.

Critical Care Intensivist MD/DO
Bridgeport, Connecticut
St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, CT, is seeking a full time Intensivist to join our growing academic critical care program. We are a 30 bed, closed, resource rich ICU with an energetic and passionate multidisciplinary critical care team.

Critical Care Intensivist
Cleveland, Ohio
The Anesthesiology Institute at the Cleveland Clinic is recruiting qualified intensivists with career interests in critical care medicine. We are a multidisciplinary intensivist group and are seeking BC/BE intensivists with training in Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine and subspecialties, Emergency Medicine, Neurology, and Surgery and subspecialties.

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Case Files Critical Care (LANGE Case Files)

Case Files Critical Care (LANGE Case Files)

Experience with clinical cases is key to mastering the art and science of medicine and ultimately to providing patients with competent clinical care. Case Files: Critical Care provides 42 true-to-life cases that illustrate...

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A Perspective on Post-Cardiac Arrest Syndrome

A Perspective on Post-Cardiac Arrest Syndrome

This book presents a valuable new perspective on Post-Cardiac Arrest Syndrome (PCAS), which was defined as system failure following whole-body ischemia-reperfusion injuries by the 2008 International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation....

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