Sepsis: The Hour-1 Bundle, the Future of Research, and More

Sepsis: The Hour-1 Bundle, the Future of Research, and More

Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, and Mitchell M. Levy, MD, MCCM discuss the Hour-1 Bundle, the controversies of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign, and the future of sepsis. Drs. Parker and Levy go beyond the bundle to talk about... read more

Risk for Mortality in Critically Ill Children Needing RRT

Risk for Mortality in Critically Ill Children Needing RRT

Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Danny Hames, MD, on his article titled "Risk Factors for Mortality in Critically Ill Children Requiring Renal Replacement Therapy" published in the November 2019 issue of Pediatric... read more

Cardiogenic Shock – The Next Level & Mechanical Circulatory Support

Cardiogenic Shock – The Next Level & Mechanical Circulatory Support

We could center this discussion about the SCAI paper that came out (attached). A nice collaborative expert panel piece outlining a CS pyramid used quickly at the bedside in the ED, ICU, Cath Lab, etc to help us identify these... read more

Hyperoxia in the Critically Ill

Hyperoxia in the Critically Ill

Critically ill patients come to the ED all the time and it is almost reflexive to liberally administer oxygen in these acutely ill patients. Many providers may consider supplemental oxygen a harmless and potentially beneficial... read more

Post-ICU Clinics and Peer Support Groups to Reduce PICS

Post-ICU Clinics and Peer Support Groups to Reduce PICS

Kyle B. Enfield, MD, and Kimberley J. Haines, PhD, BHSc, discuss implementing post-ICU clinics and peer support groups following critical illness to help reduce the burden of post-intensive care syndrome (PICS). Dr. Haines... read more

Podcast Use and Preferred Content Among Residents

Podcast Use and Preferred Content Among Residents

This study is the first to report podcast content needs and preferred formats among specialty trainees. Anesthesia residents appear to have well defined podcast content preferences. In addition, senior and junior anesthesia... read more

Telehealth and Patient Outcomes

Telehealth and Patient Outcomes

Ranjit Deshpande, MD, and Donna Lee Armaignac, PhD, APRN, CCNS, CCRN, discuss maximizing positive patient care outcomes through telemedicine. Dr. Armaignac presented on this topic at the Society's 48th Critical Care Congress.... read more

Sepsis Sub-phenotypes by Temperature Trajectories

Sepsis Sub-phenotypes by Temperature Trajectories

In this "Breathe Easy Critical Perspective" podcast, Dr. Dominique Pepper interviews Dr. Siva Bhavani. They discuss sepsis sub-phenotypes by temperature trajectories. Dr. Bhavani is a senior fellow in Pulmonary and Critical... read more

Hypernatremia & Dehydration in the ICU

Hypernatremia & Dehydration in the ICU

Hypernatremia is very common in the ICU. It often develops during ICU admission due to inadequate free water administration. Hypernatremia is not benign, it causes profound thirst, particularly among intubated patients, this... read more

Serotonin Syndrome

Serotonin Syndrome

Serotonin syndromes comes up a lot in critical care medicine. Sometimes we are admitting patients because of a primary diagnosis of serotonin syndrome. Other times we are afraid of causing serotonin syndrome ourselves, due... read more

From In Shock to True Connection with Our Patients

From In Shock to True Connection with Our Patients

If you work in healthcare and haven't read the book "In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope" I really hope you will. In the meantime listen to intensivist and best-selling author Dr Rana... read more

Anticoagulant Reversal

Anticoagulant Reversal

Ranjit Deshpande, MD, and Mark D. Cipolle, MD, PhD, FCCM, discuss Dr. Cipolle's talk from the 48th Critical Care Congress on what's new in anticoagulant reversal. Tune in to hear about the hottest topics and current research.... read more

Moving On as an ICU Family After the Death of a Respected Leader

Moving On as an ICU Family After the Death of a Respected Leader

Paul Young is an intensive care specialist at Wellington Hospital in New Zealand where he is the co-clinical leader at Wellington ICU. He is also medical director of Wakefield Hospital ICU, Deputy Director at the Medical... read more

Running an RCT – A Conversation With the Investigators of the REGAIN Trial

Running an RCT – A Conversation With the Investigators of the REGAIN Trial

It is easy for armchair activists to bash randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with clever methodological critiques. However, it takes a lot of effort and coordination to pull off an RCT successfully. In this episode of Radiology... read more