It Makes No Difference – Glucocorticoids for the Treatment of Septic Shock

It Makes No Difference – Glucocorticoids for the Treatment of Septic Shock

The administration of a continuous infusion of hydrocortisone to a general population of patients in septic shock on mechanical ventilation cannot be recommended at this time. The authors conclusion that glucocorticoids do... read more

Finding Out What Matters to Our Patients

Finding Out What Matters to Our Patients

Do you spend time finding out what the "why" is for your patient? Have you considered it’s not what is the matter with the patient but what matters to the patient? What the patient thinks their purpose is? Or at the very... read more

AIRWAYS-2

AIRWAYS-2

AIRWAYS-2 looks at the initial advanced airway management strategy for paramedics attending out of hospital cardiac arrests, essentially whether or not the aim should be to place a supraglottic airway device or an endotracheal... read more

ICU Survivorship

ICU Survivorship

Dr Kimberley Haines, Vice Chair of ANZICS Victorian Branch and ICU Physio at Western Health joins Dan and Jane to discuss survival following ICU admissions.Dr Kimberley discusses her journey to research, what happens to patients... read more

Achieving Fluid Balance

Kyle Enfield, MD, speaks with Colin K. Grissom, MD, FCCM, and Matthew W. Semler, MD, about fluid management in the critically ill. Dr. Grissom presented his talk, entitled "Achieving Fluid Balance," at the 47th Critical Care... read more

Variability in Antibiotic Use Across PICUs

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Thomas V. Brogan, MD, about the article "Variability in Antibiotic Use Across PICUs," published in the June 2018 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Brogan discusses study... read more

Help! I Need Somebody

Help! I Need Somebody

It's not so easy - how do you ask neurosurgery at 4 in the morning to see your patient with subdural hematoma? Or when you have a really sick patient that you don't know what to do with, or a difficult airway but you're the... read more

Medications and RRT: We Know How to Dose, Right?

Dr. Fraser, MD, speaks with Bruce A. Mueller, PharmD, FCCP, FASN, about his talk presented at the 47th Critical Care Congress in San Antonio, Texas, entitled "Artificial Kidney Meets Mechanical Lung: Comanaging the Patient... read more

Low Tidal Volume Ventilation in ARDS

Low Tidal Volume Ventilation in ARDS

In this "Breathe Easy Critical Perspective" podcast, Dr. Dominique Pepper interviews Dr. Allan Walkey. They discuss low tidal volume ventilation in ARDS. Dr. Walkey is the chair of the Early Career Professional Working Group... read more

The Role of Nutrition in Strong for Surgery

Host Paul Wischmeyer is joined by Thomas Varghese, MD, section head of General Thoracic Surgery at the University of Utah, to discuss the role of nutrition in the American College of Surgeons’ Strong for Surgery initiative.... read more

A Nightmare Airway with Rob Bryant

A Nightmare Airway with Rob Bryant

In terms of airway management, cricothyrotomy is one of the most advanced airway procedures an ED physician will perform. It is a last resort procedure when a patient is not able to be ventilated/oxygenated and/or intubated.... read more

Hemodynamic Support of Pediatric and Neonatal Septic Shock

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Joseph A. Carcillo, MD, about the article, "American College of Critical Care Medicine Clinical Practice Parameters for Hemodynamic Support of Pediatric and Neonatal Septic Shock," published... read more

The ABC’s of Palliative Care in the Emergency Department

The ABC’s of Palliative Care in the Emergency Department

Many of us have heard the saying that emergency medicine is the best 15 minutes of every other specialty. This, is in part, due to the wide breadth of disease and knowledge one must have to take care of patients. In emergency... read more

Passive Detection of Atrial Fibrillation Using a Commercially Available Smartwatch

Passive Detection of Atrial Fibrillation Using a Commercially Available Smartwatch

In this author interview, Gregory M. Marcus, MD, MAS discusses passive detection of Atrial Fibrillation using a commercially available smartwatch.... read more