Critical Care Commentary
Critical Care Commentary
Should PEEP be titrated based on esophageal pressures?
Current standard of care for patients with ARDS includes a low tidal volume ventilation strategy, keeping plateau pressures below 30 cm H2O,...
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Changing clinical practice to maximize success of ICU airway management
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Not another burnout article
Stress and burnout are closely related, but they’re more like distant cousins.
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Risks of removing the default: Lung protective ventilation IS for everyone
The recently published Protective Ventilation in Patients Without ARDS (PReVENT) trial found no benefit to using LTVV in non-ARDS patients.
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Renal replacement therapy in the ICU: Vexed questions and team dynamics
There is paucity of randomized trials and standardized risk-stratification tools that can guide RRT in the ICU.
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The 1-hour sepsis bundle is serious—serious like a heart attack
The Society of Critical Care Medicine partnered with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement to apply performance improvement methodology to...
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ECMO for ARDS in the modern era
ECMO can provide respiratory or cardiorespiratory support for failing lungs, heart, or both.
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Balanced crystalloids vs saline for critically ill patients
Between resuscitation, maintenance, and medication carriers, nearly all ICU patients receive IVF .
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Diagnosis and Management of Critical Illness-Related Corticosteroid Insufficiency (CIRCI): Updated Guidelines 2017
The guidelines address sepsis/septic shock, ARDS, and major trauma.
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Life after angiotensin II
Hypotension is an often-underestimated adversary. Even brief periods of intraoperative mean arterial pressure (MAP) <65 mm Hg increase the odds...