Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: A Randomized Trial of Epinephrine in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (PARAMEDIC2 Trial)

1/21/2019 Sean M. Hickey, MD , Yanika Wolfe, MD , Meghan Gorski, DO

Is epinephrine a safe and effective treatment for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest? The PARAMEDIC2 trial offers evidence.

Endocrinology , Critical Care

Thyrotoxicosis: STEMI plus Acute Psychosis

12/15/2018 Andrew Connor, DO , Sarah E. Fabiano, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

A thyroid storm is an acute, life-threatening emergency that requires timely recognition and management. Left untreated, the mortality rate is 80-100%.

Critical Care

Fluid Responsiveness in a Hemodynamically Unstable Patient

12/15/2018 Jason Block, MD , David Mackenzie, MD, FACEP

Will my critically ill patient respond to this bolus?

Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Adjunctive Corticosteroid Treatment in Patients with Septic Shock (ADRENAL Trial)

12/1/2018 Susannah Empson, MD , Yanika Wolfe, MD , Meghan Gorski, DO

The ADRENAL trial was designed to test the hypothesis that hydrocortisone results in lower mortality than placebo among patients with septic shock. Find out what investigators discovered.

Critical Care , Ventilator Management

Doubling Down on Re-Expansion Pulmonary Edema: Treatment Approach and Ventilator Management

10/16/2018 Mark Ramzy, DO, EMT-P

The treatment of choice for a pneumothorax is a chest tube, and when the small pig-tail catheter doesn’t do the job, the answer is to replace it with a larger bore – right? Not so fast.

Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Hydrocortisone plus Fludrocortisone for Adults with Septic Shock (APROCCHSS)

9/10/2018 Sean M. Hickey, MD

Can the use of hydrocortisone plus fludrocortisone and/or drotrecogin alfa improve clinical outcomes in patients with septic shock?

Critical Care

Massive Hemoptysis

8/18/2018 Utsha Khatri, MD , Brian Weiss, MD

Consensus is lacking on specific thresholds to characterize massive hemoptysis because these numbers can be challenging to reliably obtain and fail to predict the severity of disease.

Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Balanced Crystalloids vs. Saline in Critically Ill Adults (the SMART Trial)

7/19/2018 Susannah Empson, MD

Could balanced crystalloids offer better outcomes than normal saline infusions? The SMART trial tracked mortality, new renal-replacement therapy, and persistent renal dysfunction among critically ill

Critical Care

Trapped Tap: Considerations When Performing ED Thoracentesis

6/11/2018 John Joseph, MD , Mary R. Haas, MD , Ivan Co, MD

There are no hard and fast rules for therapeutic thoracentesis in the ED setting but there are some accepted best practices.

Critical Care

The Use of the Angiocatheter in Central Line Insertion: The Advantage and the Technique

6/10/2018 Danielle T. Miller, MD

Two techniques are currently used for guidewire insertion during central venous catheterization: introducer needle and angiocatheter over an introducer needle. Is one technique better than the other?

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Critical Care Alert: A Randomized Trial of Epinephrine in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (PARAMEDIC2 Trial)

Thyrotoxicosis: STEMI plus Acute Psychosis

Fluid Responsiveness in a Hemodynamically Unstable Patient

Critical Care Alert: Adjunctive Corticosteroid Treatment in Patients with Septic Shock (ADRENAL Trial)

Doubling Down on Re-Expansion Pulmonary Edema: Treatment Approach and Ventilator Management

Critical Care Alert: Hydrocortisone plus Fludrocortisone for Adults with Septic Shock (APROCCHSS)

Massive Hemoptysis

Critical Care Alert: Balanced Crystalloids vs. Saline in Critically Ill Adults (the SMART Trial)

Trapped Tap: Considerations When Performing ED Thoracentesis

The Use of the Angiocatheter in Central Line Insertion: The Advantage and the Technique

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