Category: Critical Care
Posted: 5/14/2013 by Mike Winters, MBA, MD
(Updated: 12/12/2024)
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Monitoring Hyperosmolar Therapy
Hinson HE, Stein D, Sheth KN. Hypertonic Saline and Mannitol in Critical Care Neurology. J Intensive Care Med 2013; 28:3-11.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 4/30/2013 by Mike Winters, MBA, MD
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Neuromuscular Blocking Agents in the Critically Ill
Greenberg SB, et al. The use of neuromuscular blocking agents in the ICU: Where are we know? Crit Care Med 2013; 41:1332-1344.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 4/16/2013 by Mike Winters, MBA, MD
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Massive Transfusion Pearls
Elmer J, et al. Massive transfusion in traumatic shock. J Emerg Med 2013; 44:829-838.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 4/2/2013 by Mike Winters, MBA, MD
(Updated: 12/12/2024)
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Hormonal Dysfunction in Neurologic Injury
Vespa PM. Hormonal dysfunction in neurocritical patients. Curr Opin Crit Care 2013; 19:107-12.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 3/19/2013 by Mike Winters, MBA, MD
(Updated: 12/12/2024)
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Extubating in the ED
McConville JF, Kress JP. Weaning patients from the ventilator. NEJM 2012; 367:2233-9.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 3/5/2013 by Mike Winters, MBA, MD
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Ventilator-associated Pneumonia
Kollef MH. Ventilator-associated complications, including infection-related complications. Crit Care Clin 2013; 29:33-50.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 2/19/2013 by Mike Winters, MBA, MD
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Managing Traumatic Hemorrhagic Shock
Bougle A, et al. Resuscitative strategies in traumatic hemorrhagic shock. Annals of Intensive Care 2013; 3.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 2/5/2013 by Mike Winters, MBA, MD
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Needle Decompression - Are we Teaching the Right Location?
Inaba K, et al. Optimal positioning for emergent needle thoracostomy: A cadaver-based study. J Trauma 2011; 71:1099-1103.
Inaba K, et al. Radiologic evaluation of alternative sites for needle decompression of tension pneumothorax. Arch Surg 2012; 147:813-8.
Martin M, et al. Does needle decompression provide adequate and effective decompression of tension pneumothorax? J Trauma 2012; 73:1412-1417.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 1/22/2013 by Mike Winters, MBA, MD
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Postintubation Hypotension
Heffner AC, Swords D, Kline JA, et al. The frequency and significance of postintubation hypotension during emergency airway management. J Crit Care 2012; 27:417e9-417e13.
Heffner AC, Swords D, Nussbaum ML, et al. Predictors of the complication of postintubation hypotension during emergency airway management. J Crit Care 2012; 27:587-593.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 1/8/2013 by Mike Winters, MBA, MD
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The Crashing Cardiac Transplant Patient
Chacko P, Philip S. Emergency department presentation of heart transplant recipients with acute heart failure. Heart Failure Clinics 2009; 5:129-143.
Costanzo MR, et al. The International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines for the care of heart transplant recipients. J Heart Lung Transplant 2010; 29:914.956.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 12/25/2012 by Mike Winters, MBA, MD
(Updated: 12/12/2024)
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VV-ECMO for Refractory Hypoxemia
Combes A, et al. What is the niche for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in severe acute respiratory distress syndrome? Curr Opin Crit Care 2012; 18:527-32.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 12/11/2012 by Mike Winters, MBA, MD
(Updated: 12/12/2024)
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Ultrasound-Guided Pericardiocentesis
L'Italien AJ. Critical cardiovascular skills and procedures in the emergency department. Emerg Med Clin N Am 2013; 31:151-206.
Tirado A, Wu T, Noble VE, et al. Ultrasound-guided procedures in the emergency department - Diagnostic and therapeutic asset. Emerg Med Clin N Am 2013; 31:117-149.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 11/27/2012 by Mike Winters, MBA, MD
(Updated: 12/12/2024)
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Managing Critically Ill Patients with AKI
Brienza N, et al. Protocoled resuscitation and the prevention of acute kidney injury. Curr Opin Crit Care 2012; 18:613-622.
Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Acute Kidney Injury Work Group. KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for Acute Kidney Injury. Kidney Int 2012; 2(S):1-138.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 11/13/2012 by Mike Winters, MBA, MD
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Burn Patients and Antibiotic Dosing
Jamal JA, et al. Improving antibiotic dosing in special situations in the ICU: burns, renal replacement therapy and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Curr Opin Crit Care 2012; 18:460-71.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 10/30/2012 by Mike Winters, MBA, MD
(Updated: 12/12/2024)
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Serotonin Toxicity in the Critically Ill
Bienvenu OJ, Neufeld KJ, Needham DM. Treatment of four psychiatric emergencies in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med 2012; 40:2662-2670.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 10/16/2012 by Mike Winters, MBA, MD
(Updated: 12/12/2024)
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Delirium in the Critically Ill
Bienvenu OJ, Neufeld KJ, Needham DM. Treatment of four psychiatric emergencies in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med 2012; 40:2662-2670.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 10/2/2012 by Mike Winters, MBA, MD
(Updated: 12/12/2024)
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Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP)
Kessler CS, et al. Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: A hematological emergency. J Emerg Med 2012; 43:538-44.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 9/18/2012 by Mike Winters, MBA, MD
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The Lung Transplant Patient in Your ED
Fuehner T, et al. The lung transplant patient in the ICU. Curr Opin Crit Care 2012; 18:472-8.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 9/4/2012 by Mike Winters, MBA, MD
(Updated: 12/12/2024)
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Right Heart Failure in the Critically Ill
Greyson CR. Right heart failure in the intensive care unit. Curr Opin Crit Care 2012; 18:424-31.
Category: Critical Care
Posted: 8/21/2012 by Mike Winters, MBA, MD
(Updated: 12/12/2024)
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AKI and Fluid Balance
Bellomo R, et al. An observational study fluid balance and patient outcomes in the Randomized Evaluation of Normal vs. Augmented Level of Replacement Therapy trial. Crit Care Med 2012; 40:1753-60.