Critical Care 2024 Year In Review (Part 1)
Guideline updates in cardiac arrest, ARDS, fever, pneumonia, septic shock kicked off the year
Guideline Update: Cardiac Arrest
“Therapeutic hypothermia” for post-cardiac arrest is officially over
Targeted temperature management post-cardiac arrest is optional, says AHA
AHA Updates its Cardiac Arrest Guidelines
In December 2023, the American Heart Association published a “focused update” to its landmark guidelines for the management of cardiac arrest. PulmCCM is not affiliated with the American Heart Association.
Guideline Update: ARDS, Septic Shock, Fever, Pneumonia
2023 ATS vs ESICM Guidelines for ARDS: How They Differ
Note: PulmCCM has no affiliation with ATS, ESICM, SCCM or any other professional society.
SCCM Guideline Update: Steroids for Community-Acquired Pneumonia, ARDS, Septic Shock
Steroids are good medicine in the ICU, U.S. critical care professional societies agree.
Fever in the ICU: Review of SCCM/IDSA Guideline Update
The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) issued an interim update to their 2008 recommendations for the management of fever in the ICU. PulmCCM is not affiliated with SCCM or IDSA.
Let Families Activate Rapid Response Teams, Says SCCM
The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) issued a new guideline on how hospitals and care teams should respond to emergencies outside the ICU or ED (i.e., on the medical and surgical wards). Read it here.
Hematology and Hemorrhage
Transfusion-associated lung injury (TRALI): Review
Transfusion-associated lung injury (TRALI) is a form of non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema and acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (PaO2/FiO2 <300) that develops during or soon after transfusion with blood products. It thus can also be thought of as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) precipitated by transfusion.
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