Sitemap - 2017 - PulmCCM
ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: Visualizing Heart-Lung Interaction
FDA Approves Angiotensin-II for Septic Shock
FDA approves low-dose rivaroxaban for long-term PE/DVT prevention
FDA: No excess risk of asthma death from LABA/ICS inhalers; warnings removed
Esmolol in Sepsis: Microcirculatory Savior or Autoregulation Annihilator?
Sedation interruptions were even more helpful in surgical patients
Real-world bleeding risks of new anticoagulants similar to warfarin (or lower)
Meropenem-vaborbactam (Vabomere), a new combination antibiotic + inhibitor, now available
FDA Approves First Nebulized LAMA for COPD
A Great Lecture on Applied Respiratory Physiology
Should patients watch videos of CPR before code status decisions?
Sepsis, Diastolic Dysfunction & Hypernatremia
Does anything improve cough from the common cold?
Oral steroids don't improve cough due to colds (but are prescribed anyway)
Should intensivists routinely perform bedside echos in suspected PE?
DIPSHIS in the ICU: An emerging phenomenon?
ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: Venous Excess & the Myth of Venous Return
FDA approves new phrenic nerve stimulator for central sleep apnea
Mepolizumab reduced exacerbations in COPD with eosinophilia, but missed target
Doctors aren't complying with the CMS sepsis quality measure
Home BiPAP reduced readmissions after COPD exacerbations
Empiric micafungin didn't save lives in ICU-acquired sepsis
Pain Control and Sedation in Mechanically Ventilated Patients: Review
ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: Fighter Pilots!
Don't give Kayexalate within 3 hours of other drugs, says FDA
Age of transfused red cells had no effect on mortality (TRANSFUSE)
In sepsis, aggressive fluid resuscitation was harmful in randomized trial
State-of-the-ART Trial: Do Recruitment Maneuvers & Higher PEEP Raise Mortality?
Use sepsis bundles, or you're breaking the (New York) law
FDA approves first three-in-one inhaler for COPD
ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: High Flow Oxygen Therapy
Angiotensin II, a new vasopressor for septic shock, coming soon (probably)
Tiotropium helped in early COPD in randomized trial
An Illustrated Guide to the Phases of ARDS: Implications for management
Procalcitonin Testing in Suspected Infection: Review
Scleroderma-related Interstitial Lung Disease: Diagnosis and Management
In ARDS, substandard ventilator care is the norm, not the exception
Contrast induced nephropathy: what's the true risk?
Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) Review
ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: IVC Collapse, Revisited – Part 2
ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: IVC Collapse, Revisited – Part 1
Intubation during CPR was associated with worse survival and brain health
FDA approves betrixapan for extended DVT/PE prophylaxis
Is hypothermia harmful after in-hospital cardiac arrest?
ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: The Mean Systemic Filling Pressure – Part 2
ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: The Mean Systemic Filling Pressure – Part 1
Tight blood sugar control did not help critically ill kids
FDA approves Spiriva (tiotropium) for kids age 6+ with asthma
Sepsis drives far more readmissions than we realized
Heparin prophylaxis no help after knee arthroscopy or leg casting (POT-KAST, POT-CAST)
Fleischner Society Guideline Update 2017: Management of Solid Pulmonary Nodules
Can early warning systems predict (and prevent) cardiac arrest?
ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: Weaning-Induced Cardiac Dysfunction & the Passive Leg Raise
Which position is safest for central line placement: subclavian, jugular, femoral? (3SITES)
600,000 albuterol (Ventolin) inhalers recalled
Response re: WSJ Story on EGDT and Sepsis
Free Online Hemodynamic Physiology Modules: an update & request
Meta-analysis confirms EGDT for sepsis is unhelpful and wasteful (PRISM)
Pre-hospital hypothermia hurt, not helped after cardiac arrest
USPSTF does not advise screening for obstructive sleep apnea
Could vitamin C save lives in sepsis? These hospitals aren't waiting for proof.
Fish oil in pregnancy prevented asthma in kids at age 5
ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: Heliox & Mechanical Power
One third of people with "asthma" may be overdiagnosed (and overtreated)
Should FDA mandate lower nicotine content in cigarettes?
New cryobiopsy for ILD could displace surgical lung biopsy
LABA safety studies for asthma saw no increased risk in Advair or Symbicort
Pulmonologist incomes down in 2016; self-employed make more
Therapeutic hypothermia? No benefit in cooling kids after in-hospital cardiac arrest (THAPCA)
Are ventilator-associated pneumonia rates plummeting, or unchanged?
The Normalization Fallacy: why much of "critical care" may be neither
Simple qSOFA score predicts sepsis as well as anything else
Oxygen saturation in critical illness: could low-normal be best?
A Primer on the Perils of Intravenous Fluids – Part 2
A Primer on the Perils of Intravenous Fluids – Part 1
Reslizumab (CINQAIR) worked as add-on treatment for severe asthma with eosinophilia
Early renal replacement therapy in critical illness did not improve outcomes (AKIKI)
CDC Releases Ventilator-Associated Events Criteria
Passive leg raise test: helpful maneuver, or ICU parlor trick?
Advanced Critical Care Simulation Conference: Feb 17-18 in Phoenix (Register)
2016 Surviving Sepsis Guidelines: A Review and Analysis
Azithromycin was no help in asthma exacerbations (AZALEA)
ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: Hidden Hemodynamics in Respiratory Mechanics