ARDS, Respiratory Failure

The Real-World Boards: Question #24

SECURE THE AIRWAY.

Jan 16 • PulmCCM

Pulse oximeters did not overstate oxygenation in any ethnicity (EquiOx study)

The largest prospective study in critically ill adults yields surprising results

Jan 14 • PulmCCM

Can driving pressure-guided ventilation improve outcomes? (REVIEW)

Largest-ever DESIGNATION trial enrolls abdominal surgery patients (not ARDS)

Dec 29, 2025 • PulmCCM

The Year in Critical Care: Mechanical Ventilation and ARDS

Part 4 of the 2025 year-end roundup

Dec 26, 2025 • PulmCCM

Can new smart vents beat intensivists in the MICU? (ACTIVE trial)

A large RCT tests closed loop adaptive support ventilation in critical illness

Dec 22, 2025 • PulmCCM

The STAMINA trial was ironically named, it turns out

The STAMINA trial enrolled patients in Brazil with severe pneumonia and acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (aka ARDS), randomizing them to a dynamic…

Dec 21, 2025 • PulmCCM

The Real-World Boards: Question #23

A 42-year-old man with post-op respiratory failure and worsening fevers

Dec 19, 2025 • PulmCCM

Arterial lines for shock: harms exceed benefits (EVERDAC trial)

Does this remove yet another brick in the wall of critical care dogma?

Nov 3, 2025 • PulmCCM

The Latest in Critical Care: October 13, 2025

EVIDENCE trial post-cardiac arrest; Lateral positioning to prevent postop hypoxemia; European IV fluids guideline; antibiotic prophylaxis for variceal…

Oct 13, 2025 • PulmCCM

The Latest in Critical Care: October 6, 2025

Corticosteroids for critical illness; Tirofiban for stroke (ASSET IT); late tPA (HOPE trial); Does BIS monitoring help?; Adamgammadex for NMB reversal

Oct 6, 2025 • PulmCCM

The Latest in Critical Care: October 1, 2025

PROMIZING trial, Danger-Shock post hoc, How do you nudge?, Sotanercept benefits, Mortality risk calculators

Oct 1, 2025 • PulmCCM

The Latest in Critical Care: September 29, 2025

Continuous vs bolus vasopressors in surgery; Hypothermia for ischemic stroke; stem cells for ARDS; intensive BP control for ICH; more

Sep 29, 2025 • PulmCCM

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