Cardiac arrest, ECMO, Resuscitation

How can we tell if an unresponsive patient is "in there"?

Exploring the mysteries of "covert consciousness"

Apr 28 •

NEW GUIDELINE: Ultrasound should be used to manage almost all critically ill patients

If you're not using ultrasound, are you meeting the standard of care?

Mar 31 •

Balanced solutions: better than saline, but which balanced solution?

Vandy tests Normosol-R vs. Lactated Ringers

Feb 27 •

How long should CPR be performed after cardiac arrest in the hospital?

A series to help inform the final life-and-death decision

Feb 17 •

Is higher or lower oxygenation better in critical illness? Let's settle this (Review)

A set of highly unauthorized meta-analyses

Feb 3 •

New CPR guidelines: What changed?

Post-cardiac arrest oxygen and CO2 targets, seizure prophylaxis, more

Jan 20 •

Critical Care 2024 Year in Review (Part 2)

Danger-Shock, video vs. DL, PROPHY-VAP, ENRICH, MARVEL, C. auris, HOT COVID, more

Dec 18, 2024 •

Are usual vasopressor doses causing unrecognized harm?

Two meta-analyses suggest "permissive hypotension" might save lives in vasodilatory shock

Dec 3, 2024 •

More data on Impella complications emerge

Six months later, DanGer-Shock post hocs add detail on AKI and bleeding

Nov 11, 2024 •

Intraosseous vs intravenous access: which is better during resuscitation?

Two randomized trials shed light on expanding use of IOs by EMTs

Nov 7, 2024 •

ABC-SEPSIS trial for albumin in septic shock

Neither of two large randomized trials in the 2000s showed a benefit from albumin solutions as a resuscitation fluid for patients with septic shock.

Nov 1, 2024 •

Does preventing fevers after strokes protect the brain?

And what about fevers in post-cardiac arrest patients?

Oct 30, 2024 •

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