Sepsis, ID, Covid

Are usual vasopressor doses causing unrecognized harm?

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

Dec 3 •

Can bacteremic patients be treated for 7 days rather than 14?

BALANCE trial and three smaller RCTs provide guidance

Nov 25 •

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 •

Albumin as resuscitation fluid for septic shock: Review

ABC-SEPSIS trial adds to aging body of evidence

Oct 14 •

Does midodrine help patients wean off vasopressors?

Checking the evidence for the increasingly common practice

Oct 7 •

Wegovy reduced deaths from Covid-19?

SELECT trial post hoc reveals surprising knock-on benefit from semaglutide

Aug 30 •

ABIM revokes Dr. Pierre Kory's and Dr. Paul Marik's board certifications

"Medical freedom" vs "misinformation" debate results in formal action

Aug 25 •

Awake proning prevented intubation and death from Covid-19 pneumonia*

Aug 11 •

Oversedation practices fueled by Covid continue post-pandemic

... at one renowned center (and yours too?)

Aug 5 •

Pip-tazo causes mortality over cefepime, researchers loudly claim

What conclusions does this widely shared paper actually support?

Jul 15 •

Using Procalcitonin in the ICU

Is there a "right" way? No, but there are wrong ways

Jul 14 •

Steroids for severe pulmonary infections: Review

JAMA review supports the new paradigm of steroids-for-most in the ICU

Jun 29 •

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