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Literature reviews and articles from thought leaders and experts offer the latest insights into critical care issues and updates on SCCM activities.

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Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Cardiac Arrest

Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Cardiac Arrest

Does extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (eCPR) improve survival rates? This Concise Critical Appraisal reviews a study that sought to determine whether patients who received eCPR after...

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Knowledge Area: Cardiovascular Resuscitation
Fundamentals Courses Help Critically Ill Patients in Underserved Areas

Fundamentals Courses Help Critically Ill Patients in Underserved Areas

Thanks to the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Edwards Lifesciences Foundation, Gisselle Aguilar Sabillón, MD, recently led two Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support courses in San...

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My First Congress: What to Know

My First Congress: What to Know

Attending your first Critical Care Congress? Read on for some tips and tricks on navigating the meeting without becoming overwhelmed.

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World-Renowned Experts at the 2024 Critical Care Congress

World-Renowned Experts at the 2024 Critical Care Congress

SCCM is thrilled to bring world-renowned thought leaders to the 2024 Critical Care Congress to discuss innovative developments and hot topics in critical care. Read the thought leaders’ own...

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SCCM Members Extend Commitment to Ukrainian Clinicians

SCCM Members Extend Commitment to Ukrainian Clinicians

A multiprofessional group of SCCM members trained more than 300 clinicians in September, returning to Lviv, Ukraine to provide Fundamental Critical Care Support: Surgical, ICU Liberation, and...

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Knowledge Area: Crisis Management Procedures
Critically Ill Children and the ICU Liberation Bundle

Critically Ill Children and the ICU Liberation Bundle

Does use of the ICU Liberation Bundle (A-F) improve outcomes in critically ill children? Explore the first multicenter report on the impact of the entire ICU Liberation Bundle in critically ill...

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SCCM Success at AMA House of Delegates Meetings

SCCM Success at AMA House of Delegates Meetings

Society of Critical Care Medicine representatives to the American Medical Association House of Delegates provide an update on recent advocacy.

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REDISCOVER-ICU: Utilizing Data to Study Drug Repurposing Beyond COVID-19

REDISCOVER-ICU: Utilizing Data to Study Drug Repurposing Beyond COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed significant gaps in the healthcare system, such as healthcare inequities and the need for more treatment options for intensive care unit patients with serious...

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Knowledge Area: Pharmacology Research
The Impact of Blood Culture Positivity on Community-Acquired Sepsis

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The Impact of Blood Culture Positivity on Community-Acquired Sepsis

This Concise Critical Appraisal delves into the impact of blood culture positivity on community-acquired sepsis and evaluates the epidemiology, resistance profiles, and clinical outcomes of culture...

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Knowledge Area: Sepsis
President’s Message: Research Triggers Thought . . . and Action!

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President’s Message: Research Triggers Thought . . . and Action!

SCCM is supporting transformative and informative research, encouraging thought and action through its grants, programs, sections, collaborative audits, and research networks.

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Knowledge Area: Research
Push-Dose Vasopressor Safety and Efficacy

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Push-Dose Vasopressor Safety and Efficacy

Are push-dose vasopressors (PDPs) safe and effective for patients with hypotension outside the operating room? This Concise Critical Appraisal covers a recent study that sought to determine whether...

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Knowledge Area: Cardiovascular Pharmacology
SCCM Diagnostic Excellence Program Seeks to Transform Sepsis Care With Support of CMSS Grant

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SCCM Diagnostic Excellence Program Seeks to Transform Sepsis Care With Support of CMSS Grant

Sepsis is the leading cause of hospitalization and hospital deaths in the United States. SCCM has received a grant from the Council of Medical Specialty Societies to improve diagnostic excellence...

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Big Data Leads to the Discovery Data Science Campaign

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Big Data Leads to the Discovery Data Science Campaign

The Discovery Data Science Campaign was launched in 2022 to improve the care of critically ill patients by leveraging the use of large-scale data (big data) for research. The campaign’s goal...

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Concise Critical Appraisal: Prehospital Transfusions and Mortality in Pediatric Trauma

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Concise Critical Appraisal: Prehospital Transfusions and Mortality in Pediatric Trauma

Is prehospital transfusion associated with better outcomes in pediatric trauma? This Concise Critical Appraisal reviews a retrospective study of children who sustained trauma that found that...

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RSV Vaccination in Adults May Curtail Morbidity and Mortality

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RSV Vaccination in Adults May Curtail Morbidity and Mortality

This Concise Critical Appraisal delves into the impact of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and explores a recent trial that led to U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of the first RSV...

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Knowledge Area: Pulmonary
Critical Care Congress Site Selection

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Critical Care Congress Site Selection

SCCM President Vinay M. Nadkarni, MD, MS, FCCM, provides an overview on how the Society is prioritizing and rethinking ease, comfort, and cost of access to the Critical Care Congress when...

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Concise Critical Appraisal: Hydrocortisone and Fludrocortisone Versus Hydrocortisone Only

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Concise Critical Appraisal: Hydrocortisone and Fludrocortisone Versus Hydrocortisone Only

Is hydrocortisone for septic shock best used alone or in combination with fludrocortisone? This Concise Critical Appraisal explores a retrospective cohort study that found that treatment with...

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Knowledge Area: Pharmacology Sepsis
SCCM Trains Ukrainian Clinicians on Critical Care Ultrasound

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SCCM Trains Ukrainian Clinicians on Critical Care Ultrasound

Members of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) traveled from the United States to Lviv, Ukraine in March to train more than 140 clinicians on lifesaving critical care ultrasound. Learning...

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Remembering Norma Shoemaker: A Nurse Pioneer and SCCM’s First Executive Director

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Remembering Norma Shoemaker: A Nurse Pioneer and SCCM’s First Executive Director

Norma J. Shoemaker, RN, MN, FCCM, one of the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s (SCCM) earliest nurse members and its first executive director, died March 8, 2023. She was 90.

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Trip to West Africa Kicks Off SCCM AIRS Project

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Trip to West Africa Kicks Off SCCM AIRS Project

Oxygen is essential for human life and has no substitute. Its importance was highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic by the many patients who had difficulty breathing. Medical oxygen is used in...

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