International Critical Care Trials Networks: Completed and Ongoing Trials

The Society of Critical Care Medicine's Critical Care Congress features internationally renowned faculty and content sessions highlighting the most up-to-date, evidence-based developments in critical care medicine. This is a presentation from the Society of Critical Care Medic...

SCCM Pod-400 Are AKI Biomarkers Ready for Clinical Use?

Kyle B. Enfield, MD, FCCM, and Azra Bihorac, MD, MS, FCCM, discuss best practices and complexities of implementing biomarkers for kidney stress and acute kidney injury (AKI) and what the future holds for AKI biomarker literature.

SCCM Pod-397 Renal Recovery After Critical Illness

Ludwig H. Lin, MD, and John A. Kellum, MD, MCCM, review factors associated with renal recovery, therapies and techniques used to enhance recovery, and long-term consequences of nonrecovery in critical illness.

SCCM Pod-383 Anticoagulant Reversal

Ranjit Deshpande, MD, and Mark D. Cipolle, MD, PhD, FCCM, discuss Dr. Cipolle's talk from the 48th Critical Care Congress on what's new in anticoagulant reversal. Tune in to hear about the hottest topics and current research.

SCCM Pod-378 Procalcitonin Guidance during Antibiotics Management

Ranjit Deshpande, MD, and Simon W. Lam, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCM, discuss procalcitonin guidance during different phases of antibiotics management in patients admitted to intensive care units.

SCCM Pod-374 Angiotensin II Treatment in Patients with Vasodilatory Shock and Renal Replacement Therapy

Todd Fraser, MD, speaks with Rinaldo Bellomo, MD, MBBS, FRACP, FCICM, FAAHMS, about the article "Outcomes in Patients with Vasodilatory Shock and Renal Replacement Therapy Treated with Intravenous Angiotensin II" (Tumlin JA, et al. Crit Care Med. 2018;46:949-957).

Big Data Is a Big Deal

This article was originally published in the November 2019 issue of Critical Connections . Two experts in the field share their perspective ahead of their presentations at the 49th Critical Care Congress.

Five Ways to Find Research Opportunities Outside Academia

"Five Ways to Find Research Opportunities Outside Academia" was published in the June/July 2018 issue of  Critical Connections . Research is vital to advancements in care and improving human health outcomes in all settings, including critical care.

Research Support for Early Career Investigators

"Research Support for Early Career Investigators" was published in the June/July 2018 issue of  Critical Connections . Early career is never an easy time—there are multiple ongoing challenges, a new work environment, new colleagues, and probably a new electronic medical reco...

Using Multiple Imputation to Avoid Bias From Missing Data in Critical Care Research

"Using Multiple Imputation to Avoid Bias From Missing Data in Critical Care Research" was published in the June/July 2018 issue of  Critical Connections . Missing data is a common, yet often overlooked, source of bias in critical care studies. 1,2 The key concern with missin...

Waiver of Informed Consent in Emergency Situations

"Waiver of Informed Consent in Emergency Situations" was published in the June/July 2018 issue of  Critical Connections . Obtaining informed consent for participation in research reinforces the ethical principle of autonomy by providing the opportunity for individuals to mak...

Advancing Research for Effective Alerts to Avoid Alert Fatigue

"Advancing Research for Effective Alerts to Avoid Alert Fatigue" was published in the June/July 2018 issue of  Critical Connections . Quality improvement efforts often focus on fixing problems with the aid of technology, including clinical decision support (CDS); unfortunate...

In-Training Research Grant Winner

Jessica Wallisch, MD, discusses her In-Training Research Grant Award during the 47th Critical Care Congress. She received the award for her abstract, "Aquaporin-4 Inhibitor AER-271 Blocks Edema and Improves Outcomes in Pediatric Rat Cardiac Arrest.” 

Chat with the Editor: ICU Risk Scores Perform Well as 'Continuous Markers' of Illness Severity

Critical Care Medicine Editor-in-Chief Tim Buchman, MD, PhD, MCCM, talks with the author of a late breaking article released during the 47th Critical Care Congress.

SCCM Pod-74 PCCM: The Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network

Douglas Willson, MD, discusses an article he published in the July 2006 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, "The Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network."

SCCM Pod-98 Congress Preview: Angus Discusses Critical Care Research

Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, FCCM, the recipient of the American College of Critical Care Medicine's (ACCM) Distinguished Investigator Award, discusses the state of critical care research as well as his unique background.

SCCM Pod-179 CCM: Critical Care Research: Its Funding and Future

Jeffrey Guy, MD, MSc, MMHC, speaks with Clifford S. Deutschman, MD, FCCM, and Craig M. Coopersmith, MD, FCCM, who each served as lead authors in two Critical Care Medicine papers related to critical care research.