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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.

Critical Care Societies Collaborative: Addressing Burnout in ICU Clinicians

Members of the Critical Care Societies Collaborative discuss findings from a national summit held on burnout and identify strategies for addressing the condition. They presented during the 47th Critical Care Congress and share an in-depth debrief after the session.

THRIVE: Reaching out to Patients and Families After the ICU

Leaders from the Society of Critical Care Medicine attend the Society's Save a Life Public Health Fair to help educate patients and families about life after the intensive care unit.

SCCM President: An Interview with Dr. Zimmerman

The Society of Critical Care Medicine’s 2018 President discusses his background and his passion for Less is More during the 47th Critical Care Congress.

Pediatric ICU Liberation: Collaborative Members Share Their Success

ICU Liberation leaders Matthew Aldrich, MD and John Lin talk with Pediatric ICU Liberation Collaborative participants Yu Kawa and Grace Arteaga. Both submitted abstracts to the 47th Critical Care Congress highlighting their success with the ICU Liberation initiative and implementation of the ABCDEF Bundle.

How to Prepare for Certification and Recertification

This is a presentation from the 2016 Adult Multprofessional Critical Care Review Course on How to Prepare for Certification and Recertification

Complications of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Case Vignettes

This is a presentation from the 2016 Adult Multprofessional Critical Care Review Course on Stem Cell Transplantation

Mechanical Ventilation I: Nomenclature and Physiology

This is a presentation from the 2016 Adult Multprofessional Critical Care Review Course on Mechanical Ventilation

Mechanical Ventilation II: Ventilator Options

This is a presentation from the 2016 Multiprofessional Critical Care Review Course: Adult (MCCRC) on Mechanical Ventilation

Post-ICU Syndrome: Truth About Consequences, Right Care Right Now... and Later

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 45th Critical Care Congress on post-intensive care syndrome (PICS).

Addressing Burnout: A Success Story from Mayo Clinic

"Addressing Burnout: A Success Story from Mayo Clinic" was published in the February/March 2018 issue of Critical Connections.

SCCM Pod-368 Achieving Fluid Balance

Kyle Enfield, MD, speaks with Colin K. Grissom, MD, FCCM, and Matthew W. Semler, MD, about fluid management in the critically ill. Dr. Grissom presented his talk, entitled “Achieving Fluid Balance,” at the 47th Critical Care Congress in San Antonio, Texas.

Early Interventions in Sepsis Management: Where are we after EGDT, ProCESS, ARISE and ProMISe?

The Vasopressor Toolbox for Defending Blood Pressure

"The Vasopressor Toolbox for Defending Blood Pressure" was published in the April/May 2017 issue of Critical Connections.

Critical Care and Emergency Care Research Networks

Critical Care Issues in Hepatic Failure

Drug-Induced Gastrointestinal Disease

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 44th Critical Care Congress on Drug-Induced Gastrointestinal Disease.

Staphylococcus Infections in the ICU

This is a complimentary chapter from the textbook: Current Concepts in Adult Critical Care, 2018 Edition

2015 Year in Review: Neuroscience

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 44th Critical Care Congress on the recent literature.