SCCM Pod-431 Hypertonic Saline in Children with Raised Intracranial Pressure

Mannitol is a commonly used osmotherapy agent in raised intracranial pressure (ICP) but the side effects are significant. An alternative therapy, hypertonic saline, has shown varied results.

Seeking Out Authenticity in the Face of Uncertainty

This article was first published in the Fall 2020 issue of Critical Connections. An infant with complex cyanotic congenital heart disease (CHD) underwent initial palliative surgical repair complicated by prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and stroke.

Optimization of Pharmacy Services When Time Is of the Essence

This article was first published in the Fall 2020 issue of Critical Connections. Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) has been in use for approximately 25 years.

Neuromuscular Blocking Agents in the ICU: Shortages, Pitfalls, and Strategies Moving Forward

This article was first published in the Fall 2020 issue of Critical Connections. The most common uses for neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) in the intensive care unit (ICU) are in the treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), status asthmaticus, rapid sequence intubation (RSI), and therapeutic hyperthermia.¹

Neurosciences and the Pandemic

This article was first published in the Fall 2020 issue of Critical Connections. We have much to elucidate on the neurologic manifestations associated with COVID-19.

How to Implement an Early ICU Mobility Program

This article was first published in the Fall 2020 issue of Critical Connections. Early mobility has been a proposed treatment for mechanically ventilated patients since the 1970s.¹

Surgery and Critical Care Coding

This article was first published in the Fall 2020 issue of Critical Connections. When a patient ends up in the ICU, the line between surgery and critical care is difficult to find.

Exploring the Knowns and Unknowns of MIS-C

This article was first published in the Fall 2020 issue of Critical Connections. It is a pattern that has been repeated in COVID-19 hot spots nationwide. Several weeks after the surge, emergency departments and intensive care units (ICUs) start seeing children, typically with fever and gastrointestinal issues.

How the Pandemic Impacted Evidence-Based Medicine

This article was first published in the Fall 2020 issue of Critical Connections. The scope of the COVID-19 pandemic is beyond anything most could imagine. The impact on healthcare institutions and clinicians is still being defined, but in the heat of the initial wave, there was a feeling that the plane was being constructed while flying.

SCCM Pod-430 Optimal Bundle of Management for Cardiac Arrest

Sudden cardiac arrest remains a leading cause of premature death worldwide and survival with favorable neurologic function is less than 10%. Review a practical, attainable roadmap for enhancing the likelihood of neurologically intact survival in this podcast.

PADIS Guidelines Teaching Slides: Pain

These teaching slides address implementing the 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU, known as the PADIS Guidelines. This presentation addresses implementing the portion of the guidelines related to pain.

PADIS Guidelines Teaching Slides: Sedation

These teaching slides address implementing the 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU, known as the PADIS Guidelines. This presentation addresses implementing the portion of the guidelines related to sedation.

PADIS Guidelines Teaching Slides: Delirium

These teaching slides address implementing the 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU, known as the PADIS Guidelines. This presentation addresses implementing the portion of the guidelines related to delirium.

PADIS Guidelines Teaching Slides: Sleep

These teaching slides address implementing the 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU, known as the PADIS Guidelines. This presentation addresses implementing the portion of the guidelines related to sleep.

PADIS Guidelines Teaching Slides: Immobility

These teaching slides address implementing the 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU, known as the PADIS Guidelines. This presentation addresses implementing the portion of the guidelines related to immobility.

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. 

SCCM Pod-VCCR7 The Basics of Veno-Arterial and Veno-Venous ECMO and the Indications of ECMO Therapy

Sean P. Kane, PharmD, BCPS, speaks with Elliott Cohen, MD about extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). In the episode, the basics of Veno-Arterial (VA) and Veno-Venous (VV) ECMO are outlined and the indications of ECMO therapy are discussed.

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).

The Difficult Task of Treating Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

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 multidrug-resistant acinetobacter baumannii