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Hyperbaric Oxygen for the ICU Patient

Life in the Fastlane

Caleb Lin Hyperbaric Oxygen for the ICU Patient OVERVIEW INTENSIVE CARE INDICATIONS PRACTICAL ISSUES IN CRITICAL CARE Consideration & Prior to Treatment In the Chamber A: ETT cuff to be filled with sterile water or connected to dynamic cuff inflator B: Titrate ventilation to PaCO2, note that EtCO2 is not linearly proportionate at higher pressures (..)

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Introduction to an ICU rotation

Life in the Fastlane

James Pearlman Introduction to an ICU rotation Introduction to an ICU rotation. This page is intended as an introduction to ICU core topics why the author enjoys Intensive Care Medicine

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Episode 47: ICU triage with Eddy Gutierrez

Critical Care Scenarios

Discussing ICU triage, risk stratification, and patient disposition with intensivist Eddy Joe Gutierrez (@eddyjoemd) of the Saving Lives Podcast. Takeaway lessons * When a patient has borderline indications for requiring the ICU, generally, in the real world, they should go to the ICU. When a sending provider (e.g.

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PulmCrit Blogitorial – New IDSA/SCCM guidelines on fever evaluation in ICU

EMCrit Project

Today we'll walk through some interesting bits of the new IDSA/SCCM guideline on evaluation of new fever in the adult ICU patient (available free here). More guidelines! how should temperature be evaluated? This is frankly a mess. Bladder catheter or esophageal probe are best, but usually not used.

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Lightning rounds #10: Physical examination in the ICU

Critical Care Scenarios

Bryan and Brandon talk about the physical exam: how we apply it in the ICU, its utility and changing role in the setting of modern diagnostic modalities, and its best and most practical use-cases. References McNamara LC, Kanjee Z. Counterpoint: Routine Daily Physical Exams Add Value for the Hospitalist and Patient. J Hosp Med. J Hosp Med.

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AID-ICU

The Bottom Line

In patients in the ICU with delirium, does haloperidol compared with placebo, increase the number of days alive and out of the hospital at 90 days?

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SGEM#368: Just A Normal Saline Day in the ICU – The PLUS Study

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

He is board certified […] The post SGEM#368: Just A Normal Saline Day in the ICU – The PLUS Study first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Exclusions: Patients with specific ICU fluid requirements, those who received disqualifying fluid prior to enrollment (> 500 mL in the ICU),

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