Many critically ill patients are acidotic. Often, bicarbonate is administered to severely acidotic patients, but does it really improve outcomes? The BICAR-ICU was just published in the NEJM and evaluated the use of bicarbonate in patients with severe metabolic acidosis. In this podcast, we go over the results and discuss the use of bicarbonate in critically ill patients.
It’s time for our annual literature update of the best and most discussed articles from 2016! Simply a great discussion on important topics such as ICH, cardiac arrest, mechanical ventilation, RSI, and sepsis. Download Companion HandoutDownload You can get CME credit for this episode here! Click here for CME Account Creation Instructions ...
More than 200,000 patients per year undergo coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Up to 20 percent of these patients will require readmission within 30-days. Many of these patients present to our EDs with numerous complications that we must be able to recognize and treat. In this podcast, John leads an outstanding discussion on the 3 most common complications and reasons these patients present to the ED. Download Companion HandoutDownload You can get CME credit for this episode hereClick here for CME Account Creation Instructions ...
Up to 25% of critically ill patients who undergo RSI and endotracheal intubation (ETI) may suffer cardiovascular collapse.? Many clinicians administer IVFs during RSI and ETI in hopes of preventing cardiovascular collapse, though this has never been studied…until now.? In this podcast we discuss the results of the recently published PrePARE Trial, as well as provide some thoughts on maximizing a patient’s physiology before performing ETI. Download Companion HandoutDownload You can get CME credit for this episode here!Click here for CME Account Creation Instructions ...
