Mastering Intensive Care: 91 – Peter Brindley

Mastering Intensive Care: 91 – Peter Brindley

Sep 3, 2024 My guest in this episode is Dr Peter Brindley, an intensivist in Edmonton, Canada. Peter is a tenured full Professor of Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology, and Medical Ethics, with over 150 peer-reviewed manuscripts, over 30 book chapters, and over 100 other articles, including regular opinion pieces for the British Medical Journal. He…

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Critical Care Evidence Updates – July 2024 – The Bottom Line

Critical Care Evidence Updates – July 2024 – The Bottom Line

Tweet Randomised Controlled Trials Cardiac index-guided therapy to maintain optimised postinduction cardiac index in high-risk patients having major open abdominal surgery: the multicentre randomised iPEGASUS trial  British Journal of Anaesthesia Dexmedetomidine for Reducing Mortality in Patients With Septic Shock A Randomized Controlled Trial (DecatSepsis)  Chest Effect of Bilateral Erector Spinae Plane Block versus Fentanyl Infusion…

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Emergency Evidence Updates – July 2024 – The Bottom Line

Emergency Evidence Updates – July 2024 – The Bottom Line

Tweet Randomised Controlled Trials Alfentanil versus fentanyl for emergency department rapid sequence induction with ketamine: A-FAKT, a pilot randomized trial  The American Journal of Emergency Medicine Assessing the human factors involved in chest compression with superimposed sustained inflation during neonatal and paediatric resuscitation: A randomized crossover study  Resuscitation Plus Inflammatory response after prehospital high-dose glucocorticoid…

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The PROTECTION Trial – A Randomized Trial of Intravenous Amino Acids for Kidney Protection – REBEL EM

The PROTECTION Trial – A Randomized Trial of Intravenous Amino Acids for Kidney Protection – REBEL EM

Background Information: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most frequent complications of cardiac surgery and the cause is complex. Renal hypoperfusion from decreased glomerular filtration rate after cardiopulmonary bypass is a major contributor.1 This in combination with exogenous toxins, endogenous metabolites, oxidative stress, bleeding and reperfusion injury can all lead to the patient…

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Are ACCPs here to stay?

Are ACCPs here to stay?

This is a conversation I had with professor Tim Buchman who is Professor of Surgery and founding director at the Emory Centre for Critical Care in the US.  We discuss the advent of Advanced Practice in the US and how it will inform the same developments in the UK The post Are ACCPs here to stay?…

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Critical Care Evidence Updates – June 2024 – The Bottom Line

Critical Care Evidence Updates – June 2024 – The Bottom Line

Randomised Controlled Trials A Randomized Trial of Intravenous Amino Acids for Kidney Protection  NEJM Albumin Versus Balanced Crystalloid for the Early Resuscitation of Sepsis: An Open Parallel-Group Randomized Feasibility Trial. The ABC-Sepsis Trial  Critical Care Medicine Analgesic Effect and Sleep Quality of Low-Dose Dexmedetomidine in Cardiac Surgical Patients After Ultrafast-Track Extubation: A Randomized Clinical Trial…

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