Critical Care

Gerrie gives a fantastic 7 min intro into how to decipher a CT brain. The post Blood or brain? Head CT updates appeared first on Intensive Care Network. Source link

Clinical trials are expensive and take years to go. Do they generate patient and economic benefit that justifies the cost of trials? The post The economic value of large-scale trials in intensive care appeared first on Intensive Care Network. Source link

Bec Nogajski takes you on a 20 minute journey about YOU. How you team, how you follow, and what leadership style would work for you. The post How to team appeared first on Intensive Care Network. Source link

Sowing the seeds of creativity in the teams and the wider workplace The post Building a creative team appeared first on Intensive Care Network. Source link

A deep dive into a much more common frightening entity than you may think The post A diagnostic challenge: Turning a Zebra into a Horse appeared first on Intensive Care Network. Source link

Background: Stress related gastrointestinal mucosal damage is a commonly encountered problem in the critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit. The incidence ranges from 0.6-7% and is decreasing partly due to aggressive resuscitation strategies and focus on early enteral feeding1. Damage to the mucosal integrity occurs in conditions associated with increased inflammation and reduced…

Background Information: Delirium is defined as an acute disorder of consciousness which can occur in up to 80% of mechanically ventilated ICU patients.1-5 This acute cognitive dysfunction is associated with prolonged hospital stay, increased mortality, longer periods of mechanical ventilation and long-term cognitive impairment compared to patients without delirium.4-8  Haloperidol, remains one of the most commonly used…

If you mainly treat adults or both adults and children like me, then you have probably heard the (very annoying) quote, “kids are not just small adults”, and so I won’t say it again. Well, I guess I just did, but at least I wont stop at this quote, but attempt to explain how kids…

During a busy resuscitation it behooves the ED resuscitationist to avoid ordering therapies that have no clear benefit to their patients. Our nurses are overburdened, and adding interventions ‘just to be safe’ or ‘because we always do it’ is a great way to overwhelm our nursing colleagues. Bicarb administration is a contentious issue and many…

Choosing Your Initial Settings: I hope you now see what physiologies to consider when setting up the ventilator and your goals for each. If your patient doesn’t fit into one of these three categories, then I set up my ventilator as if I was managing a patient who has refractory hypoxemia to maintain a lung protective…