Today, we talk about arterial lines. I love arterial lines: monitoring, true MAPs, easy blood draw, easy blood gases, fluid status--what's not to love.This turned into a 2-parter. Part 1 covers radial art lines Part 2 (pending) covers … Read more
EMCrit Podcast 210 – Arterial Lines (Part 1)
iSepsis -Death by Fluids, Part 2
It has been widely suggested that a large, well powered randomized controlled trial comparing a conservative to liberal fluid strategy in sepsis needs to be performed. This study has already been conducted, namely the FEAST … Read more
EMCrit Wee – Dissemination and Information Transfer (Questions not Answers)
Please Send me your ideas on how to... Artificiality of DisseminationIs email the best forum? Get people to actually read the emails you send re: departmental protocols, changes, ideas, etc. Do you track?Referencing Reference … Read more
PulmCrit: Algorithm for diagnosing ICP elevation with ocular sonography
Introduction with a clinical question A young woman is transferred to the ICU from an outside hospital due to severely depressed mental status, thought due to intoxication. You evaluate her intracranial pressure using ocular ultrasonography. … Read more
iSepsis – Death by Fluids, Part 1.5 – The Danger of Protocols
Reproduced with permission from General Surgery News, published in the September 2017. Protocols and pathways are supposed to make patient care more efficient and cost-effective. Protocols promote uniformity in patient management and hopefully … Read more
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