iCritical Care: Critical Care Medicine

This webcast will be a comparative analysis of conventional heparin-versus bivalirudin-based systemic anticoagulation in adult and pediatric patients supported on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).

Two previously published trials (ARDS et Curarisation Systematique and Reevaluation of Systemic Early Neuromuscular Blockade) presented equivocal evidence on the effect of neuromuscular blocking agent infusions in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Rapid delivery of antibiotics is a cornerstone of sepsis therapy, although time targets for specific components of antibiotic delivery are unknown.

Enteral feed intolerance occurs frequently during enteral nutrition delivery in the critically ill and is associated with lower enteral nutrition delivery and worse clinical outcomes.

Five new recommendations to reduce waste and enhance value in the practice of critical care address invasive devices, proactive liberation from mechanical ventilation, antibiotic stewardship, early mobilization, and providing goal-concordant care.

Sudden cardiac arrest remains a leading cause of premature death worldwide.

Each year, approximately 790,000 patients in the United States develop acute respiratory failure that requires intubation and mechanical ventilation.

COVID-19 is associated with a high prevalence of coagulopathy and venous thromboembolism.

Alternative strategies are needed to combat and prevent antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. Host Ashish K. Khanna, MD, FCCP, FCCM, talks with David R. Cameron, PhD, about the potential for bacteriophage prophylaxis in the context of experimental ventilator-associated pneumonia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in rats.

Clinicians are working to understand and formulate an effective treatment for COVID-19-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome.