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Episode 54! In this episode we talk about antibiotic duration in bacteremia (BALANCE) and also antibiotic duration in Pseudomonas Ventilator associated pneumonia (iDIAPASON). 

BALANCE (NEJM): https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2404991
BALANCE (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39565030/

iDIAPASON (ICM): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00134-022-06690-5
iDIAPASON (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35552788/

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Episode 53! In this episode we talk about access in patients with out of hospital cardiac arrest. Both articles are similar so we talk in depth about IVIO and then bringing PARAMEDIC-3 to round out our discussion. A good acronym discussion too, don't miss it!

IVIO (NEJM): https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2407616
IVIO (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39480221/

PARAMEDIC-3 (NEJM): https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2407780
PARAMEDIC-3 (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39480216/

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Episode 52! In this episode we talk about fevers in acute neurologic injury and double that up with talking about low tidal volume ventilation in patients with neurologic injury

INTREPID (JAMA): https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2824088
INTREPID (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39320879/

PROLABI (Blue): https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10.1164/rccm.202402-0375OC
PROLABI (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39288368/

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We are (were) LIVE at ACNP Critical Care Bootcamp 2024! Thank you to the organizers of the conference for inviting us do a live show and thank you to everyone who came out to listen! We talk about the NONSEDA trial or "Nonsedation or Light Sedation in Critically Ill, Mechanically Ventilated Patients" by Olsen et al published in the New England Journal of Medicine February 2020

NONSEDA (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32068366/
NONSEDA (NEJM): https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1906759

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Episode 50! In this episode we talk about SBT frequency and "Frequency of Screening and Spontaneous Breathing Trial Techniques" by Burns et al from JAMA 2024 that was released with the ESICM conference. In our second segment, instead of another trial we talk a little bit about the IV fluid shortage happening in the United States.

FAST (JAMA): https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2824928
FAST (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39382222/

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We are LIVE at CHEST2024! Thank you to the organizers of the conference for inviting us do a live show and thank you to everyone who came out to listen! We talk about a few articles that were recently published in CHEST - "Prophylactic Minocycline for Delirium in Critically Ill Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial" published by Dal-Pizzol et al and then "Comparative Effectiveness of Amiodarone and Lidocaine for the Treatment of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest" by Wagner et al.

We then touch briefly on some articles being presented later at the conference which we might cover soon (stay tuned)!

Minocycline for Delirium (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38043911/
Minocycline for Delirium (CHEST): https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(23)05833-6/abstract
Amio vs Lido (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36332663/
Amio vs lido (CHEST): https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(22)04039-9/abstract

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Episode 48! In this episode we talk about the long term effects of ICU visitation policies on families. 

Long Term Outcomes of Visitation (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39172240/
Long Term Outcomes of Visitation (ICM): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00134-024-07577-3
Outcomes of Visitation (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31310297/
Outcomes of Visitation (JAMA): https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2738289

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Episode 47! In this episode we talk about a prospective observational study examining cognitive motor dissociation by Bodien et al published in the New England Journal of Medicine and then we pair that talking about the guidelines for death by neurologic criteria published in SCCM! An episode of somber but important topics!

Cognitive Motor Dissociation (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39141852/
Cognitive Motor Dissociation (NEJM): https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2400645 
DBNC Guidelines (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37921516/
DBNC Guidelines (CCM): https://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/fulltext/2024/03000/the_2023_american_academy_of_neurology,_american.3.aspx 

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Episode 46! In this episode we talk about thrombolytic windows in acute ischemic stroke from TIMELESS published by Albers et al published in the New England Journal of Medicine and then we talk about ANDROMEDA shock and serial lactates published by Hernandez et al!

TIMELESS (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38329148/
TIMELESS (NEJM): https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2310392
ANDROMEDA-Shock (pubmed):https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30772908/
ANDROMEDA-Shock (JAMA): https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2724361

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Episode 45! In this episode we talk about sepsis bundles and the 1-BED trial by Fruend et al and discuss the stress ulcer prophylaxis guidelines just published in SCCM!

1-BED (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38913098/
SUP Guidelines: https://www.sccm.org/Clinical-Resources/Guidelines/Guidelines/SCCM-ASHP-Guideline-Prevention-of-UGIB

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