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Episode 78! We start our discussion of the trials that drop with ESICM with the much anticipated BICAR-ICU 2! Then we talk briefly about some changes to the SOFA score with the new SOFA-2 score. 

BICAR-ICU2: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41159812/

BICAR-ICU 2 (JAMA): https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2840824

SOFA-2: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41159833/

SOFA-2 (JAMA): https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2840822

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Episode 77! We will start on ESICM coverage next episode. In this episode we talk about WFIT or "A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Post-ICU Telehealth Care Model" by Bakhru et al published in the blue journal September 2025! A long discussion but a good one!

WFIT: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40532205/

Editorial: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40700738/

ICU Recovery Pilot: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31385881/

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We were LIVE from the CHEST Annual Meeting 2025! Thanks to everyone who came out and stuck around to chat afterwards. We cover a lot of ground including some conference and Chicago related banter (~8 minutes if you wanted to skip to the learning!)

High frequency oscillation: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40983167/

MELLOW: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39800236/

Continuous glucose monitoring: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39956190/

SAFE-ECMO: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40081660/

BASE: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39971001/

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Episode 75! We talk about melatonin! We highlight MELLOW because it has the best acronym (by Burry et al in CHEST 2025). Then we dive into our mailbag!

MELLOW: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39800236/

DEMEL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40608082/

Meta-analysis: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40662882/

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Episode 74! We talk about the history and current practice of SBTs with "Providers Consistently Delay Extubation After Successful Spontaneous Breathing Trials" by Barker et al in Annals of the ATS and the original 1996 SBT article by Ely et al in NEJM.

SBT: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8948561/

SBT (NEJM): https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJM199612193352502

SBT Timing: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40393063/

SBT Timing (Annals ATS): https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1513/AnnalsATS.202502-188OC

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We are (were) LIVE at ACNP Critical Care Bootcamp 2025! 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 PIC trial or "Adjunctive corticosteroids in non-AIDS patients with severe Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia" by Lemiale et al published in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine September 2025

PIC (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40652952/
PIC (LRM): https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(25)00125-0/abstract

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Episode 72! We continue talking about the articles from the CCR25 conference with UK-ROX or "Conservative Oxygen Therapy in Mechanically Ventilated Critically Ill Adult Patients" published in JAMA 2025 by Martin et al and TARGET-Protein or "Sodium bicarbonate therapy for patients with severe metabolic acidaemia in the intensive care unit" by Jaber et al in Lancet 2018.

UK-ROX: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40501321/

UK-ROX (JAMA): https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2835384

TARGET-Protein: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40495743/

TARGET-Protein (JAMA): https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2835302

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Episode 71! We continue talking about the articles from the CCR25 conference with FLUID or "A Crossover Trial of Hospital-Wide Lactated Ringer's Solution versus Normal Saline" published in NEJM 2025 by McIntyre et al and our old article is BICAR-ICU or "Sodium bicarbonate therapy for patients with severe metabolic acidaemia in the intensive care unit" by Jaber et al in Lancet 2018.

FLUID: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40503714/

FLUID (NEJM): https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2416761

BICAR-ICU: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29910040/

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Episode 70! In this episode we have a special guest, Wes Ely, join us to talk about A2B or "Dexmedetomidine- or Clonidine-Based Sedation Compared With Propofol in Critically Ill Patients" by Walsh et al published in JAMA May of 2025. A long discussion but a good one, don't miss this one!

Pubmed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40388916/

JAMA: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2834276

Editorial: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2834277

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Episode 69! We start talking about the articles from the CCR25 conference with RESCUE-3 or "Temporary Transvenous Diaphragm Neurostimulation for Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation" published in AJRCCM by Dres et al and PROMIZING or "Proportional-Assist Ventilation for Minimizing the Duration of Mechanical Ventilation" by Bosma et al in NEJM.

RESCUE-3 (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40498082/

PROMIZING (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40513024/

PROMIZING (NEJM): https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2505708

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