ICU Ed and Todd-Cast

Episode 93! In this episode we go over TOWAR or "Prehospital Resuscitation with Type O Whole Blood for Trauma and Hemorrhage" by Sperry et all published in NEJM and "Remote Multicomponent Rehabilitation in Intensive Care Unit Survivors" published by O'Neill et al in JAMA both in May 2026 and presented at the ATS International Conference! Then we talk a little bit about some current events with Hantavirus and sepsis that has hit the news cycles

TOWAR (NEJM): https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2602167
iRehab (JAMA): https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2849320

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Episode 92! In this episode we talk about "Restrictive vs Liberal Physical Restraint Strategies in Critically Ill Patients" published in JAMA by Sonneville et al April 2026!

R2D2 (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41841304/

R2D2 (JAMA): https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2846726

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Episode 91! In this episode we talk about "Dexmedetomidine for treatment of hyperactive delirium in non-intubated ICU patients" published by Godet et al in Intensive Care Medicine October of 2025! We are going to be on a one article per episode kick for a while but hope to get back to normal programming soon!

4D: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41160116/

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Episode 90! In this episode we talk about the 2026 Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines lead by Prescott et all and published in Critical Care Medicine in March of 2026! We review all that's new and all that's changed

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Episode 89! In this episode we talk about HI-PEITHO or catheter directed thrombolysis versus conventional anticoagulation for intermediate risk pulmonary embolism. This was published in the New England Journal of Medicine by Rosenfield et al.

HI-PEITHO: http://nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2516567

HI-PEITHO (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41910345/

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Episodes 88! In this episode we talk about guidelines recently released for the management of pulmonary embolism and cardiac arrest! A little hap hazard of an episode as we jump around from topic to topic but good to highlight things that are new and things that are changing!

PE: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41712898/

CPR: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41122893/

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Episode 87! In this episode we talk about Albumin with two related studies, ALBIOS ("Albumin replacement in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock" by Caironi et al) and ARISS ("Albumin Replacement Therapy in Septic Shock" by Sakr et al)

ALBIOS: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24635772/

ARISS: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41712212/

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Episode 86! In this episode we talk about endotracheal tubes or "Hospital and long-term outcomes for subglottic suction and polyurethane cuff versus standard endotracheal tubes in emergency intubation" published in Lancet Respiratory Medicine February 2026 by Treggiari et al.

Pubmed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41319662/

LRM: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(25)00294-2/abstract

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Episode 85! In this episode we go over LIBERATE-D or "A Conservative Dialysis Strategy and Kidney Function Recovery in Dialysis-Requiring Acute Kidney Injury" by Liu et al in JAMA 2026. We have the second author, Eddie Siew, on with us to discuss!

LIBERATE-D (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41201895/

LIBERATE-D (JAMA): https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2841171

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Episode 84! In this episode we finish up our discussion of the articles presented with the CCR Down Under Conference with ACTiVE (close loop ventilation) and CLIP2 (cryopreserved platelets for surgical bleeding). Both are neutral trials at best, so we took them both pretty short.

ACTiVE: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41361939/

ACTiVE (JAMA): https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2842610

CLIP2: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41360717/

CLIP2 (JAMA): https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2842479

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