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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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Episode 83! Only one article this episode since Todd is feeling a little under the weather, but still a good discussion!

ImmunoSep (JAMA): https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2842634

ImmunoSep (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41359996/

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Back by popular demand, year in review! Or probably better titled "Our Favorite Articles of the Year" but I kept the title from last year. A smattering of papers and topics in this one ranging from avalanche survival, to intubation, to cardiac resuscitation and more. 

Happy New Year everyone! We will see you in 2026, thanks for listening and spending sometime with us.

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Episode 81! In this episode we talk to Yonathan Fruend the senior author on the MODS study looking at a single questions approach to ruling out pulmonary embolism in the emergency department. This is not our typical patient population but this is a good episode, don't miss this one!

MODS: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41135553/

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