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Episode 62! We talk briefly about two of the analyses that dropped with the ISICEM conference and then talk in depth about SESAR or "Inhaled Sedation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome" by Jabudon et al in JAMA 2025. Then was answer a question on sleep in the ICU. Eddie did misspeak when he said one of the dexmedetomidine articles was in Lancet Respiratory medicine, rather, it was published in eClinical Medicine part of the Lancet network.

SESAR (JAMA): https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2831857
SESAR (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40098564/
OVISS (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40098600/
Nocturnal dexmedetomidine (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29498534/
Nocturnal dexmedetomidine cardiac surgery (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36590787/

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Episode 61! We talk about HFNC including extubation to HFNC in "Early weaning from invasive mechanical ventilation via high-flow nasal oxygen versus conventional weaning in patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure" by Ayyawar et al published in Critical Care Science. Then we talk about weaning HFNC from the "How I do it" series from CHEST.

Auto-PEEP (NEJM): https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199307153290322
Extubate to HFNC (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39879434/
Extubate to HFNC (CCS): https://criticalcarescience.org/article/early-weaning-from-invasive-mechanical-ventilation-via-high-flow-nasal-oxygen-versus-conventional-weaning-in-patients-with-hypoxemic-respiratory-failure-a-prospective-randomized-controlled-study/
Weaning HFNC (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39929280/
Weaning HFNC (CHEST): https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(25)00155-2/abstract

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Episode 60! We jump to SCCM where we talk about 2 late breakers - PROACTIVE or "Propranolol As an Anxiolytic to Reduce the Use of Sedatives for Critically Ill Adults Receiving Mechanical Ventilation" by Downar et al and "Acetylsalicylic Acid Treatment in Patients With Sepsis and Septic Shock" by Almeida et al both published in CCM in 2025. 

PROACTIVE (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39982178/
PROACTIVE (CCM): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11801419/
ASA in sepsis (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39982179/
ASA in sepsis (CCM): https://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/fulltext/2025/02000/acetylsalicylic_acid_treatment_in_patients_with.2.aspx

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Episode 59! We finish our CCR down under coverage with TRAUMOX2 or "Early Restrictive vs Liberal Oxygen for Trauma Patients" published in JAMA by Arleth et al and then switch to SAHARA or "Liberal or Restrictive Transfusion Strategy in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage" by English et al published in NEJM. We then frustrate Todd with questions from our mailbag, a good episode!

TRAUMOX2 (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39657224/
TRAUMOX2 (JAMA): https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2827980
SAHARA (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39655786/
SAHARA (NEJM): https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2410962

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Episode 58! We talk about non-invasive oxygen support and RENOVATE or "High-Flow Nasal Oxygen vs Noninvasive Ventilation in Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure" published in JAMA December 2024 and presented at the CCR Down Under Conference. We supplement this by first talking about FLORALI or "High-flow oxygen through nasal cannula in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure" published in NEJM May 2015

RENOVATE (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39657981/
RENOVATE (JAMA): https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2828065
FLORALI (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25981908/
FLORALI (NEJM): https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1503326

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Episode 57! We were excited to have on this episode Dr. Adam Wright who is a PhD in Bioinformatics to discuss SCREEN or "Electronic Sepsis Screening Among Patients Admitted to Hospital Wards: A Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial" published by Arabi et al in JAMA 2024 and presented at the CCR Down Under Conference. A long episode but a lot of good discussion

SCREEN (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39658862/
SCREEN (JAMA): https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2828069

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Episode 56! In this episode we spend a few minutes talking about making decisions on ECMO initiation but spend most of the episode talking about ADAPT-Sepsis or "Biomarker-Guided Antibiotic Duration for Hospitalized Patients
With Suspected Sepsis" published by Dark et al in JAMA 2024 and presented at the CCR Down Under Conference.

ADAPT-Sepsis (pubmed): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39652885/
ADAPT-Sepsis (JAMA): https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2828036

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Episode 55 and Happy New Year! In this episode we talk broad strokes about the CCR Down Under Conference and the trials that were presented, then Todd and Eddie go over a bunch of articles from the year 2024 that they didn't have time to go over or want to re-emphasize for whatever reason. Big show and we hope you enjoy!

TIGHT K: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39215972/
PROPHY VAP: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38262428/
REVISE: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38875111/
Point (withdrawal of ECMO): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39663030/
Counterpoint: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39663031/
DanGer SHOCK: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38587239/
Intubation in physiologic difficult airway guidelines: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39162823/

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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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