When critically ill patients develop acute kidney failure in the ICU, how do you go about choosing the right catheter option for them? Here to weigh the pros and cons of different catheter options for acute dialysis procedures is Dr. Brian Boer, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep, and Allergy at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

How can critical care physicians and nurses improve care coordination for acute dialysis patients in the ICU? Joining Dr. Jennifer Caudle to answer that and other questions are two guests from the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC): Dr. Brian Boer, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep, and Allergy, and Grant Fabry, an ICU nurse and Clinical Instructor at UNMC’s College of Nursing.

If you find HAC scores confusing, you’re certainly not alone. In fact, disparities often exist between hospital administrations, departments, and clinicians when it comes to understanding how HAC scores are constructed and which practices influence them the most. To help clear up some of the confusion, Dr. Matt Birnholz is joined by Senior Director of Improvement and Project Management at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Ms. April Taylor.

Adhering to HAC score protocols is extremely important for institutions, but not to the extent that they should be prioritized over patient preferences. Here to walk us through the risks and downstream impacts of prioritizing HAC scores over our vascular access patients’ needs is senior director of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, April Taylor.

During this unprecedented time when there are still many unknowns surrounding COVID-19, collaborating with other clinicians across the entire world is essential. Tune in as Dr. Kelly Cawcutt, an infectious disease and critical care physician at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, explains American and international collaborations toward vascular access innovations to help combat COVID-19.

Published May 7, 2020

Adapting to the drastic changes COVID-19 has forced clinicians to make is one of the many obstacles faced during this pandemic. Joining Dr. Matt Birnholz to talk about how vascular access teams are changing their protocols and roles in response to COVID-19 is Dr. Kelly Cawcutt, an infectious disease and critical care physician at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Published May 5, 2020

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s become clear that a lot of changes were needed in ICU settings to better respond to the special needs of patients. To find out how ICUs in one of the hardest-hit countries have responded, Dr. Matt Birnholz speaks with Dr. Mauro Pittiruti, surgeon and professor at the Catholic University Hospital in Rome.

Published May 1, 2020

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Mauro Pittiruti, MD- Catholic University Hospital, Rome - Italy

Algorithm-based care has become a standard for vascular access teams as it provides evidence-based protocols for matching vascular access device selections with appropriate clinical settings. Here to walk us through where these algorithms originated, how they compare and contrast, and other key considerations is Dr. Marcia Ryder.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the GaVeCelt recommendations for vascular access in critical care settings were recently updated. Joining Dr. Matt Birnholz to review those updates is Dr. Mauro Pittiruti, Founder and President of the Italian Group of Central Venous Access, which is the expert consensus group responsible for issuing the GAVeCeLT recommendations.

Published April 30, 2020

Please visit https://gavecelt.it/nuovo/ where you can locate the GaVeCeLT guidelines, which is available in 6 different languages!

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Mauro Pittiruti, MD- Catholic University Hospital, Rome - Italy

By reducing time to therapy, eliminating the need for confirmatory chest x-rays, and reducing the costs associated with these procedures, PICC catheter tip positioning and confirmation using electrocardiogram is revolutionizing vascular access device insertion. To learn more about this technology, Dr. Amy Mackey is joined by Drs. Evan Alexandrou and Salim Rezaie, who share how it works, its use with acute CVCs and dialysis catheters placed in the internal jugular and subclavian veins, and more.