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Saving Lives Podcast: Critical Care w/eddyjoemd — 162 episodes
Albumin in Critically Ill Patients: Evidence, Indications, and the 5% vs 25% Debate
Peripheral Vasopressors, Practically Safe: What a 250-Patient Prospective Cohort Means for Your Unit
CCBs and Oxygenation: Why the Sat Falls After the Drip
Timing Is Everything: Early Inotropes and Survival in Cardiogenic Shock
Should You Avoid the Right IJ for Central Lines in Critically Ill Patients?
Acetazolamide + Furosemide: Boosting Diuretic Response & Fighting Alkalosis in the ICU
Methylprednisolone vs. Hydrocortisone: Which Can Save More Lives in Severe Pneumonia?
Sodium Bicarbonate for ICU Acidosis: New Evidence Supporting a Controversial Therapy
Predicting Mortality in a Pulmonary Embolism: What the Data Really Tells Us
Hyponatremia Correction: Is Going Too Slow Riskier Than You Think?
Why Low Hemoglobin Spells Trouble in Cardiogenic Shock
Valproic Acid for ICU Delirium: A New Tool for Agitation Management?
Chloride, pH, and Fluid Choices: Should Labs Guide Resuscitation Strategy?
Normosol-R vs. Lactated Ringer’s: Do Buffered Crystalloids Impact ICU Outcomes?
Lactated Ringer’s vs. 0.9% Saline in Sepsis: Does Fluid Choice Affect Survival?
Cardiogenic Shock: Insights on Mortality and Management
Reducing ICU Delirium: The Role of Sleep Interventions
Sepsis Order Sets: Potentially Enhancing Outcomes and Reducing Costs in Care
Continuous Glucose Monitoring: Is It the Future of ICU Glycemic Control?
Propofol Infusion Syndrome: A Rare but Deadly Complication in ICU Sedation
Hyperdynamic LV Function in Septic Patients: Does It Matter?
Advance Directives in the ICU: Challenges and Challenges
Does Left Atrial Appendage Closure Worsen Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation Risk in Cardiac Surgery?
Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation Treatment: Transcatheter Tricuspid-Valve Replacement (TRISCEND II)
Dexmedetomidine in Septic Shock: DecatSepsis Trial
Minocycline: A New Hope in Delirium Prevention for Critically Ill Patients?
DKA Management: Balanced Electrolyte Solutions vs. Saline
Optimizing Organ Procurement: Managing Brain-Dead Donors in the ICU
Vasopressin vs. Norepinephrine in Post Cardiac Surgery-Related Vasoplegia
Frailty Assessment in Critically Ill Older Adults: Implications for ICU Care
Navigating End-Of-Life Care
CPR Duration and Outcomes in In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Artificial Intelligence and Mechanical Ventilation
Mitraclip Complications to Watch Out For
Rethinking Physical Restraints: Unveiling ICU Practices and Patient Care
New 2024 Guidelines: Corticosteroids in Sepsis, ARDS, and CAP
Exploring the Potential of Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Sepsis
Integrating Palliative Care in the ICU: Enhancing Quality of Life
The Impact of Microcirculation Assessment in ICU Shock Patients: Insights from the DAMIS Trial
Should We Go Searching for Asymptomatic Catheter-Related Thrombosis?
Haloperidol in ICU Delirium: Insights from the EuRIDICE Trial
I'm Writing a Book!
Direct (DL) vs Video Laryngoscopy (VL) for Intubation? DEVICE Trial
Aortic Pulsatility Index (API): Optimizing Cardiogenic Shock Management
IV Thiamine: Can it Help Critically Ill Septic Shock Patients?
Hydrocortisone for Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
Methylene Blue for Septic Shock?
Vitamin B12 for Septic Shock?
Appreciating Our Nurses: The Role of the ICU Physician
More Fluids vs. Vasopressors During the First 24 Hours of Septic Shock (CLOVERS Trial)
Goodbye, 2022. Hello, 2023!
Cardiogenic Shock: Part 3
Cardiogenic Shock: Part 2
Cardiogenic Shock: Part 1
Acute Pancreatitis Resuscitation: No Need to Overdo It
Milrinone vs. Dobutamine in Cardiogenic Shock: Which is Better?
Do Cardiogenic Shock Patients Need a Swan-Ganz/Pulmonary Artery Catheter?
Pulmonary Artery Pulsatility Index (PAPi)
Bicarb in Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA): Should You Change Your Practice?
Trust the MAP on the Patient Monitor. Not the SBP nor DBP on Patients with a BP Cuff
High-Flow Nasal Oxygen: Clinical Guidelines by the European Respiratory Society
Intermittent Fasting: Debunked?
Aspirin in COVID-19: Has It Made a Comeback?
High Flow Nasal Oxygen or NIV in the Immunocompromised?
tPA for Critically Ill ICU Patients with COVID-19: Does Alteplase Help?
Rapid Shallow Breathing Index (RSBI): Does it Predict A Successful Extubation?
VTE Prophylaxis or Full Anticoagulation in COVID: Visiting the Guidelines
When to Perform a Tracheostomy on a COVID-19 Patient
Why Do We Order Two Sets of Blood Cultures?
Lactate/Lactic Acid: Why Do We Check It and Why Do We Trend it?
The Data on Natural Immunity and Mandates
The Heart and COVID-19 Are Not BFF's
How to Stay Up To Date with the Critical Care Literature
Plasma-lyte vs. Saline (0.9% NaCl) in the Critical Ill: Reviewing the PLUS Trial
Vasopressin & Methylprednisolone: Time to Add Them to ACLS Protocols?
Atorvastatin for ICU COVID Patients: Not Ready for Prime Time (Journal Club-ish)
Changing ECMO Criteria: Do Days on Vent Prior to Cannulation Matter?
2022 Resolutions: A Fresh-ish Start
Obesity in Critical Illness & COVID-19: A Very Bad Combination
Bicarbonate for Respiratory Acidosis: Not So Fast
Fluid Bolus: Pressure Bag vs. 999ml/hr on the IV Pump in Resuscitation
Paxlovid: An Upcoming Outpatient Therapy to Potentially Reduce Hospitalizations
Fluvoxamine Reduces Hospitalization Risk in High-Risk Patients (One-Minute Journal Club-ish)
1L of IVF: How Much Stays Intravascular & Extravasates in Healthy Volunteers?
End-Expiratory Occlusion to Determine Fluid/Volume Responsiveness
Peripheral Intravenous (IV) vs. Intraosseous (IO) Access in Cardiac Arrest in < 1 minute (Journal Club-ish)
Molnupiravir: From Press Release to Practice
Pregnancy & COVID-19: What Does 70% Increased Risk of Death Really Mean? (Part 2)
Pregnancy & COVID-19: Separating the Facts from the Fiction (Part 1)
Baricitinib: Suppressing the Inflammation and Saving the Lives of COVID Patients
Awake Prone Positioning for COVID-19 Patients: Best Trial To Date!
COVID-19 & Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI): Are they Friends or Foes?
Expectations for the Families of COVID-19 Patients on Mechanical Ventilation Part 3
Expectations for the Families of COVID-19 Patients on Mechanical Ventilation Part 2
Expectations for the Families of COVID-19 Patients on Mechanical Ventilation Part 1
Hypothermia (33°C) vs. Normothermia (37.5°C) in Cardiac Arrest - TTM2
Cardiac Power Output (CPO) in Cardiogenic Shock
ICU COVID-19 Patients Don’t Get Well Soon, Unfortunately (Journal Club-ish)
Double Triggering: Fix the Underlying Problem, Vent Optimization, Sedate (Journal Club-ish)
Peripheral Vasopressors: Are They Safe for Our Patients? (Journal Club-ish)
Do NOT Drown Your Shock Patients with IV Fluids
The Five Reasons Why COVID-19 Causes Death
Timing of Intubation in COVID-19 Patients: Early or Late? (Journal Club-ish)
Ivermectin Doesn't Help Healthy Patients with COVID-19 (Journal Club-ish)
Azithromycin for Outpatient COVID-19? Nope. (Journal Club-ish)
Indirect Calorimetry: Gaining an Edge using Nutrition in the ICU (Journal Club-ish)
Prone Your Non-Intubated COVID Patients! (Journal Club-ish)
w/Dr. Rishi Kumar: Discussing Giapreza/Angiotensin II Applications
Giapreza/Angiotensin II: Should we be using it more? (Journal Club-ish)
Choosing Wisely in Critical Care: 10 Recommendations, 5 New Ones (Journal Club-ish)
Hypothermia for COVID-19? Exploring Other Options (Journal Club-ish)
Tocilizumab for COVID-19: The Return (RECOVERY Group) Journal Club-ish
Colchicine in Outpatient COVID-19: COLCORONA Trial (Journal Club-ish)
s/p 50 Episodes: The Inner Workings and the Future of the Podcast
COVID-19 Vaccine: My Personal Decision
Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure: Quick Tricks for Ventilator Management (Journal Club-ish)
Does NIV/BiPAP Improve Outcomes in Acute Asthma Exacerbations? (Journal Club-ish)
High-Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) in Severe Asthma Exacerbations (Journal Club-ish)
You SHOULD Pursue Critical Care! Part 3
You SHOULD Pursue Critical Care! Part 2
Convalescent Plasma in COVID-19 Severe Pneumonia Unfortunately Did Not Pan Out
CVICU: Optimal Transfer of Care from the CVOR
Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR): Predicting Outcomes in COVID-19
DKA: Which IV Fluids to Use? Balanced Salt Solutions or 0.9% NaCl
ROX Index: Predicting High-Flow Nasal Cannula Outcomes
Fluvoxamine: A Potential Outpatient Treatment for COVID
Aspirin & COVID-19: Does it Decrease the Severity of Illness?
Cardiac Arrest & COVID-19: A Very Poor Combination
Community Questions: Staying Up To Date, Time Management, and Work/Life Balance
You SHOULD Pursue Critical Care! Part 1
Emotional Intelligence in the ICU
Do NOT pursue Critical Care! Part 3
Do NOT pursue Critical Care! Part 2
Do NOT pursue Critical Care! Part 1
Fix the Magnesium Deficiency Before the Potassium Deficiency!
Midodrine to Wean Vasopressors: The MIDAS Trial (Journal Club-ish)
Vitamin D Supplementation in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
VV ECMO: Patient Selection & Pulling the Trigger in ARDS
CVP: Can we use it for Fluid Responsiveness?
Phosphorus Levels in the Critically Ill
Discontinuing Contact/Isolation Precautions in COVID-19 Patients
IV Fluids: Contextual Introduction & History of 0.9% NaCl, Lactated Ringers, & Plasma-lyte
Remdesivir: $3120 of "Uncertain Clinical Importance"
COVID & Intubation: Getting the Timing Right
Bicarb for a Lactic Acidosis? BICAR-ICU (Journal Club-ish)
A Rationale to use IV Vitamin C followed by a Reality Check: The ACTS Trial (Journal Club-ish)
Vitamin C & Thiamine in Septic Shock: ATESS Trial (Journal Club-ish)
SvO2 & ScvO2: Differences and How to Guide Resuscitation with it
ProtekDuo RVAD for Mechanical Circulatory Support
Colchicine for COVID-19? A look at the GRECCO-19 Trial
HCW's exposed to COVID: Should you take HCQ?
Zinc for Acute & Critical Illness: Tools for Metabolic Resuscitation
Vitamin C in COVID-19: Possible Prophylaxis & Adjunctive Therapy
Dexamethasone Reduces Mortality in COVID-19
Bicarbonate (Carbon Dioxide) In Serum & Blood Gases
Midodrine in the ICU
Plasma Exchange (PLEX) in COVID: Could it Improve Outcomes?
Melatonin for COVID-19: Treatment Hunting
Tocilizumab in Severe COVID- Dead in the Water?
HCQ, Azithro & Zinc in the Outpatient Setting for COVID
Becoming an Intensivist: Critical Care Fellowship Routes
A Day In The Life Of An Intensivist