Educational posts, organized by topic
Please enjoy complimentary access to a sepsis curriculum created by two esteemed faculty members here at the University of Maryland Medical School: Jeffrey P. Gonzales, PharmD, FCCM, BCPS, BCCCP and Nirav G. Shah, MD, FCCP.
Summary by Dr. Basel Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Histopathology Definition: Diffuse alveolar damage (DAD) In reality, it likely more heterogeneous than that. The First ARDS Consensus Definitions 1994 American-European Consensus
Diaphragm Ultrasonography in the ICU Summary by Dr. Kamel Gharaibeh Methods to assess diaphragm function Transdiaphragmatic pressure (pdi) is the gold standard Phrenic stimulation & tracheal occlusion pressure CXR Fluoroscopy
Lecture Pearls by: Faith Armstrong, MD CCM Fellow The most important thing is to identify these disorders which can potentially be fatal. Thyroid Thyroid Storm Stimulated by stressful stimuli (such
Today we wrap up our wonderful tour of ECMO-ology with a few lectures that will give you a few ideas on the finer things of ECMO: what can go wrong, what
Today we continue with day 2 of ECMO training. The speakers today have been practicing ECMO for numerous years and what you are going to hear is information garnered from hundreds
Today you are welcome to a rarity in modern medicine, we will posting an ENTIRE ECMO course online, for free! This will be a weekly event for a three week stretch.
Today we present a talk by David Wacker MD, PhD, one of our recently graduated University of Maryland EM/IM/CCM critical care fellows and new addition to the University of Minnesota. Today he presents a fantastic talk on what happens when we become TOO aggressive with ICU feeding. The history lesson alone is worth the listen, but it is a topic that is often overlooked and misdiagnosed. You might be surprised after this talk at just how many of these patients you have missed!
Today we are happy to welcome Dr. Donald Slack, A second year Pulmonary-Critical Care fellow here at the University of Maryland. He hails to us most recently from Christiana Health Care System where he completed his internal medicine residency before returning home to UMMC, where he spent his medical school training. Today he shares some information extracted from a VERY difficult asthma case that presented to his service several months ago. This is a fantastic review of the random things we attempt to keep asthmatic airways open. So before you reach for that EpiPen or start the ketamine drip, you should take 45 minutes and learn about why those ideas may not be as helpful as you think.
