Principles of Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
Dr. Deborah Stein returns for another core content lecture, this time giving a crash course on hemodialysis, CRRT, CVVH, CVVHD, and a number of other concepts about managing acute renal […]
A Valvular Disaster…. An Exercise in Futility
[tab_nav type=”two-up”][tab_nav_item title=”Clinical Case” active=”true”][tab_nav_item title=”Answer” active=””][/tab_nav][tabs][tab active=”true”] A 32 yo F s/p a tricuspid valve replacement secondary to MSSA endocarditis 8 months earlier presents with a one month history
Intracranial & Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Dr. Neeraj Badjatia is the director of the neurosurgery critical care unit at the University of Maryland and a world expert in the field of neurocritical care, publishing 85+ peer-reviewed
Choose Wisely… IVF Therapy & the Critically-Ill Patient
Dr. Michael Winters returns to discuss IV Fluid resuscitation in the critically ill patient. Â Should we abandon Normal Saline? What other options are available? Â What is a balanced fluid, and
Acute Right Heart Failure
Dr. Gautam Ramani is an expert in pulmonary hypertension as well as the evaluation and management of patients with acute right heart failure. Â In this core content lecture, Dr. Ramani
Bad brain, good lungs… Right?
A 60 y/o male with a history of HTN, CAD, and polysubstance abuse presents to the ED with acute altered mental status followed by a generalized seizure. Â He is intubated
Acute Liver Failure
Dr. William Hutson is a Professor of Medicine and the Director of Hepatology/Liver Transplatation at the University of Maryland. Â In this core content lecture, Dr. Hutson discusses the causes, work-up,
An Interesting Case of Tachypnea
[tab_nav type=”two-up”][tab_nav_item title=”The Case” active=”true”][tab_nav_item title=”Answer” active=””][/tab_nav][tabs][tab active=”true”] A 54 year-old male IV drug abuser was recently admitted to the CCU for new onset CHF. He is found to have
Ultrasound Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis in Haiti
A 41 year old Haitian man with no known past medical history presented to St. Luc Family Hospital (Tabarre, Port-au-Prince, Haiti) with 24 hours of RLQ abdominal pain, vomiting and
