The Use of TEG & Goal Directed Blood Component Therapy
One of the leading experts in the use of thromboelastography (TEG) is Dr. Mark Walsh from South Bend, Indiana. Â We were fortunate enough to have Dr. Walsh come all the […]
Clinical Case: Pneumonia
[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 68 year-old male is brought to the ED from a nursing home with a fever & cough. Â He has a history of
Intro to Critical Care Ultrasound
Dr. Haney Mallemat felt that specializing in emergency medicine, internal medicine AND critical care was too easy, and decided to become one of the leading experts in the use of
Extracorporeal Liver Support
A 17 yo woman is admitted to the ICU with fulminant liver failure due to Wilson’s disease; her course is complicated by encephalopathy, renal failure, and circulatory collapse despite maximal
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
