Bedside examination tests to detect beforehand adults who are likely to be difficult to intubate
Patients who require general anaesthesia or ventilation to help them breathe while in intensive care, need a clear airway. This is usually achieved by inserting a tube to help air reach their lungs and a new Cochrane Review from May 2018 examines the evidence for different tests to help doctors assess how difficult this might be for patients with no immediately obvious problems with their breathing. We asked one of the authors, Jasmin Arrich from the Medical University of Vienna in Austria, to tell us what they found. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - November 13, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
JAMA Pediatrics : Association of Nurse Workload With Missed Nursing Care in the NICU
Interview with Heather L. Tubbs-Cooley, RN, PhD, author of Association of Nurse Workload With Missed Nursing Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - November 12, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: podcasts
SCCM Pod-372 Nutrition Support Therapy in the Pediatric Critically Ill Patient
Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Nilesh M. Mehta, MD, about the article, Guidelines for the Provision and Assessment of Nutrition Support Therapy in the Pediatric Critically Ill Patient: Society of Critical Care Medicine and American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, published in the July 2017 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care)
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - November 5, 2018 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts
Talking honestly about intensive care
On the podcast, we ’ve talked a lot about the limits of medicine - where treatment doesn’t work, or potentially harms. But in that conversation, we’ve mainly focused on specific treatments.
Now a new analysis, broadens that to talk about patients being admitted to a whole ward - intensive care. The authors of t hat article contend that, often,... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 26, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Talking honestly about intensive care
On the podcast, we ’ve talked a lot about the limits of medicine - where treatment doesn’t work, or potentially harms. But in that conversation, we’ve mainly focused on specific treatments.
Now a new analysis, broadens that to talk about patients being admitted to a whole ward - intensive care. The authors of t hat article contend that, often, patients or their families don’t fully understand the implication of that admission.
To discuss, we're joined by Jamie Gross, consultant in intensive care medicine at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, and by Barry Williams, patient representative at the Int...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 26, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Talking honestly about intensive care
On the podcast, we’ve talked a lot about the limits of medicine - where treatment doesn’t work, or potentially harms. But in that conversation, we’ve mainly focused on specific treatments.
Now a new analysis, broadens that to talk about patients being admitted to a whole ward - intensive care. The authors of that article contend that, often, patients or their families don’t fully understand the implication of that admission.
To discuss, we're joined by Jamie Gross, consultant in intensive care medicine at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, and by Barry Williams, patient representative at the Inten...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 26, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
SCCM Pod-371 Treating Volume Overload in the ICU with RRT
Ranjit Deshpande, MD, speaks with Rajit Basu, MD, MS, FCCM, about treating volume overload in the intensive care unit with renal replacement therapy. (Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care)
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - October 1, 2018 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts
SCCM Pod-370 2018 Presidential Address: High-Value Care
Kyle B. Enfield, MD, speaks with SCCM President Jerry J. Zimmerman, MD, PhD, FCCM, about the 2018 presidential address on high-value care that Dr. Zimmerman presented at the Society's 47th Critical Care Congress in San Antonio, Texas. (Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care)
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - September 17, 2018 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts
SCCM Pod-369 Hospital Variation in Risk-Adjusted Pediatric Sepsis Mortality
Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Stefanie G. Ames, MD, about the article Hospital Variation in Risk-Adjusted Pediatric Sepsis Mortality, published in the May 2018 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. (Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care)
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - September 6, 2018 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts
