Icritical Care: All Audio

Ranjit Deshpande, MD, speaks with Patrick Kochanek, MD, MCCM, about his plenary talk at the 46th Critical Care Congress in Honolulu, Hawaii, entitled The Brain and Hypothermia: From Aristotle to Targeted Temperature Management, the Good Stuff Keeps Coming Back.

Sean P. Kane, PharmD, BCPS, speaks with Ishaq Lat, PharmD, about new onset atrial fibrillation in septic shock. In the epsiode, the issue of rate versus rhythm control is discussed as well as the need for anticoagulation among this patient population.

Sean P. Kane, PharmD, BCPS, speaks with Craig Cocchio, PharmD, BCPS, about angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor-induced angioedema. In the episode, a variety of treatment approaches for ACE inhibitor-induced angioedema are discussed, including fresh frozen plasma, ecallantide, icatibant, and conventional therapies for undifferentiated angioedema.

Stressful decision making often falls to family members because most patients in the ICU are too ill to participate in decisions. Ranjit Deshpande, MD, speaks with Judy E. Davidson, DNP, RN, FAAN, FCCM, and J. Randall Curtis MD, MPH, about the Guidelines for Family-Centered Care in the Neonatal, Pediatric, and Adult ICU.

Dr. Ludwig Lin, MD, speaks with John C. Marshall, MD, FRCSC, FACS, about his talk given at the 46th Critical Care Congress in Honolulu, Hawaii on, Building Global Collaboration in Acute Care Research.

Dr. Todd Fraser, MD, speaks with Michael J. Murray, MD, PhD, FCCM, FCCP, about the article, Clinical Practice Guidelines for Sustained Neuromuscular Blockade in the Adult Critically Ill Patient, published in Critical Care Medicine.

Ludwig Lin, MD, speaks with Mitchell M. Levy, MD, MCCM, about the release of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2016, presented at the 46th Critical Care Congress in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Ludwig Lin, MD, speaks with Ruth M. Kleinpell, PhD, RN, FAAN, FCCM. Dr. Kleinpell is Director at the Center for Clinical Research and Scholarship and Professor in the College of Nursing at Rush University in Chicago, Illinois.

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Lakhmir S. Chawla, MD, about future research related to the Congress session: Bench-Pressing in the ICU: Which Vasopressor Agent Should I Choose for My Patient? which he presented at the 45th Critical Care Congress in Orlando, Florida.

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with David B. Kantor, MD, PhD, about the article, Ultrasound Guidance and Other Determinants of Successful Peripheral Artery Catheterization in Critically Ill Children, published in the December 2016 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Mary Jo C. Grant, APRN, PhD, about the article, Dexmedetomidine Use in Critically-Ill Children with Acute Respiratory Failure, published in the December 2016 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.

Todd Fraser, MD, speaks with Scott Kaatz, DO, FACP, SFHM, about his talk given at the 45th Critical Care Congress on, Bleeding Management and Reversal Strategies for the DOAC Patient: New and Future Approaches. Dr. Kaatz is Senior Staff Hospitalist and Medical Director for Professional Development and Research in the Division of Hospital Medicine at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan.

Todd Fraser, MD, speaks with Arjen Slooter, MD, PhD, about the article, Long-Term Mental Health Problems After Delirium in the ICU, published in Critical Care Medicine.

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Aaron C. Spicer, MD, MAS. Dr. Spicer completed a pediatric residency and critical care fellowship and now is a resident in the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.

Ludwig Lin, MD, speaks with Sachin Yende, MD, MS, about his article, "Long-Term Quality of Life Among Survivors of Severe Sepsis: Analyses of Two International Trials," published in Critical Care Medicine.

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Mark C. Dugan, MD, about the article: Does Simulation Improve Recognition and Management of Pediatric Septic Shock, and If One Simulation Is Good, Is More Simulation Better?

Ludwig Lin, MD, speaks with Jane Taylor, Ed.D, about quality improvement science and her contributions to the Surviving Sepsis Campaign.

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Christine Gall, DrPH, about the article, "Pediatric Triage in a Severe Pandemic: Maximizing Survival by Establishing Triage Thresholds," published in the September 2016 issue of Critical Care Medicine.

Todd Fraser, MD, speaks with Joseph L. Nates, MD, MBA, FCCM, about the article, "Intensive Care Unit Admission, Discharge, and Triage Guidelines: A Framework to Enhance Clinical Operations, Development of Institutional Policies, and Further Research," published in Critical Care Medicine.

Todd Fraser, MD, speaks with Alexander B. Levitov, MD, FCCM, FCCP, RDCS. Dr. Levitov is a professor in the division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Director of the Ultrasound Training Program at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia.