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**ICU Rounds**

A podcast dedicated to the teaching of critical care. The focus audience is physicians, residents, medical students, nurses, therapists, and paramedics. These are topics that arise while on teaching rounds in the Burn ICU at Vanderbilt Medical Center. A broad scope of critical care and prehospital topics are presented as well as recent journal articles and medical news.

Latest Episodes:

Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection (NTSI) Dec 06, 2011

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This episode discusses the pathophysiology, presentation, and treatment of NTSI.

Different Cardiac Output Monitors & Physiology Nov 26, 2011

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This episode will discuss the physiology behind various CO output monitors such as pulmonary artery catheters, PICCO, pulse wave form analysis, and LiDCO.

Lactic Acidosis - Type B Nov 19, 2011

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Now these are the types of lactic acidosis that most people are not familiar. They can be caused by medications, underlying disease, or inborn errors of metabolism.

Lactate Acidosis - Type A Nov 12, 2011

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This podcast is a description of how lactate is produced and metabolized. I will discuss the role of lactate in the diagnosis and management of shock. This podcast will focus on Type A lactic acidosis.

Endotracheal tube cuff leaks and self-extubations Aug 03, 2011

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A brief description on what to consider when confronted with a patient with an air leak from the ET tube or a patient that self-extubates.

Pulmonary Embolus Jul 28, 2011

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A description of the risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment of PE.

Smoke Inhalation Injury Jul 06, 2011

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Smoke Inhalation injuries can be deadly. This episode explains why smoke can be so deadly, and how to care for those patients with suspected smoke inhalation injuries.

Propofol Related Infusion Syndrome Jun 05, 2011

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Propofol Related Infusion Syndrome is a potentially fatal complication of propofol. If you use this common ICU drug you need this information.

Wedge: Everyone elses favorite Swan number Dec 12, 2010

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Wedge or PAOP is perhaps the most quoted and poorly understood variable generated by a Swan-Ganz.

SVO2 My favorite Swan Number Dec 05, 2010

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The most helpful number for me on a Swan is the SvO2. This is a brief description of how I use this variable in evaluating critically ill and injured patients.

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