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Podcasts on topics relevant to intensive care medicine

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6. ESCIM Conference Berlin 2011 Day 2 & 3 Oct 13, 2011

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A summary of my experiences at the second and third days of the ESICM.

Links include:

Here is the IMPACT calculator for prognosticating in traumatic brain injury

For the Brain Tissue Oxygen Monitoring in Traumatic Brain Injury (BOOST 2) go here

For Simon Finfer's talk on the DECRA study click here

The Girault paper: Noninvasive Ventilation and Weaning in Patients with Chronic Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure

For lung ultrasound, you should look at both the Bouhamed paper and the Sartori paper, both here in fulltext for free.

There are a few lung ultrasound videos out there too, like this one

The BLUE protocol is here

Brain trauma foundation guidelines are here

Free fulltext of ECASS III is here

Martin Smith on intracerebral haemorrhage is all summarised here

A good summary of treating refractory status epilepticus is here

Some good neuro papers from the last year:

Cerebral tissue oxygenation measured by two different probes: challenges and interpretation
For the paper on measuring brain temperature with MRI spectroscopy, go here
Ultrasound of the optic nerve sheath to estimate ICP is here
Invasive and noninvasive assessment of cerebral oxygenation in patients with severe traumatic brain injury
This is probably a more useful paper on the risk factors for delirium after cardiac surgery
The bispectral index and suppression ratio are very early predictors of neurological outcome during therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest
Also see our presentation on this topic here

Top haemodynamic papers:

Here is an older paper on using IVC diameter for volume responsiveness, and here is the paper Alex Mebezza referred to
Comparing two different arginine vasopressin doses in advanced vasodilatory shock: a randomized, controlled, open-label trial
Effects of fluids on microvascular perfusion in patients with severe sepsis

Top Mechanical ventilation papers:

Top ICU infection/micro papers from the last year:

Best of metabolic and sepsis articles last year:

On TEGs and ROTEM:

Initial experiences with point-of-care rapid thrombelastography for management of life-threatening postinjury coagulopathy
A Cochrane review is here

5. ESCIM Conference Berlin 2011 Day 1 Oct 12, 2011

Show notes

A description of some of the presentations I attended on the first day of this year's ESICM conference in Berlin.

Here are links to some of the material discussed in this Podcast:

For the WHO Malaria Guidelines, look here
For an article on paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity, go here
For more about VAP, there's this, and for prevention, look here.
Here is the JAMA paper on hydrocortisone in multi-trauma patients
For review on NAVA look here.
Here is the key Subarachnoid Haemorrhage paper: Critical Care Management of Patients Following Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Recommendations from the Neurocritical Care Society’s Multidisciplinary Consensus Conference

4. The Intensivist of the Future Jul 14, 2011

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An interview with Professor Richard Lee discussing the role of intensive care specialsits now and in the future.

3. The Acute Management of Spinal Cord Injury Jun 07, 2011

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A podcast on the acute management of spinal cord injury from an Australian Emergency Department and intensive Care perspective.

2. Weaning from mechanical ventilation May 22, 2011

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A brief podcast on strategies to help wean a patient from mechanical ventilation.

1. The acute management of intra-cerebral haemorrhage Apr 05, 2011

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A case-based podcast on the acute management of intra-cerebral haemorrhage by Oliver Flower, an intensive care specialist from Sydney. It accompanies a recent review article:

Flower O, Smith M.

The acute management of intracerebral hemorrhage.

Curr Opin Crit Care. 2011 Apr;17(2):106-14.

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