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This Concise Critical Appraisal discusses the major changes to the ventilator liberation guidelines, including completing spontaneous breathing trials before noon but not requiring low-level...
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A new study further illustrates that implementing the ICU Liberation Bundle (A-F) decreases patients’ mechanical ventilation duration and ICU length of stay (LOS), which can improve ICU...
Growing and advancing careers in critical care starts at home with the multidisciplinary team.
This Concise Critical Appraisal explores a study that evaluated the clinical outcomes of patients with large infarct cores and Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Scores of less than 3 who underwent...
SCCM member Amy Tschirhart, MSN, APRN, CPNP-AC, shares how her own story of multiple ICU stays has influenced her practice as a pediatric ICU nurse practitioner.
The Society of Critical Care Medicine has put together two free toolkits to address clinician workload, well-being, and burnout, providing resources and tools that reflect the uniqueness of the ICU.
This Concise Critical Appraisal explores a recent study evaluating the prevalence of bacterial codetection in infants with lower respiratory tract infections and its association with longer...
Timothy G. Buchman, PhD, MD, MCCM, has announced that he will step down as editor-in-chief of Critical Care Explorations.
When should antibiotics be administered in septic patients with septic arthritis? This Concise Critical Appraisal reviews a recent study that sought to determine whether patients with septic...
The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) has named Jonathan E. Sevransky, MD, MHS, FCCM, as the new editor-in-chief of Critical Care Medicine, starting in October 2024.
Does adding mechanical circulatory support to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) lead to better outcomes than ECMO alone? This Concise Critical Appraisal reviews a recent meta-analysis that...
As an update to a 2019 workforce report, three committees from the Society of Critical Care Medicine evaluated critical care medicine’s continued emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic, changes...
Independence Day is supposed to be a day of celebration, but for Cooper Roberts and Ian Azeredo, it was life changing. If it were not for their respective critical care teams, it would have been...
Should critically injured children receive balanced crystalloid (BC) solutions or normal saline (NS) during fluid resuscitation? This Concise Critical Appraisal explores a recent study examining...
Does delaying antibiotic treatment in patients with bloodstream infections have an effect on mortality? This Concise Critical Appraisal reviews a study on the impact that time-to-appropriate...
Does extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (eCPR) improve survival rates? This Concise Critical Appraisal reviews a study that sought to determine whether patients who received eCPR after...
Thanks to the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Edwards Lifesciences Foundation, Gisselle Aguilar Sabillón, MD, recently led two Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support courses in San...
Attending your first Critical Care Congress? Read on for some tips and tricks on navigating the meeting without becoming overwhelmed.
SCCM is thrilled to bring world-renowned thought leaders to the 2024 Critical Care Congress to discuss innovative developments and hot topics in critical care. Read the thought leaders’ own...
A multiprofessional group of SCCM members trained more than 300 clinicians in September, returning to Lviv, Ukraine to provide Fundamental Critical Care Support: Surgical, ICU Liberation, and...