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Early Goal-Directed Therapy in Septic Shock August 22, 2007

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Dr. Dana Darwish presents an excellent review of one of the classic papers in critical care literature by Rivers et al. This landmark study looks at Early Goal-Directed Therapy in the treatment of Septic Shock. Do we finally have an answer to the near 40% mortality rate from this morbidity? The review of the stud below may help you figure that out. This presentation is archived in the section of Journal Club Presentations.

 

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PA Catheter Questionnaire now ONLINE! August 1, 2007

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Courtesy of Dr. Shahpour Esfandiari, M.D.

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE PAC QUESTIONNAIRE

Please go through the entire set of 29 questions. There will be more added to this list very soon. Once you have gone though all the questions please CONTACT ME via the tab above and I will send you the answer key. The goal here is for this to be educational and NOT A GRADED QUIZ!!! Enjoy! These questions were designed specifically for PA catheter education. Of note, only about 60% of practicing Critical Care Intensivists were able to pass this when it was tested via a survey based system. Hmmm…interesting…

Assessment of Renal Funtion in the ICU August 1, 2007

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