http://www.criticalcareminutes.com An online meeting point and complete information resource for SICU communications Fri, 16 May 2008 17:58:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wander over to the Evidence Based Medicine section of the website which has recently been opened! Here you will have an opportunity to review an excellent series from the BMJ by senior lecturer Trisha Greenhalgh entitled "How to read a paper." This series goes through the basics of a systematic approach ... http://www.criticalcareminutes.com/archives/65 Dr. Douglas Naylor presented an excellent focused review of the basic management of Burn and Trauma patients. Even though this may not address the "run of the mill" ICU patients, it is extremely important for critical care practitioners to understand the basics of acute trauma management. Always remember the BASICS!!! ... http://www.criticalcareminutes.com/archives/61 Dr. Tim Sable's review of a common and recurrent issue in critical care practice: therapy misalignment. Review the presentation to see how current practitioners use randomized controlled trials to manage ICU patients and whether or not these therapies are in line with the results of the studies. Dr. Sable reviews ... http://www.criticalcareminutes.com/archives/60 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? ... http://www.criticalcareminutes.com/archives/70 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 ... http://www.criticalcareminutes.com/archives/57 To view in full screen mode, please click the bottom right icon on the image. http://www.criticalcareminutes.com/archives/59 Please attend the lecture on Nutrition to be given on Wednesday, Aug 1 in the G5's KIVA conference room at 12 noon. This will be an excellent overview of the TPN service and an introduction to writing TPN orders in the ICU. Metabolic and caloric requirements along with daily electrolyte ... http://www.criticalcareminutes.com/archives/58 Dr. Christofer Utz did an excellent review of the Critical Care Safety Study published in 2005 Critical Care Medicine. The primary objective of this study was to identify the incidence and rates of adverse events in critical care units per 1000 patient days. Dr. Utz reports the study design, methods ... http://www.criticalcareminutes.com/archives/55 This first podcast will be an introduction to our website and its features. You will be able to subscribe to this podcast series very soon using iTunes. The link to subscribe to the podcast feed is on the right sidebar of the page. Be sure to check out all our future ... http://www.criticalcareminutes.com/archives/54 The articles for the next journal club are linked for download below: Boyle et al. Disclosing errors and adverse events in the intensive care unit. CCM 2006 Rothschild et al. The Critical Care Safety Study: The incidence and nature of adverse events and serious medical errors in intensive care. CCM 2005 http://www.criticalcareminutes.com/archives/49