Critical Care Commentary

Critical Care Commentary

Sedative use in older adults after critical illness

Author:

Lisa D. Burry, PharmD, PhD

David R. Williamson, MSCPharm, PhD

Patients admitted to ICUs require modifications to their medication regimen due to their critical illness and rapidly changing clinical status.

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Critical Care Commentary

Celebrating the inaugural issues of CHEST’s new open access journals

After much anticipation, the inaugural issues of both CHEST® Critical Care and CHEST® Pulmonary officially launched in late June.

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Critical Care Commentary

Use the SCAI stages to identify and treat cardiogenic shock

Author:

John P. Gaillard, MD, FCCP

Cardiogenic shock (CS) is being recognized more often in critically ill patients.

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Critical Care Commentary

Fluids or vasopressors: Is sepsis management that simple?

Author:

H. Bryant Nguyen, MD

Did CLOVERS and CLASSIC resolve the ongoing debate about the timing and quantity of fluid resuscitation in sepsis?

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Critical Care Commentary

ECMO for refractory asthma exacerbations

Author:

Jonathan K. Zakrajsek, MS

Arun Kannappan, MD

And R. William Vandivier, MD

My ‘traditional’ approach left little room for error in a patient with high ventilator pressures and hemodynamic instability.

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Critical Care Commentary

Management strategies for patients with COVID-19 pneumonia/ARDS

Author:

John Gaillard, MD, FCCP

Tarun Kapoor, MD

Erin Staples, MD

Management strategies for patients with COVID-19 pneumonia/ARDS have continued to evolve during the pandemic.

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Critical Care Commentary

Toward a healthy and sustainable critical care workforce in the COVID-19 era: A call for action

Author:

Kelly C. Vranas, MD

Meeta Prasad Kerlin, MD

We are now at a crucial moment in history to better understand the pandemic’s impact on our human resources.

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Critical Care Commentary

ICU telemedicine turns 40

Author:

Jeffrey D. Graham Ii, MD

Ithan D. Peltan, MD, MSc

At least 18% of hospitals and 28% of ICU beds were supported by ICU telemedicine by 2018.

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Critical Care Commentary

Addressing racial bias in pulse oximetry

Author:

Emily A. Harlan, MD, MA

Daniel Colon Hidalgo, MD

Thomas S. Valley, MD, MSc

Data show that pulse oximeters do not accurately measure blood oxygen levels in Black patients.

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Critical Care Commentary

Pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and subcutaneous emphysema: The many faces of COVID-19 ARDS

Author:

Hafsa Abdulla, MD

Caring for the critically ill patient with COVID-19 has posed numerous challenges.

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