Reading Time: 4 minutes The Pre-brief In critically ill patients presenting with shock, severe hypovolemia, cardiac arrest, major trauma, and difficult peripheral IV access,…
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Pre-brief: We all love Precedex (dexmedetomidine) for its light sedative properties and minimal effects on respiration. But what about its…
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Reading Time: 3 minutes The Pre-brief What is myasthenia gravis (MG)? MG is an autoimmune disease that stems from antibodies binding to acetylcholine (Ach)…
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Reading Time: 2 minutes The Pre-brief Today we’ll be discussing the management of 3 gastrointestinal hiccups (pun intended) commonly dealt with in the ICU:…
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Urine drug screens (UDS) can be useful tools for critical care providers to determine if a patient is acutely intoxicated or has overdosed on a substance. However, there are pitfalls to using UDS.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Learn about this little-known side effect of cefepime that can occur in up to 15% of patients!
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Let’s talk about how you manage shivering in patients receiving Targeted Temperature Management
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Read this CriticalCareNow post about Epoprostenol and learn about the on and off-label uses of this drug.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Today, we’ll be discussing organ donation after brain death. As critical care practitioners, we should be honoring organ donors by doing justice to the gifts they give so many – their vital organs. Which medications should we be using to maintain the viability of organs and why?
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Today, we’ll be discussing organ donation after brain death. As critical care practitioners, we should be honoring organ donors by doing justice to the gifts they give so many – their vital organs. Which medications should we be using to maintain the viability of organs and why?