507 results
POLAR Randomized Clinical Trial - Effect of Early Sustained Prophylactic Hypothermia on Neurologic Outcomes Among Patients
POLAR Randomized Clinical ... 21):2211-2220. doi ... Hypothermia #TBI #CriticalCare ... VisualAbstract #EBM
Goal-Directed Therapy - Evidence Summary of Major Clinical Trials

 - EGDT: NEJM 2001

 - ProCESS: NEJM
Summary of Major Clinical ... Therapy #Trials #EBM ... VisualAbstract #CriticalCare
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
- Differential Diagnosis ... PCWP • Exam: ↓ JVP ... findings based on cause ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... table #comparison #criticalcare
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
Differential Diagnosis ... symptoms (HA, nausea ... status (edema, JVD ... drug history #Diagnosis ... #EM #IM #Nephro
Clinical Examination of the Critically Patient

#PhysicalExam #CriticalCare #Evaluation #Diagnosis
Clinical Examination ... #PhysicalExam #CriticalCare ... #Evaluation #Diagnosis
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
you evaluate her JVP ... the underlying diagnosis ... Causes = RV failure ... pericarditis (this case ... PhysicalExam #Video #Clinical
TTH48 - Targeted Temperature Management for 48 vs 24 Hours and Neurologic Outcome After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac
- A Randomized Clinical ... 318(4):341-350. doi ... #TTM48 #TTH48 #CriticalCare ... VisualAbstract #EBM
Causes, classification and compensatory responses to shock.

Shock can be caused by any pathological process that leads
Causes, classification ... Shock can be caused ... The cause of shock ... shock is often clinically ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare
SHoC-ED - Does Point-of-Care Ultrasonography Improve Clinical Outcomes in Emergency Department Patients With Undifferentiated Hypotension? 

Ann
Ultrasonography Improve Clinical ... 72(4):478-489. doi ... #Hypotension #CriticalCare ... VisualAbstract #EBM
Antecubital Vein examination to estimate JVP/CVP

In this video, the antecubital veins move between 

Below [RA +
Most of the time JV ... > overestimate JVP ... But in rare cases ... #PhysicalExam #JVP ... #estimation #Clinical