SCCM Podcast

Stanley Nasraway, MD, FCCM, discuss an article in the December issue of Critical Care Medicine "Heparin-induced Thuombocytopenia in the critical care setting: Diagnosis and management." The reference is Critical Care Medicine. 2006 34(12):2898-2911. This article offers continuing medical educational credit.

The Society of Critical Care Medicine's eNewsletter provides members of the critical care community with vital news relevant to their practice as well as updates on Society activities and programs.

Eric Pacht, MD, discuss an editorial published in the September issue of Critical Care Medicine, "Enteral therapy to decrease morbidity and improve survival in acute respiratory distress syndrome: Its time has come." Dr. Pacht is a pulmonary and critical care specialist and the director of the intensive care unit at Licking Memorial Hospital in Ohio. (Crit Care Med; 2006 34(9):2292-2493)

Saraswati Dayal, MD, and Edwin Deitch, MD, discuss an article published in the September issue of Critical Care Medicine, "ICU management of the trauma patient.." The review examines closely the most important intensive care unit issues and approaches unique to trauma patients. Dr. Dayal is an attending in trauma and surgical critical care at Hacksensack University Memorial Center in New Jersey. D...

Yizhak Kupfer, MD, discusses his lecture, to be held during the 36th Critical Care Congress, "Reduction of Medication Errors in the Intensive Care Unit." Dr. Kupfer is an associate professor of medicine at SUNY Downstate School of Medicine and is the director of the medical intensive care unit at Maimonides Medical Center in New York, New York.

The Society of Critical Care Medicine's eNewsletter provides members of the critical care community with vital news relevant to their practice as well as updates on Society activities and programs.

Derek Angus, MD, MPH, discusses a new, multicenter research consortium, called Protocolized Care for Early Septic Shock (ProCESS). The consortium is beginning a large-scale study to determine whether specific interventions can halt the progression to severe sepsis and septic shock. Dr. Angus along with SCCM members Mitchell Fink, MD, and Donald Yealy, MD, will lead a team of intensive care unit an...

Simon Finfer, MD, MBBS, MRCP, is one of the prominent keynote speakers set to present during the 36th Critical Care Congress February 17 to 21, 2007. He discusses his keynote presentation "The Clinical Role of Albumin in the Critically Ill" as well as his latest critical care endeavors. Dr. Fifner is a senior staff specialist in intensive care at Royal North Shore Hospital of Sydney. Dr Finfer rec...

Mitchell Levy, MD, FCCM, discusses a perspectives article published in the October 19, 2006, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, titled Surviving Sepsis-Practice Guidelines, Marketing Campaigns, and Eli Lilly, which criticizes the campaign and its major funding source, Eli Lilly.

The Society of Critical Care Medicine's eNewsletter provides members of the critical care community with vital news relevant to their practice as well as updates on Society activities and programs.

Patrick Kochanek, MD, FCCM, is one of the prominent keynote speakers set to present during the 36th Critical Care Congress February 17 to 21, 2007. He discusses his presentation, "Emergency Preservation for Resuscitation: Beyond CPR," as well as his background and expertise in critical care. Dr. Kochanek is director of the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research and is a tenured professor in the d...

Daren Heyland, MD, MSc, is of the prominent keynote speakers set to present during the 36th Critical Care Congress, to be held February 17 to 21, 2007. He discusses his presentation, "Pharmaco-Nutrition: A New Emerging Paradigm," and offers insight into his background and accomplishments in critical care. Dr. Heyland is professor of medicine at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

The Society of Critical Care Medicine's eNewsletter provides members of the critical care community with vital news relevant to their practice as well as updates on Society activities and programs.

Maged A. Tanios, MD, discusses his article, "A randomized, controlled trial of the role of weaning: Predictors in clinical decision making," from the October issue of Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Tanios is the director of the ICU at St. Mary Medical Center and assistant professor of medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine. (Crit. Care Med. 34(10):2530-2535, October...

The Society of Critical Care Medicine's eNewsletter provides members of the critical care community with vital news relevant to their practice as well as updates on Society activities and programs.

Charles Durbin Jr., MD, FCCM, president of SCCM, shares his insights on some of the highlights from the past year and discusses the future of SCCM with the membership. Dr. Durbin is more than halfway Thuough his SCCM presidency in a year that has been marked by many accomplishments in the critical care community. In addition to his seat at the helm of Society, Dr. Durbin is professor of anesthesio...

Douglas White, MD, discusses his article in the Aug issue of Critical Care Medicine, "Decisions to Limit Life-Sustaining Treatment for Critically Ill Patients Who Lack Both Decision-Making Capacity and Surrogate Decision Makers." Dr. White is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center.(Crit Care Med; 2006, 34(8):2053-2059)

Marin Kollef, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the department of pulmonary and critical care medicine at the Washington University School of Medicine and director of medical critical care at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, discusses his article in the Aug issue of Critical Care Medicine, "Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Sterile-Site Infection: The Importance of Appropriate Initial Antimi...

Phillip Dellinger, MD, FCCM, professor of medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and director of the critical care section at Cooper University Hospital, and Roman Jaeschke, MD, a clinical professor at McMaster University discuss an article published in the Aug issue of Critical Connections. The article, "Revising the Surviving Sepsis Guidelines: A Closer Look," details the guideline revis...

Terry Clemmer, MD, FCCM, discusses computerized physician order entry and error detection in the intensive care unit. This podcast was recorded during the Society's 35th Critical Care Congress and released to complement the Excellence in Quality and Safety in Critical Care conference to be held September 21 to 23, 2006. Dr. Clemmer is the director of critical care at LDS Hospital in Utah and profe...

Gordon Bernard, MD, shares his thoughts on the recently released Fluid And Catheter Treatment Trial or FACTT trial published in the May issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. The Society of Critical Care Medicine conducted this interview as part of its commitment to translating research to the bedside. Dr. Bernard serves as the steering committee chairman for ARDSNet, the group that publish...

Marie R. Baldisseri, MD, an intensivist from the University of Pittsburgh, discusses her article from the June issue of Critical Connections, titled "Rapid Response Systems: Have They Made a Difference?" Dr. Baldisseri is an associate professor of critical care medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Raina M. Merchant, MD, a resident in emergency medicine at the University of Chicago, and Benjamin S. Abella, MD, an assistant professor of medicine in the section of emergency medicine at the University of Chicago, discuss their article published in the July issue of Critical Care Medicine. The article, "Therapeutic Hypothermia Utilization Among Physicians After Resuscitation From Cardiac Arrest,...

Shannon S. Carson, MD, assistant professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and associate medical director of the medical and respiratory ICUs at the UNC Medical Center, as well as John P. Kress, MD, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Chicago, discuss their article from the May 2006 Critical Care Medicine, "A Randomized Trial of Intermittent Lorazepa...

Brian Jacobs, MD, project director of Integrating Clinical Information Systems, or ICIS, at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, discusses how efforts in computerized physician order entry relate to patient safety. The ICIS system is a computer-based system implemented Thuoughout the hospital Thuough which all medical orders are entered and documented electronically. The system, believed...