Critical Care , Cardiology , Deep Dive in CritCare

Deep Dive into the Evidence: Cardiac Ultrasound in Cardiac Arrest

9/5/2019 Sean M. Hickey, MD , Bryan Beattie, MD , Susannah Empson, MD , Mina Ghobrial, MD , Jaskirat Gill, MD , Emily Gillespie , Meghan Gorski, DO , Omid Manoochehri, MD , Joshua Novy, MD, MBA, MS , Jonathan Pickos, DO , Mark Ramzy, DO, EMT-P , Yanika Wolfe, MD

Will transesophageal echocardiography become the first imaging incorporated into ACLS protocols?

Critical Care , Cardiology , Deep Dive in CritCare

Deep Dive into the Evidence: Epinephrine in Cardiac Arrest

6/5/2019 Sean M. Hickey, MD , Bryan Beattie, MD , Yanika Wolfe, MD , Emily Gillespie , Meghan Gorski, DO , Mina Ghobrial, MD , Susannah Empson, MD

Epinephrine is a commonly administered vasopressor in cardiac arrests. Does the evidence support this intervention?

Critical Care , Sepsis , Shock , Deep Dive in CritCare

Deep Dive into the Evidence: Steroids in Septic Shock

2/5/2019 Sean M. Hickey, MD , Susannah Empson, MD , Emily Gillespie , Meghan Gorski, DO , Yanika Wolfe, MD

The use of exogenous steroids in septic shock is a controversial issue with inconsistent data on mortality to date. Several studies examine sepsis treatment. What does the evidence show?

Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Adjunctive Corticosteroid Treatment in Patients with Septic Shock (ADRENAL Trial)

12/1/2018 Susannah Empson, MD , Yanika Wolfe, MD , Meghan Gorski, DO

The ADRENAL trial was designed to test the hypothesis that hydrocortisone results in lower mortality than placebo among patients with septic shock. Find out what investigators discovered.

Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Balanced Crystalloids vs. Saline in Critically Ill Adults (the SMART Trial)

7/19/2018 Susannah Empson, MD

Could balanced crystalloids offer better outcomes than normal saline infusions? The SMART trial tracked mortality, new renal-replacement therapy, and persistent renal dysfunction among critically ill