To say that 2020 has been a challenging year would be a gross understatement. The courage and determination that all healthcare providers have shown in confronting the COVID-19 pandemic has been nothing short of inspirational. In addition to the thousands of COVID-19 patients, we have also needed to manage many other critical illness conditions that have presented to our various settings. In this annual podcast, we review key articles published in 2020 on various aspects of select critical conditions.
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Untreated pain, anxiety, and agitation have both short- and long-term consequences for our critically ill patients. More importantly, it is well-known that patients remember...
Sepsis results in more than 250,000 deaths each year in the United States. Resuscitation of the septic patient centers on timely recognition, early antibiotic...
Approximately 3 million critically ill patients are intubated and initiated on mechanical ventilation each year in the United States. A critical component of mechanical...