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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The COACT trial demonstrated no improvement in 90-day mortality for post-arrest patients without evidence of an ST-segment elevation MI who were randomized to immediate...
Critically ill patients with acute hypoxic respiratory failure receive supplemental oxygen as a component of their treatment. In recent years, exposure to high levels...
Many critically ill patients are acidotic. Often, bicarbonate is administered to severely acidotic patients, but does it really improve outcomes? The BICAR-ICU was just...
