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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Hyperglycemic hyperosmolar syndrome (HHS) is a potentially life-threatening hyperglycemic emergency that has a mortality that can be 10 times as high compared with patients...
Emergency department (ED) visits for critically ill patients has nearly doubled over the past decade. Unfortunately, ED boarding of critically ill patients awaiting ICU...
The use of a PEEP recruitment maneuver is common among ventilated patients with refractory hypoxemia. However, a recent JAMA study questions whether we should...
