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 published in the NEJM and evaluated the use of bicarbonate in patients with severe metabolic acidosis. In this podcast, we go over the results and discuss the use of bicarbonate in critically ill patients.
Several recent articles have challenged the long-held belief that we should treat fever in patients with sepsis? In this episode we review these recent...
Over 80% of patients with sepsis receive care in the ED. Despite evidence demonstrating the benefits of ED sepsis resuscitation, there remains significant controversies...
Renal transplants are one of the most common organ transplants worldwide. Renal transplant patients can quickly succumb to illness and present to the ED...