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PAIN: a four letter word
(Vanderbilt University. Medical Center, 2008-08-21)
The management of pain is a key element of the care of all patients-- ICU or not. Often providers have little understanding of the concepts and medications of pain management. This episode serves as an introduction
Sepsis - Part 1
(Vanderbilt University. Medical Center, 2007-12-10)
Sepsis is a common cause of death in the intensive care unit. In this episode I present some of the statistics on septic deaths, introduce the definitions, and present the basic science. Part 2 will cover fluid and drug ...
Lightning Injuries
(Vanderbilt University. Medical Center, 2007-05-14)
Lightning injuries are rare, but when you do treat a patient they can have facinating presentations. This lecture follows a patient we treated at Vanderbilt. The patient present to a local ED with stroke like symptoms ...
Meta-analysis of Glucose Control
(Vanderbilt University. Medical Center, 2008-11-16)
Tight glucose control has been widely introduced into critical care. This meta-analysis, recently published in JAMA, critically evaluates the effects of these trials in reduction of sepsis as well as mortality. The results ...
Bomb and Blast Injuries
(Vanderbilt University. Medical Center, 2007-07-04)
Bomb and blast injuries: In the past blast injuries were limited to the battlefield of a rare industrial accident. The events of the past week are a reminder that civilian population centers are targets for bombing ...
Pediatric Burns
(Vanderbilt University. Medical Center, 2008-02-13)
Pediatric burns: all burns are serious, both big and small. This episode reviews the objectives of burn care to result in the best functional outcome. Also, burn is a very common method of child abuse and we detail how ...
Surviving Sepsis Campaign (part 2)
(Vanderbilt University. Medical Center, 2008-05-15)
We continue our discussion of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC). This includes fluids types, steroids, rhAPC (Xigris), and blood sugar control.
Do not give steroids for post extubation stridor
(Vanderbilt University. Medical Center, 2007-05-13)
What is the role of giving an adult steroids to prevent stridor or reintubation following extubation. This epidose looks at the data.
Metabolism: Starvation versus Stress
(Vanderbilt University. Medical Center, 2007-06-19)
Not feeding an injured or ill patient is not that same as a normal individual who is fasting. A pound of weight loss in the stress patient is significantly different than a pound of weight loss in someone on a diet. A ...
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
(Vanderbilt University. Medical Center, 2008-06-07)
A discussion of the physiology and presentation of abdominal compartment syndrome.