SCCM Pod-521 CCM: Can ICU Liberation Bundle Compliance Impact Post-Intensive Care Syndrome Rates?
Host Kyle B. Enfield, MD, FCCM, is joined by Daisuke Kawakami, MD, to discuss the Critical Care Medicine article, "Evaluation of the Imp...
Breathing Easier: Evolving Strategies in Ventilator Liberation Guidelines
This Concise Critical Appraisal discusses the major changes to the ventilator liberation guidelines, including completing spontaneous breathing trials...
Management of the Potential Organ Donor in the ICU
This document was developed through the collaborative efforts of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the American College of Chest Physicians, and ...
Critical Care Delivery: The Importance of Process and ICU Structure to Improved Outcomes
An Update From the American College of Critical Care Medicine Task Force on Models of Critical Care.
Responding to Requests for Potentially Inappropriate Treatments in Intensive Care Units
An Official ATS/AACN/ACCP/ESICM/SCCM Policy Statement.
Bedside General and Cardiac Ultrasonography in the Evaluation of Critically Ill Patients - Part I
Guidelines for the Appropriate Use of Bedside General and Cardiac Ultrasonography in the Evaluation of Critically Ill Patients—Part I: General U...
Appropriate Use of Bedside General and Cardiac Ultrasonography in the Evaluation of Critically Ill Patients: Part II
Guidelines for the Appropriate Use of Bedside General and Cardiac Ultrasonography in the Evaluation of Critically Ill Patients—Part II: Cardiac ...
ICU Admission, Discharge, and Triage Guidelines
ICU Admission, Discharge, and Triage Guidelines: A Framework to Enhance Clinical Operations, Development of Institutional Policies, and Further Resear...
Guideline for Reversal of Antithrombotics in Intracranial Hemorrhage
A Statement for Healthcare Professionals from the Neurocritical Care Society and Society of Critical Care Medicine.
Defining Futile and Potentially Inappropriate Interventions
The Society of Critical Care Medicine and four other major critical care organizations have endorsed a seven-step process to resolve disagreements abo...
Guidelines for Sustained Neuromuscular Blockade in the Adult Critically Ill Patient
An SSCM/ASHP Joint Guideline, this is an update to the 2002 version of "Clinical practice guidelines for sustained neuromuscular blockade in...
Family-Centered Care in the ICU
Guidelines for Family-Centered Care in the Neonatal, Pediatric, and Adult ICU aim to provide clinicians with evidence-based strategies to optimiz...
Guidelines for the Provision and Assessment of Nutrition Support Therapy in the Pediatric Critically Ill Patient
Guidelines for the Provision and Assessment of Nutrition Support Therapy in the Pediatric Critically Ill Patient represents the first collaboration be...
Diagnosis and Management of CIRCI in Critically Ill Patients (Part I)
This guideline, published by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), is an update of th...
Pediatric ICU Admission, Discharge, and Triage Practice Statement and Levels of Care Guidance
Objectives: To update the American Academy of Pediatrics and Society of Critical Care Medicine’s 2004 Guidelines and levels ...
Guidelines for the Management of Adult Acute and Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (Part I)
Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines on the Management of Adults With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the ICU First Update
The Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) has updated the previously released Guidelines on the Management of Critically Ill Adults With Coronavirus Disease...
Diagnosis and Management of CIRCI in Critically Ill Patients (Part II)
The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) jointly published guidelines in 2017 for the dia...
Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU
Clinical Practice Guidelin...
Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines 2021
International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2021
Updated global adult sepsis guidelines, releas...
PANDEM Guidelines for Infants and Children
As many as three out of five children i...Guidelines for the Management of Adult Acute and Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure in the ICU (Part II)
OBJECTIVE:
Develop evidence-based recommendations for clinicians caring for adults with acute liver failure (ALF) or acute on chronic liver fai...
Guidelines for Rapid Sequence Intubation in the Critically Ill Adult Patient
RATIONALE: Controversies and practice variations exist related to the pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic management of the airway during rapid sequenc...
SCCM and IDSA Guidelines for Evaluating New Fever in Adult Patients in the ICU
RATIONALE: Fever is frequently an early indicator of infection and often requires rigorous diagnostic evaluation.
OBJECTIVES: This is a...
Guidelines on Use of Corticosteroids in Sepsis, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, and Community-Acquired Pneumonia
RATIONALE: New evidence is available on the use of corticosteroids in sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and community-acquired bacte...
Guidelines on Glycemic Control for Critically Ill Children and Adults
RATIONALE: Maintaining glycemic control of critically ill patients may impact outcomes such as survival, infection, and neuromuscular recovery, but th...
Guidelines on Recognizing and Responding to Clinical Deterioration Outside the ICU
RATIONALE: Clinical deterioration of patients hospitalized outside the intensive care unit (ICU) is a source of potentially reversible morbidity and m...
SCCM Diagnostic Excellence Program Seeks to Transform Sepsis Care With Support of CMSS Grant
Sepsis is the leading cause of hospitalization and hospital deaths in the United States. SCCM has received a grant from the Council of Medical Special...
ICU Liberation Bundle Implementation: Nurses Champion Change as Early Adopters
How can nurses champion change and improve outcomes by implementing the ICU Liberation Bundle (A-F)? Laura S. Maples, MSN, RN, CCRN-K, summarizes how ...
AHRQ Releases New Experience-Based Toolkit for Intensive Care Units
The new Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Toolkit for Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI in ICUs offers customizable tools and training resou...
Leapfrog Dashboard Tracking of Postoperative Sepsis: An Opportunity for Quality Improvement
This article describes the new Leapfrog quality metrics and their methodology, focusing on postoperative sepsis identification and the potential impac...
SCCM Releases PANDEM Guidelines for Critically Ill Children and Infants
Emphasize importance of continual assessment, nonpharmacologic interventions, and family involvement. The PANDEM guidelines for children and infants w...
Innovating Consistency in Care Through the STOP-VIRUS ICU Learning Collaborative
In the preliminary analysis of the VIRUS COVID-19 Registry of Discovery, the Critical Care Research Network, investigators discovered significant vari...
ICU Liberation: How Pharmacists Can Champion Change and Improve Outcomes
Joanna L. Stollings, PharmD, FCCP, FCCM, and Devin N. Holden, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, summarize how pharmacists can play an important role in the develop...
Updated Guidelines on Management of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Adults
Clostrididioides difficile infection (CDI) occurs in about 4% of ICU patients, causing fulminant colitis and death in nearly 60% of symptomatic critic...
Concise Critical Appraisal: Surviving Sepsis Campaign COVID-19 Guidelines Update
The updated Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) COVID-19 guidelines are now available, reflecting the learnings from the latest major studies. This month&...
ICU Liberation: The Role of Rehabilitation Professionals
The ICU Liberation Bundle (A-F) can help rehabilitation practitioners and respiratory care practitioners (RCPs) assess the broad, long-term goals of p...
ICU Liberation Labs: Engaging the Team Ensures the ICU Liberation Bundle Improves Patient Outcomes
The ICU Liberation Labs during the 49th Critical Care Congress featured information about the ICU Liberation Initiative - which aims to liberate patie...
Surviving Sepsis Campaign Releases First Children’s Sepsis Guidelines
The Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) released its first evidence-based guidelines for the pediatric patient population in the February 2020 issue of
Joint Commission Proposes Changes to Medication Management Standard
The Joint Commission (TJC) is proposing the addition of new and revised requirements for hospital, critical access hospital, ambulatory care, home car...
How ICU Liberation Brought Value to Our Patients, Team Members, and Administrators
An interview with an ICU Liberation Collaborative Leader and Participant.
SCCM Pod-489: The AIMS Trial: Battle of the Bundles, Hour-1 Versus 3-Hour
The Assessment of Implementation of Methods in Sepsis and Respiratory Failure (AIMS) Study seeks to determine the safest and most effective approach t...
The Impact of Blood Culture Positivity on Community-Acquired Sepsis
This Concise Critical Appraisal delves into the impact of blood culture positivity on community-acquired sepsis and evaluates the epidemiology, resist...
Critically Ill Children and the ICU Liberation Bundle
Does use of the ICU Liberation Bundle (A-F) improve outcomes in critically ill children? Explore the first multicenter report on the impact of the ent...