Outcomes of Children With Medical Complexities Based on Language Spoken
This Concise Critical Appraisal reviews a recent study exploring the outcomes of children with medical complexities who speak a language other than En...
Utility of Endovascular Thrombectomy in Patients With Large Infarct Cores
This Concise Critical Appraisal explores a study that evaluated the clinical outcomes of patients with large infarct cores and Alberta Stroke Program ...
SCCM Pod-520: Implementation Science: From Evidence to Practice
Delve into the realm of implementation science and its significance in bridging the gap between research-based evidence and critical care practice. Ho...
Big Data Leads to the Discovery Data Science Campaign
The Discovery Data Science Campaign was launched in 2022 to improve the care of critically ill patients by leveraging the use of large-scale data (big...
NIH Funds SCCM Discovery Study on the Use of Sepsis Bundles in the Emergency Department
In funding a five-year prospective multicenter study to determine the safest and most effective approach to sepsis intervention, the National Heart, L...
Improving Post-ICU Stay Outcomes: How SCCM’s Discovery Grant Helped Establish an NIH-Funded Study
Paul E. Wischmeyer, MD, EDIC, FASPEN, FCCM, has a highly personal understanding of the challenges of recovering from an intensive care unit (ICU) stay...
Discovery and SARI-PREP Have Roles in Preparing for Next Pathogen Outbreak
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed major gaps in the U.S. healthcare system, prompting the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Cente...
Help Shape the Future of Sepsis Research on the National Level
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) is changing its priorities to invest in sepsis research in a more targeted and strategic wa...
Concise Critical Appraisal: Effect of Sodium Bicarbonate Infusion on Patient Outcomes
Jaber et al (Lancet. 2018;392:31-40) set out to evaluate the effect of sodium bicarbonate infusion on critically ill patient outcomes.
Concise Critical Appraisal: The Effect of Ramelteon Administration on the Duration of ICU Stay
Nishikimi et al (Crit Care Med. 2018;46:1099-1105) set out to identify the effects of ramelteon, a melatonin agonist, on ICU length of stay for critic...
Concise Critical Appraisal: Fluid Administration and Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Kuppermann et al (N Engl J Med. 2018;378:2275-2287) sought to prospectively determine the role that fluid makeup and rate have on the development of n...
Concise Critical Appraisal: Cerebral Oxygen Metabolism and RBC Transfusion in Infants
Neunhoeffer et al (Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2018;19:318-327) sought to use noninvasive means to determine the changes in cerebral oxygen metabolism in i...
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...
SCCM Pod-485: Better Together: The Power of Collaboration
The power of scientific collaboration has a broad reach. Samantha Gambles Farr, MSN, NP-C, CCRN, RNFA, was joined by SCCM Lifetime Achievement Award R...
SCCM Pod-477: Going Viral With the Discovery VIRUS COVID-19 Registry
The Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study (VIRUS) is a prospective, cross-sectional, observational study and registry of all eligibl...
SCCM Pod-475: Data Science and the Future of Critical Care Research
Discovery, the Critical Care Research Network, has launched the Data Science Campaign to leverage large-scale data for research. Kyle B. Enfield, MD, ...
SCCM Pod-51 SCCM Members Launch Major Sepsis Study
Derek Angus, MD, MPH, discusses a new, multicenter research consortium, called Protocolized Care for Early Septic Shock (ProCESS).
SCCM Pod-94 Increased Mortality of Ventilated Patients with Endotracheal Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
Jeanine Wiener-Kronish, MD, discusses an article published in the September 2008 issue of Critical Care Medicine, titled "Increased Mortality of ...
SCCM Pod-98 Congress Preview: Angus Discusses Critical Care Research
Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, FCCM, the recipient of the American College of Critical Care Medicine's (ACCM) Distinguished Investigator Award, discusse...
SCCM Pod-138 CCM: Understanding Critical Care Trial Design
Jonathan E. Sevransky, MD, MHS, discusses his September 2010 Critical Care Medicine article on this topic, titled “Critical Care Trial Design an...
SCCM Pod-153 Council Member Shares SCCM Experiences, Sepsis Research
Craig Coopersmith, MD, FCCM, shares how early involvement within the Society, his receiving the Vision Grant, and his participation in Specialty Secti...
SCCM Pod-161 Clifford Deutschman on Sepsis Research, SCCM Involvement
SCCM president-elect Clifford S. Deutschman, MD, FCCM, professor of anesthesiology and critical care at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medic...
SCCM Pod-172 PCCM: A Closer Look at the Critical Pertussis Study
Carol E. Nicholson, MD, MS, FAAP, is the Project Scientist for the Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN) and Program Directo...
SCCM Pod-179 CCM: Critical Care Research: Its Funding and Future
Jeffrey Guy, MD, MSc, MMHC, speaks with Clifford S. Deutschman, MD, FCCM, and Craig M. Coopersmith, MD, FCCM, who each served as lead authors in two C...
SCCM Pod-184 PCCM: Health-Related Outcomes in Children
Margaret Parker, MD, FCCM, associate podcast editor, speaks with Nana Coleman, MD, EdM, about her editorial published in the July Pediatric Critical C...
SCCM Pod-193 CCM: Research Consent Discrepancies Between Patients and Surrogates
Michael S. Weinstein, MD, FACS, FCCP, speaks with Marc Moss, MD, lead author of an article published in the September Critical Care Medicine, “S...
SCCM Pod-199 PCCM: Stem Cell Transplant Outcomes
Margaret Parker, MD, FCCM, speaks with Ranjit S. Chima, MD, lead author of an article that demonstrated a 63% survival to ICU discharge and a 45% long...
SCCM Pod-203 PCCM: Using the Vanguard Phase in Clinical Trials
Margaret Parker, MD, FCCM, speaks with Victoria L. Pemberton, RN, MS, about her article published in the January Pediatric Critical Care Medicine titl...
SCCM Pod-239 Hypertension and Health Outcomes in the PICU
Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Brett J. Ehrmann, MD, MS, about the article, “Hypertension and Health Outcomes in the PICU,” publis...
SCCM Pod-241 Stem Cell Therapies in Critical Illness
Michael Weinstein, MD, FACS, FCCP, speaks with Michael Matthay, MD, Professor of Medicine and Anesthesia at the University of California at San Franci...
SCCM Pod-264 44th Critical Care Congress: RESTORE Study
Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Martha Curley, RN, PhD, about "Protocolized Sedation vs Usual Care in Pediatric Patients Mechanically Vent...
SCCM Pod-268 Results from the EPIC II Study
Ludwig Lin, MD, speaks with Jean-Louis Vincent, MD, PhD, FCCM, about the article, “The Impact of Hospital and ICU Organizational Factors on Outc...
SCCM Pod-275 44th Critical Care Congress: Is Repair After AKI Linked to Long-Term Outcomes?
Todd Fraser, MD, speaks with John Kellum, MD, MCCM, Professor of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I...
SCCM Pod-282 A Qualitative Study Exploring Moral Distress in the ICU Team
Michael S. Weinstein, MD, FACS, FCCM, speaks with Janice L. Zimmerman, MD, and Courtenay R. Bruce, JD, MA, about the article, “A Qualitative Stu...
SCCM Pod-285 Trial of the Route of Early Nutritional Support in Critically Ill Adults
Todd Fraser, MD, speaks with Monty Mythen, MD, about the article, “Trial of the Route of Early Nutritional Support in Critically Ill Adults,&rdq...
SCCM Pod-302 Feeding Critically Ill Children and Outcomes
Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Ann-Marie Brown, ACNP, PhD, RN, FCCM, Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of Akron and Advanced Pr...
SCCM Pod-306 Fusing Clinical Care with Clinical Research: The Future of the Randomized Control Trial
Ludwig Lin, MD, speaks with Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, FRCP, about his upcoming talk, “Fusing Clinical Care with Clinical Research: The Future of ...
SCCM Pod-316 The SPLIT Randomized Clinical Trial
Todd Fraser, MD, speaks with Paul Young, FCICM, about the article, “Effect of a Buffered Crystalloid Solution vs Saline on Acute Kidney Injury A...
SCCM Pod-318 A Multicenter Evaluation of Prolonged Empiric Antibiotic Therapy in Adult ICUs in the U
Michael S. Weinstein, MD, FACS, FCCM, speaks with Zachariah Thomas, PharmD, about the article, “A Multicenter Evaluation of Prolonged Empiric An...
SCCM Pod-328 Long-Term Quality of Life Among Survivors of Severe Sepsis: Analyses of Two Internation
Ludwig Lin, MD, speaks with Sachin Yende, MD, MS, about his article, “Long-Term Quality of Life Among Survivors of Severe Sepsis: Analyses of Tw...
SCCM Pod-334 Vasopressors: Future Research
Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Lakhmir S. Chawla, MD, about future research related to the Congress session “Bench-Pressing in the ICU: ...
SCCM Pod-338 Building Global Collaboration in Acute Care Research
Ludwig Lin, MD, speaks with John C. Marshall, MD, FRCSC, FACS, about his talk given at the 46th Critical Care Congress in Honolulu, Hawaii on, &l...
SCCM Pod-347 High-Quality Randomized Controlled Trials in Pediatric Critical Care
Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks Mark Duffett, PhD, about the article, “High-Quality Randomized Controlled Trials in Pediatric Critical Care: A...
SCCM Pod-353 Are Biomarkers Ready for Prime Time?
Kyle Enfield, MD, speaks with John A. Kellum, MD, MCCM, about his talk presented at the 46th Critical Care Congress in Honolulu, Hawaii entitled, &ldq...
SCCM Pod-354 The Septic Shock 3.0 Definition and Trials
Ranjit Deshpande, MD, speaks with James A. Russell, MD, about the article, “The Septic Shock 3.0 Definition and Trials: A Vasopressin and Septic...
SCCM Pod-377 Procalcitonin Guidance in Patients with Sepsis
Ludwig H. Lin, MD, and Philipp Schuetz, MD, discuss procalcitonin and how it impacts treatment of sepsis. This podcast originated from the article &qu...
SCCM Pod-388 Choosing Wisely in Critical Care
Ranjit Deshpande, MD, and Ruth M. Kleinpell, PhD, RN, ACNP, FCCM, discuss the results of the Choosing Wisely national survey from the Critical Care So...
SCCM Pod-390 Telehealth and Patient Outcomes
Ranjit Deshpande, MD, and Donna Lee Armaignac, PhD, APRN, CCNS, CCRN, discuss maximizing positive patient care outcomes through telemedicine.
SCCM Pod-413 COVID-19 Fact Versus Science Fiction
Explore the need for randomized COVID-19 clinical trials and the difficulties and potential consequences of misinformation (Ingraham N, et al. Crit Ca...
SCCM Pod-420 Nebulized Bacteriophages for Prophylaxis of Experimental MRSA VAP
Alternative strategies are needed to combat and prevent antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. Host Ashish K. Khanna, MD, FCCP, FCCM, talks about ...
SCCM Pod-445 The Association of Workload and Outcomes in the Pediatric Cardiac ICU
Host Elizabeth Mack, MD, MS, FCCM, is joined by Michael Fundora, MD, FAAP, to discuss if the hypothesized frontline clinic...
REDISCOVER-ICU: Utilizing Data to Study Drug Repurposing Beyond COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed significant gaps in the healthcare system, such as healthcare inequities and the need for more treatment options for int...
President's Message: Research Triggers Thought
SCCM is supporting transformative and informative research, encouraging thought and action through its grants, programs, sections, collaborative audit...
World-Renowned Experts at the 2024 Critical Care Congress
SCCM is thrilled to bring world-renowned thought leaders to the 2024 Critical Care Congress to discuss innovative developments and hot topics in criti...