History of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter
History of the Development, and widespread adoption, of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter (PAC) or Swan-Ganz catheter
Category CCC
The LITFL Critical Care Compendium is a comprehensive collection of pages concisely covering the core topics and controversies of critical care.
Pandemic Sepsis and Inequality
Flavia Machado discusses Pandemic Sepsis and Inequality. Coda Cure: Conversation 4
Covid19 and Sepsis Syndromes
Simon Finfer answers the question "Are the Covid19 and Sepsis Syndromes one and the same?" Coda Cure: Conversation 3
Antimicrobial Resistance in COVID-19
The Resistance - Antimicrobial Resistance through a Covid19 lens with Elizabeth Hermsen. Coda Cure: Conversation 2
Pandemic Sepsis Research
Pandemic Sepsis Research through a Covid-19 lens - Are we failing? with Derek C. Angus. Coda Cure: Conversation 1
Medmastery: acid-base disorders
Franz Wiesbauer explains the relationship between pH, HCO3 and pCO2 and a simple rule which will help you decide whether the primary problem is respiratory or metabolic in nature.
Dexamethasone good? Science by press release bad!
Why science by press release is bad, despite optimism about the findings of the Recovery trial and the role of dexamethasone in the management of COVID-19.
COVID-19: Keeping the baby in the bath
Introduction to a series of posts titled "COVID-19: Keeping the baby in the bath", focusing on the need to build on existing knowledge in critical care and the appropriate testing of new therapies and innovations.
Overcoming uncertainty in the Age of COVID-19
Overcoming uncertainty in the Age of COVID-19. Part 7 of the "COVID-19: Keeping the baby in the bath" series.
Novel drug therapies and COVID-19 clinical trials
Novel drug therapies and clinical research. Part 6 of the "COVID-19: Keeping the baby in the bath" series
COVID-19: “To PEEP, or not to PEEP”?
Part 4 of "COVID-19: Keeping the baby in the bath" discussing the setting of positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) in critically ill COVID-19 patients.
Is COVID-19 ARDS? What about lung compliance?
Part 3 of the "COVID-19: Keeping the baby in the bath" series discussing whether COVID-19 is part of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and the importance of lung compliance.