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Shifting the Paradigm: Can We Manage Mechanically Ventilated Patients with Occult Traumatic Pneumothorax Conservatively?

Background: Clinically significant pneumothoraces in patients on mechanical ventilation can be dangerous as positive pressure ventilation can cause an increase in intrapleural pressure and trigger tension physiology. Occult pneumothoraces are those not suspected clinically or not evident on plain radiographs …

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Thoracic and RespiratoryTrauma

REBEL Crit Cast Ep6.0 – Mastering Mechanical Ventilation Part 1

Mechanical Ventilation is a modality commonly used in the critically ill, but many providers, may not have a strong understanding of the basics. Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Physicians need to have a firm grasp of the basic concepts of …

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Thoracic and Respiratory

Dexamethasone vs Methylprednisolone in ICU Patients with COVID19

Background Information: Over one year into the pandemic many therapies to treat COVID-19 have targeted innumerable aspects of the virus. Most recently, the use of corticosteroids to treat the virus’ excessive inflammatory effects has become the front and center of …

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Endocrine, Metabolic, Fluid, and ElectrolytesInfectious DiseaseThoracic and Respiratory

New Opioid Use After Invasive Mechanical Ventilation and Hospital Discharge

Background Information: Physicians have and continue to heavily contribute to the current opioid epidemic in the United States and Canada.1 Although much of the focus has been opioid prescriptions given to patients in the emergency department,2,3 not much attention has …

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PyschobehavioralToxicology

Critical Care Fundamentals: Basics of Mechanical Ventilation Part 2

Mechanical Ventilation is a modality commonly used in the critically ill, but many providers, may not have a strong understanding of the basics of mechanical ventilation. Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Physicians need to have a firm grasp of the …

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Thoracic and Respiratory

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