Damping is the influence within a system that is a dissipation of energy during an oscillation. In other words, think of damping like a shock absorber. Imagine a patient presenting with altered mental status. All we know about the patient …
Background: The Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines recommend an initial fixed volume of 30mL/kg of IDEAL body weight within the first 3 hours of resuscitation (weak recommendation, low-quality evidence). [2]. Additionally, the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines state there is insufficient evidence …
Background: Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, clinicians were looking for practical, widely available, and low-cost interventions to help patients with hypoxemia. One of those interventions was awake prone positioning. Potential mechanisms of benefit in awake proning include more uniform distribution …
Background: At my shop we have changed wholesale to the use of tenecteplase over alteplase for acute ischemic stroke meeting criteria for thrombolytic therapy. This was based on a systematic review and meta-analysis of 6 RCTs and 2 observational trials …
Now that I am working up in the ICU, one of the devices that I am frequently coming across is the Impella device. This is not something we get much training on downstairs in the ED. Below is a summary …
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