REBEL Cast

is the blogs audio version. The podcast typically starts by setting a clinical stage with a pertinent clinical question, followed by a discussion of the paper with pertinent results, strengths, limitations, and further discussion. Finally, we end every podcast with clinical take home points from the papers being reviewed. If there are papers you think we should evaluate, email them to srrezaie@gmail.com.

Listen on iTunesListen on Google PlayListen on SpotifyListen on Stitcher

30 Mar 2020

March 30, 2020

Written by REBEL Cast, REBEL Crit
The American Heart Association (AHA) released a focused update in 2019, for advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS) guidelines, to addend those published in 2017 and 2018 for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency cardiovascular care.  These recommendations were based on evidence identified by the 2019 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations (CoSTR) from the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR).  This ACLS Update addresses three main concerns:
  1. Advanced Airway management
  2. Vasopressors in cardiac arrest
  3. Extracorporeal CPR (ECPR) during cardiac arrest
Medical Categories: Resuscitation
0 Likes
25 Mar 2020

March 25, 2020

Written by REBEL Cast, REBEL Core
Take-Home Points
  1. Before starting a neonatal resuscitation, take some deep breaths to calm yourself
  2. Call in your friends - get a second team to manage the mother, call OB, call the NICU - all hands on deck
  3. Anticipate the equipment you'll need, get it to the bedside and don't forget to turn the warmer on
  4. Assign roles so everyone knows what they're supposed to do
  5. Initiate transfer to a NICU as soon as possible
Medical Categories: Pediatrics, Resuscitation
0 Likes
19 Mar 2020

March 19, 2020

Written by REBEL Cast, REBEL Crit
Background: Vasopressors are often used to improve hypotension and perfusion in an effort to decrease mortality of patients with septic shock. Mean arterial pressure (MAP) of >65mmHg has typically been used to guide vasopressor therapy in most patients and higher targets have been recommended for patients with chronic hypertension or coronary artery disease. Results from the Sepsis and Mean Arterial Pressure (SEPSISPAM) [2] and Optimal Vasopressor Titration (OVATION) [3] pilot trials suggested that increased exposure to vasopressors targeting higher MAPs in older patients (≥65mmHg) may be associated with increased risk of death. We now have the 65 trial [1] which is a randomized clinical trial testing the hypothesis that reducing vasopressor exposure through permissive hypotension (Targeting a MAP of 60 – 65mmHg) among patient ≥65 years of age with vasodilatory hypotension versus usual care in the ICU.
Medical Categories: Infectious Disease, Resuscitation
0 Likes
11 Mar 2020

March 11, 2020

Written by REBEL Cast, REBEL Core
Vascular Disasters Take Home Points
  1. Consider vascular pathologies in all of your patients with atraumatic limb pain - especially those with typical and atypical risk factors
  2. Early diagnosis is imperative. Time is tissue. Catch this as early as possible. Pain is the earliest symptom. First presents with pain then paresthesia then paralysis
  3. Perform vascular exam on every patient with pain
  4. If concerned for ischemic limb, call the vascular surgeon and get patient to CT for imaging of aorta and affected limb. 
Medical Categories: Cardiovascular
2 Likes
5 Mar 2020

March 5, 2020

Written by REBEL Cast, REBEL Crit
Welcome back to REBEL Cast, I am your host Salim Rezaie.  In this episode we are going to review a recent focused 2019 update to the American Heart Association (AHA) pediatric advanced life support (PALS) guidelines from 2018-19. This 2019 PALS Update addresses 3 concerns:
  1. Pediatric advanced airway management in pediatric cardiac arrest
  2. Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resus (ECPR/ECMO) in pediatric cardiac arrest
  3. Pediatric targeted temperature management (TTM) during post-arrest care

Medical Categories: Pediatrics, Resuscitation
1 Like
en English
zh-CN Chinese (Simplified)en Englishfr Frenchde Germanit Italianpt Portugueseru Russianes Spanishtr Turkish