3. Journal Club - Platelets and Lines

07/19/23 • 33 min

Join Nick & Cyrus as they take on their first journal club episode! This week the duo provides their take on the NEJM paper from van Baarle and colleagues entitled Platelet Transfusion before CVC Placement in Patients with Thrombocytopenia. They also provide some of their tips and tricks for safe central line placement. Give it a listen and let us know what you think!

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We've already discussed how to identify shock, or how to assess a patient whom you are worried may be in shock... but what's next? Listen as Nick & Cyrus discuss the Pump, Pipe & Tank framework for determining the type of shock your patient is suffering from. In this episode we discuss the pathophysiology of the different types of shock, the tools you can use to help differentiate one type of shock from another, and scratch the surface on some initial treatment considerations.

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4. ICU Delirium with Dr. Wes Ely, MD.

Delirium is a common but serious complication of critical illness. Nick and Cyrus discuss this important topic with Dr. Wes Ely, MD. They cover prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of delirium; Dr. Ely's award-winning book "Every Deep Drawn Breath", and how his life story led him to become a world expert in brain dysfunction in the ICU.

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