Higher versus lower volumes of fluids in critically ill patients
Recently there has been a lot of debate about higher vs lower volumes of fluids to be used in critically ill patients. What are your own principles in this regard?
Recently there has been a lot of debate about higher vs lower volumes of fluids to be used in critically ill patients. What are your own principles in this regard?
You are one of the authors of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines. Has your own practice changed as a result of your work on these guidelines?
If you were to name the 3 most important recent advances in critical care that are relevant for everyday practice, what would they be?
You are a critical care clinician, and critical care clinicians usually deal with acute states and relatively short periods of time. Where has the interest in long-term outcomes come from?
If you were to name the 3 most important recent advances in critical care that are relevant for everyday practice, what would they be?
Dr Bram Rochwerg from McMaster University shares his views on the 3 most important recent advances in treating respiratory failure.
What is the role of medical emergency teams in the modern hospital? Do you have such a team in your institution?
What is your opinion about the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)? Do we have good-quality evidence to support its regular use?
Should we use protocols and checklists in the modern intensive care unit (ICU)? Why?
How should we perform physical examination in a patient with cardiac arrest undergoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)?