Critical Care Institute

January 30, 2010

Critical Care NetWork Puzzler - January 2010

A 64-year-old man is transferred to the ICU for acute onset of confusion, septic shock, acute renal failure and disseminated intravascular coagulation.

December 26, 2009

ACCP Critical Care Medicine Board Review Course 2010

December 07, 2009

Board of Regents Approves Realignment of ACCP NetWorks and Institutes

At CHEST 2009 in San Diego, the ACCP Board of Regents approved three organizational changes to the ACCP NetWorks.

December 04, 2009

ICU: The New Hospice

Because 20% of Americans die in ICUs, critical care has become the new hospice. Consequently, intensivists find themselves, often without enthusiasm, in the role of palliative care physicians.

November 25, 2009

Critical Care Societies Collaborative Takes On New Issues

The four major critical care professional and scientific societies have recently renamed their collaborative group as the Critical Care Societies Collaborative

February 02, 2009

American College of Chest Physicians/La Société de Réanimation de Langue Française Statement on Competence in Critical Care Ultrasonography

A consensus statement to define competence in critical care ultrasonography (CCUS).

November 01, 2008

NetWork Special Presentations from CHEST 2008

All presentations are in read-only PDF format. Printing is restricted. To download a presentation to your computer, click on the presentation title.

May 05, 2008

Experts Announce New Strategy For Disaster Preparedness

(NORTHBROOK, IL, May 5, 2008)—In an unprecedented initiative, US and Canadian experts have developed a comprehensive framework to optimize and manage critical care resources during times of pandemic outbreaks or other mass critical care disasters. The new proposal suggests legally protecting clinicians who follow accepted protocols for the allocation of scarce resources when providing care during mass critical care events.

November 30, 2007

Critical Care NetWork Online Puzzler

Critical Care Puzzler #1: A 35 year old male s/p elective cervical fusion 3 days prior complains of chest pain and shortness of breath. His lips and finger tips are cyanotic, and his oxygen saturation is 80% by pulse oximetry.

November 01, 2007

NetWork Special Presentations from CHEST 2007

All presentations are in read-only PDF format. Printing is restricted. To download a presentation to your computer, click on the presentation title.

November 01, 2005

Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Patients With Cardiopulmonary Diseases

Acute and chronic pulmonary and cardiac diseases often have a high mortality rate, and can be a source of significant suffering. Palliative care, as described by the Institute of Medicine, “seeks to prevent, relieve, reduce or soothe the symptoms of disease or disorder without effecting a cure. . . Palliative care in this broad sense is not restricted to those who are dying or those enrolled in hospice programs.”

May 01, 1998

Mechanical Ventilation Beyond the Intensive Care Unit

Chapter 1. Introduction: New Developments In most patients, mechanical ventilation is a short-term treatment used for up to 7 days to support or replace spontaneous breathing until the cause of respiratory failure resolves or results in death.

ACCP Staff Liaison: Jennifer Nemkovich

Co-Chair: Jeffery Vender, MD, FCCP

Co-Chair: LTC Alexander S. Niven, MC, USA, FCCP
Liaison: CHEST 2010 Scientific Program
Committee

Vice Chair: Steven Simpson, MD, FCCP

Steering Committee:
William Andrews, MD, FCCP
Robert Balk, MD, FCCP
MAJ David Bell, MC, USA, FCCP
David Bowton, MD, FCCP
Thomas Fuhrman, MD, FCCP
James Geiling, MD, FCCP
Craig Lilly, MD, FCCP
Paul Mayo, MD, FCCP
John McIlwaine, DO, FCCP
Justine Medina, RN
Susan Murin, MD, FCCP
Stephen Pastores, MD, FCCP
Gregory Schmidt, MD, FCCP
Jean-Louis Vincent, MD, PhD, FCCP

Consultant: Max Harry Weil, MD, Master FCCP

Consultant:Keith Stein, MD, FCCP

Peter Spiro, MD, FCCP
Ex Officio

Critical Care Steering Committee