Critical Care Institute

April 26, 2010

The US Food and Drug Administration wants to alert you that, on April 23, 2010, Covidien initiated a voluntary recall of certain lots of its cuffed Shiley™ tracheostomy tubes and custom/specialty tracheostomy tubes.

April 14, 2010
May is Critical Care Awareness and Recognition Month. Learn more.
April 13, 2010

This CHEST collection contains reviews in critical care medicine.

April 13, 2010

Manuscripts for this section of CHEST are designed to present an unusual case, pose a question about the diagnosis, and reveal the final diagnosis.

March 09, 2010
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February 15, 2010

Effective communication between patients, families, and providers is pivotal to optimal medical care, particularly in the ICU.

January 30, 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.

February 02, 2009

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

November 01, 2008
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May 05, 2008
(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 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
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November 01, 2005

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

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.