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Critical Care Network

This Network enhances the scientific knowledge, evidence-based medicine, and clinical practices that further our understanding of the mechanism and management of acute and life-threatening critical illness, nonrespiratory critical care, palliative and end-of-life care, and sepsis/shock.

CHEST members can join this Network for leadership and networking opportunities, plus the chance to hear the latest news first.

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MUST READS IN CHEST PHYSICIAN®

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MECHANICAL VENTILATION AND AIRWAYS MANAGEMENT SECTION

Airway Pressure Release Ventilation: Should It Be Used in the Early Stages of ARDS?

4 MINUTE READ
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SEPSIS/SHOCK SECTION

Capillary Refill Time: Advancing Perfusion-Targeted Resuscitation in Septic Shock

3 MINUTE READ

ARTICLES AND BLOGS

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NONRESPIRATORY CRITICAL CARE SECTION

Viscoelastic Testing in Sepsis-Induced Coagulopathy

3 MINUTE READ
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PALLIATIVE AND END-OF-LIFE CARE SECTION

Breathing Room: Making Space for Palliative Care in Lung Transplant Programs

3 MINUTE READ
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MECHANICAL VENTILATION AND AIRWAYS MANAGEMENT SECTION

The Rising Use of Ketamine for Airway Management

4 MINUTE READ
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Clinician education and resources

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GUIDELINE

Transfusion of Fresh Frozen Plasma and Platelets in Critically Ill Adults

Explore recommendations for the transfusion of FFP or platelets in critically ill patients with thrombocytopenia who are undergoing invasive procedures.
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INFOGRAPHIC

Early Cycle Dyssynchrony

Learn about the conditions for patient-ventilator synchrony, what happens in early cycle dyssynchrony, and causes of early cycle dyssynchrony.
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GUIDELINE

Red Blood Cell Transfusion in the ICU

This guideline provides evidence-based recommendations for red blood cell transfusion among critically ill patients overall and specific subgroups.
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CHEST® CRITICAL CARE

Submit Your Original Research

As part of the CHEST journal portfolio, this open access journal advances the care of patients served by multidisciplinary clinicians across critical care medicine.

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CHEST MedCast

Watch and listen to all the top-tier clinical education content you expect from CHEST—anywhere, anytime.

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CASE-BASED LEARNING

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Use this trusted educational resource to expand your clinical knowledge or study for exams while earning CME/MOC credit.
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Critical Care Network Leadership

Daniel Ouellette, MD, FCCP

Daniel Ouellette, MD, FCCP

Network Chair

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Alice Gallo de Moraes, MD

Alice Gallo De Moraes, MD, FCCP

Network Vice-Chair

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Viren Kaul, MD, FCCP
Chair, Mechanical Ventilation and Airways Management Section

Akram Zaaqoq, MD
Vice-Chair, Mechanical Ventilation and Airways Management Section

Muhammad Hayat Syed, MD, FCCP
Chair, Nonrespiratory Critical Care Section

Carl Boethel, MD, FCCP
Vice-Chair, Nonrespiratory Critical Care Section

Angela Birdwell, DO, MA, FCCP
Chair, Palliative and End-of-Life Care Section

Gretchen Winter, MD
Vice-Chair, Palliative and End-of-Life Care Section

Kathryn Pendleton, MD, FCCP
Chair, Sepsis/Shock Section

Casey Cable, MD, MSc, FCCP
Vice-Chair, Sepsis/Shock Section

Neha Dangayach, MD, FCCP
Network Member-at-Large

Ann Gage, MD
Network Member-at-Large

Deepa Gotur, MD, FCCP
Network Member-at-Large

James Horowitz, MD, FCCP
Network Member-at-Large

Christopher Carroll, MD, FCCP
Ex-Officio

Sections in this Network

Mechanical Ventilation and Airways Management Section

Nonrespiratory Critical Care Section

Palliative and End-of-Life Care Section

Sepsis/Shock Section

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Do you have questions about this Network? Contact networks@chestnet.org