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ACC CardiaCast: Conversations with Critical Care Cardiologists: Closing the Gap: Research Priorities in Critical Care Cardiology

American College of Cardiology

Morrow and Miller explore the challenges and opportunities in generating high-quality evidence for treating complex, critically ill cardiac patients.

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Critical Care Management of Patients After Cardiac Arrest: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and Neurocritical Care Society

Circulation

The critical care management of patients after cardiac arrest is burdened by a lack of high-quality clinical studies and the resultant lack of high-certainty evidence. Critical care management is crucial in patients after cardiac arrest and affects outcome. Circulation, Ahead of Print.

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Preoxygenation with noninvasive ventilation better than that with oxygen mask alone

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Study by PREOXI Investigators and the Pragmatic Critical Care Research Group published in the New England Journal of Medicine compared the effects of preoxygenation with noninvasive ventilation and preoxygenation with oxygen mask, prior to intubation among critically ill persons [1]. N Engl J Med. Epub 2024 Jun 13.

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Fasting Before Cardiac Catheterization May Be Unnecessary

DAIC

Credit: American Association of Critical-Care Nurses milla1cf Thu, 01/04/2024 - 11:00 January 4, 2024 — The days of prolonged fasting prior to cardiac catheterization may be numbered, as the body of evidence grows to allow patients to eat before the procedure. The study is published in American Journal of Critical Care ( AJCC ).

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Dos and Don’ts of the Mobile ECMO Team

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Critical Care

In addition to optimal staffing, logistical details, and contingency plans for transport, the panel discusses findings from research on ECMO-facilitated resuscitation and contraindications for deploying the mobile ECMO unit. Perioperative / Critical Care Allied Health Surgeon Image Moderators Anna L.

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Revolutionary Genomic Study Sheds Light on Immune Microenvironment in Transplanted Pediatric Hearts

DAIC

The research, led by esteemed physician-scientist at The Texas Heart Institute ( THI ), Dr. James F. By harnessing cutting-edge single-nucleus RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq) techniques, the researchers could delve deep into the inflammatory myocardial microenvironment within human pediatric cardiac allografts. Martin , Vivian L.

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In Memoriam: Prolific Philanthropist Ann Lurie, Namesake of the Ann and Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

DAIC

Ann’s experience as a pediatric critical care nurse at the former Children’s Memorial Hospital inspired her to make an unprecedented gift of $100 Million in 2007 that helped to build our beautiful Streeterville hospital. Ann served as a member on the Hospital, Research Institute, and Foundation Boards in the 1990s and 2000s.

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