Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Surgery ICU Rounds Podcast

Surgery ICU Rounds Podcast

This podcast is dedicated to the teaching of critical care to physicians, medical students, nurses, therapist and prehospital providers. Topics include surgery, emergency, critical, and prehospital care. These are topics that arise while on teaching round in the Burn ICU at Vanderbilt Medical Center. Podcasts also include some literature reviews as well as medical news.

Jeffery S. Guy, MD, EMD-P, FACS

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Sat, 8 March 2008
Drug-induced QT prolongation

Prolonged QT is the most common reason why medications are restricted or removed from the US market. This episode will explain what it is and why you should look for it in your ICU patients.


A great deal is being presented and published on control of blood sugar in the ICU as well as the postoperative period. How much control is enough and what is the data?

Intraosseous vascular access was was developed for use in adult trauma patients over 80 years ago. Only recently has this technique regained popularity for rapid and safe access to the vascular space in patients in extremis.

What is the role of giving an adult steroids to prevent stridor or reintubation following extubation. This epidose looks at the data.


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