Critical Care Commentary
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2026 Surviving Sepsis Campaign: Applying guidelines at the bedside
The guidelines distill available evidence into actionable recommendations to help clinicians navigate complex sepsis management processes and treat patients.
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When everyone nods but no one understands
As critical care evolves, one of our greatest responsibilities is to ensure that patients and families have a clear and comprehensive understanding of their condition and care plan.
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Advancing postarrest care in the ICU
New evidence suggests prophylactic antibiotics and biomarkers like neuron-specific enolase may help improve prevention and prognostication of cardiac arrest, offering a more proactive approach to postarrest care.
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Navigating AI’s emerging role in critical care
AI tools like OpenEvidence are changing the way critical care clinicians learn, study, and practice medicine in the ICU setting.
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Practice-changing updates in neurocritical care
Review practice-changing updates in neurocritical care, including the risk of pneumonia in patients with ABI who are mechanically ventilated, the use of prophylactic antibiotics, how to extubate patients with ABI, and more.
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Shock resuscitation: Making the first 30 minutes count
Physician-educators share their approach to teaching shock recognition and management core skills to residents at the bedside.
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Ketamine vs etomidate for intubation in patients who are critically ill
Commonly used for sedation for endotracheal intubation, these drugs are often selected for their favorable hemodynamic profiles.
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Sepsis order sets good for patients, hospital bottom lines
Automating the mundane components of care delivery allows clinicians to focus more on the nuances of individualized evaluation and personalized care.
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Biomarker use in ARDS resulting from COVID-19 infection
There is renewed interest in the use of immunomodulatory therapies in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. Multiple investigations during the course of the pandemic demonstrated that dexamethasone administration improved mortality in patients with severe COVID-19.
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The language of AI and its applications in health care
The respiratory community is interested in artificial intelligence (AI) because it can improve the effectiveness of our care delivery processes. AI is a group of nonhuman techniques that utilize automated learning methods to extract information from datasets through generalization, classification, prediction, and association. In other words, AI is the simulation of human intelligence processes by…
