Category: Topical Review

Notable Trials: 2019 in Review

by Jarva Chow, MD, MS, MPH

Volume 31 | Issue 1 | March 2020 Newsletter

Jarva Chow recently reviewed notable trials from 2019 at the Anesthesia Year in Review session during SCCM’s 49th Annual Congress in Orlando, Florida. Six particularly relevant trials are summarized in this article.

Questions Linger About the Clinical Impact of Translating Lung Protective Ventilation into the Operating Room

by Milad Sharifpour, MD

Volume 30 | Issue 4 | November 2019 Newsletter

Landmark trials over the past three decades have fostered appreciation for the potentially injurious effects of mechanical ventilation. Current approaches to lung protective ventilation include the limitation of tidal volumes (V_T) to 6 ml/kg PBW, restriction of plateau pressures (Pplat) to no more than 30 cm H₂O, and attention to driving pressures.

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ASA 2023 Annual Meeting

September 2023

September is Women in Medicine Month and throughout the month, four of our members will be sharing their experiences as a woman in critical care.

August 2023

IARS & SOCCA Abstracts 2023
Abstracts of International Anesthesia Research Society & Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists 2023 Annual Meetings are available in the May 2023 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.

June/July 2023

Podcasts

SOCCA Women in Critical Care has collaborated with Stanford Continuing Medical Education for a Stanford Medcast Women in Critical Care podcast mini-series.

Episode #66—”Psychosocial Challenges Facing Physicians”—stream now

SOCCA polled the WICC and got the answers we wanted to hear about. We hope this episode helps at least one person out there!

If you have 21 minutes, listen and get your CME credit!