Displaying episodes 91 - 120 of 163 in total
Effect of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treatment on Renal Function in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease
Dr. John Fleetham and Dr. Doug McEvoy discuss Dr. McEvoys paper on the effect of OSA treatment on renal function in patients with cardiovascular disease.
Timing of Antibiotics and Sepsis Mortality: Does Each Hour Truly Matter?
Dr. Nitin Seam is joined by Drs. Vincent Liu and Mervyn Singer to discuss Dr. Liu's paper "The Timing of Early Antibiotics and Hospital Mortality in Sepsis
The Voice of Surrogate Decision Makers: Family Responses to Prognostic Information in Chronic Critical Illness
Dr. Trish Kritek discusses the findings of this study with lead author Judith E. Nelson.
Is CT Screening For Lung Cancer Generalizable to Older Patients?
In this podcast, we review a comparison of outcomes in patients 65-74 years old from SEER-Medicare and NLST datasets in stage I lung cancer with study first author, Dr...
Joblessness and Lost Earnings After ARDS in a 1-Year National Multicenter Study
Disclaimer: audio for this episode is slightly distorted; we apologize for any inconvenience. Dr. Trish Kritek discusses the findings of this study with authors Biren ...
Randomized Trial of Liposomal Amikacin for Inhalation in Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease
Dr. John Fleetham sits down with Dr. Kennth Olivier to discuss the findings of his paper published in the AJRCCM this past March
Part Two - Clinical Practice Guideline: Mechanical Ventilation in ARDS
In part two of the discussion, Drs. Eddy Fan and Nitin Seam discuss the clinical practice guideline recommendations as well as unanswered questions regarding high PEEP...
Part 1-Clinical Practice Guideline: Mechanical Ventilation in ARDS
A conversation between Drs. Eddy Fan and Nitin Seam as they discuss the strong recommendations made in the important Clinical Practice Guideline published on mechanica...
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and Retinopathy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Dr. John Fleetham speaks with Dr. Abd Tahrani to discuss his article Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and Retinopathy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Longitudinal Study.
The Long View and the Fast Lane
Dr. Nitin Seam sits down to talk about the future of the Blue Journal with Editor-in-Chief Dr. Jadwiga Wedzicha and Deputy Editor Dr. Laurent Brochard.
Sleep Disordered Breathing: Still the New Kid on the Block
Dr. John Fleetham sits down with Drs. Ayas and Bhattacharjee to discuss their editorial on sleep disordered breathing.
Critical Care Medicine: A Young, Indispensable and Adaptive Discipline
In celebration of the AJRCCMs 100 year anniversary, Dr. Trish Kritek sits down with Laurent Brochard to discuss the past, present, and future of critical care medicine.
Physiology and COPD in the Blue Journals
In celebration of the AJRCCMs 100 year anniversary, Dr. John Fleetham sits down with Dr. Peter Calverley to discuss contributions the blue journal has made to the adv...
Can We Predict Propensity for Asthma Exacerbation?
Dr. Loren Denlinger and Nitin Seam discuss the results of SARP-3 , a multi-center cohort study of adults and children with severe asthma. Dr. Denlinger describes the f...
Balanced Crystalloids versus Saline in the ICU
Dr. Trish Kritek is joined by Dr. Todd Rice to discuss his article Balanced Crystalloids versus Saline in the Intensive Care Unit: The SALT Randomized Trial.
GOLD 2017 Report: What You Need to Know
Blue Journal Editor Dr. Jadwiga Wedzicha joins Dr. Nitin Seam to discuss the newly published 2017 GOLD report. Dr. Wedzicha explains the major updates in the report re...
Impact of 24/7 In-Hospital Intensivist Coverage on Outcomes in Pediatric Intensive Care
Host Dr. Trish Kritek is joined by Dr. Punkaj Gupta to discuss the effectiveness of 24/7 in-house coverage on children suffering from critical illness.
Oral Appliance Therapy in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Host Dr. John Fleetham is joined by Dr. Brad Edwards to discuss his studys findings that OA therapy improves the upper-airway collapsibility under passive and active ...
Do endobronchial valves benefit patients with homogenous emphysema?
Nitin Seam discusses the results of the IMPACT trial with study author Ralf Eberhardt and author of a related editorial, Nick Hopkinson.
Should 6 Minute Walk Distance Be Used in COPD Clinical Trials?
COPD expert Bartolome Celli joins Nitin Seam to discuss an analysis done by the COPD clinical biomarker consortium regarding the use of 6 minute walk distance as part ...
Precision Medicine: An Opportunity to Improve Outcomes of Patients with Sepsis
Dr. Nitin Seam is joined by Drs. Carolyn Calfee and John Marshall to continue the discussion on developing a new Sepsis definition. Listen in as they discuss the obser...
Is It Time for a New Sepsis Definition? A Pro/Con Debate
In this weeks podcast, Dr. Trish Kritek is joined by Drs. Derek Angus and Christiane Hartog as they debate whether it is time for a new sepsis definition.
Would An Intensive PT Program Significantly Improve Long-Term Physical Functional Performance?
In the latest AJRCCM podcast, editor Trish Kritek talks to Drs. Marc Moss and Carol Hodgson about whether an intensive PT program would significantly improve long-term...
Do Blood Eosinophils Predict COPD Exacerbation?
In this weeks installment of the AJRCCM Discussion Podcast, Dr. Nitin Seam is joined Drs. Peter Lange and Jadwiga Wedzicha as they discuss whether blood eosinophil le...
What Type of Sleep-disordered Breathing Puts Patients at Risk for Heart Failure?
Dr. Nitin Seam discusses the novel findings of a study following a cohort of 2,865 patients with baseline polysomnography and clinical follow-up with study first autho...
Does Nintedanib Benefit Certain Subgroups of IPF Patients More than Others? An Analysis of the Data from the INPULSIS Trials
Dr. Nitin Seam talks with Drs. Ulrich Costabel and Athol Wells about idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and which patients may benefit from nintedanib treatment. They discu...
Does Enrollment in a Clinical Trial Reduce Mortality of Critically Ill Patients?
How does enrollment in a critical care trial affect patient outcome? Dr. Nitin Seam discusses what happened to eligible but non-enrolled patients in the OSCILLATE tria...
Dear SIRS, I Dont Like Finding You on the Wards so Much
Dr. Kaufman talks with Drs. Matthew Churpek and David H. Chong about the implications of the high prevalence of SIRS among patients hospitalized on general wards and w...
Clear and present danger? The emergence of E-cigarettes
Dr. Kaufman talks with Drs. Crotty-Alexander and Nasr about electronic cigarettes. What are they and what do they do? What dangers do they present? What should doctors...
Effect of ultrafiltration on sleep apnea and structure in ESRD patients already on dialysis
Drs. T. Douglas Bradley, Joerg Steier, and Nitin Seam discuss the results of Bradleys study on ultrafiltration on a non-dialysis day in end stage renal patients with ...