Critical Care

Guest: Brian Smith, PharmD Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP When attempting to control blood sugarlevels in critically ill patients, how far should we go? Host Dr. Charles Turck probes this question and more with Dr. Brian Smith, director of education in clinical services of the pharmacy department of the University of Massachussetts (UMass) Memorial Medical Center andchair of the UMass Glycemic Control Task Force. Dr. Smith examinescurrent evidence supporting tight glucose

Guest: Brian Smith, PharmD Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP Hyperglycemia and the critically ill: how can we best keep our patients' blood sugars under control? What are the major clinical considerations and administrative needs underlying this important issue? Critical care pharmacy specialist Dr. Brian Smith speaks with host Dr. Charles Turck about how to best control blood glucose settings both during and after intensive care.

Guest: Timothy Henry, MD Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Not all hospitals are equipped with staff or equipment to perform percutaneous coronary intervention on an emergency basis. However, in an emergency situation, critical decisions must be made: Take a patient to the nearest medical center that can provide fibrinoloysis or take the extra time to get them to a medical center who can perform PCI. What are the current protocols in place to make this often times life/death decision? Join

Guest: Louis Soslowsky, PhD Host: Lee Freedman, MD Dr. Soslowsky discusses how new understandings of the pathophysiology of tendon-to-bone repairare leading to a new therapeutic approach to rotator cuff tears.

Guest: Wesley Ely, MD, MPH Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Join Dr. Wes Ely, Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee, and founder of the Vanderbilt ICU Delirium and Cognitive Impairment Study Group discuss the latest ICU Delirium and Cognitive Impairment research findings.

Guest: Wesley Ely, MD, MPH Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Join Dr. Wes Ely, Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee, and the founder of the Vanderbilt ICU Delirium and Cognitive Impairment Study Group as he discusses ICU delirium and cognitive impairment.

Host: Todd Mahr, MD Guest: Phillip Lieberman, MD Join Dr. Todd Mahr as he interviews Dr. Phil Lieberman, lead author of "SAFE: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Anaphylaxis in the Emergency Room Department" that was published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.