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Podcast 2 – Therapeutic Hypothermia: History and the TTM Trial

A paper by Niklas Nielsen et al titled “Targeted temperature management at 33°C versus 36°C after cardiac arrest” published online by The New England Journal of Medicine on November 17, 2013 has brought a lot of attention to the use of therapeutic hypothermia for post-cardiac arrest cares. It stormed through the social media channels. It may very well be practice changing in emergency departments and ICUs through throughout the world. Or maybe not. Before we can figure out what “truth” this research study may have uncovered, we will look at the development of therapeutic hypothermia and what the literature has already told us.

Podcast 1 – Esmolol in Sepsis

Interesting article published in JAMA about the use of beta-blockade in septic shock patients to improve cardiac dysfunction.