A Framework for Resolving Disagreement during End of Life Care in the CriticalCare Unit
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Thaddeus PopePosted
Sat 20 Nov 2010 9:37am
In the August 2010 issue of Clinical and Investigative Medicine, Karen Choong and colleagues provide "A Framework for Resolving Disagreement during End of Life Care in the CriticalCare Unit." They provide a 10-step approach for resolving disagreement. The final step in the process, at least in the Canadian provinces Ontario and Yukon, culminates
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"CriticalCare" - a Great Film to Prompt Discussion over Inappropriate EOL Treatment
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Thaddeus PopePosted
Thu 14 Jan 2010 3:45pm
I had forgotten how much great dialog there is in the 1997 film CriticalCare with James Spader, Helen Mirren, Kyra Sedwick, Albert Brooks, and Anne Bancroft. For example:
Doc 1: "If there is no reasonable prospect of cure why should we proceed?"
Doc 2: "Where have you been all your life? It's called revenue."
Of course the plot itself
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CriticalCare Medicine: Evolution and Ethical Dilemmas
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Thaddeus PopePosted
Sun 10 Oct 2010 10:15amCriticalcare and the global burden of critical illness in adults
Neill K J Adhikari, Robert A Fowler, Satish Bhagwanjee, Gordon D Rubenfeld
Criticalcare has evolved from...-based studies in the developed world suggest that the burden of critical illness is higher than generally appreciated and will increase as the population ages. CriticalcareRead on »
CriticalCare Waiting Room
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maeflyePosted
Sun 01 Feb 2009 12:00am
Salinda just went into surgery. She was scared. Her boyfriend and his mom left for a while. I'm in the criticalcare waiting room trying to arrange a way for Bart to get here for a few hours today.
I'm trying not to think about how hungry I am. ;-) Some days I forget to eat, but on a day when i can't it's all I can think about.
I'm just glad
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Critical Care Physicians Getting Surrogate Consent through Lying
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Thaddeus PopePosted
Tue 01 May 2012 4:30pm
Last July , I wrote about how some range of the high (90%+) consensual resolution rate of end-of-life conflicts is illusory because the surrogates may consent based on incomplete information and understanding.
A new study by David Brush and colleagues in Critical Care Medicine lends support to concern that some physicians delibe ...
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PRO-CON DEBATES IN CRITICALCARE ETHICS: PRACTICING MEDICINE IN MORALLY PLURALISTIC SOCIETIES
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Thaddeus PopePosted
Wed 28 Apr 2010 7:02amcare ethics. Here is the schedule. I am at 3:30pm.
Target Audience
Criticalcare clinicians, behavioral scientists, ethics committee members, hospital administrators... to criticalcare clinicians;
Analyze the concept of moral pluralism and its implications for health policy and criticalcare medicine.
This session will provide pro-con debates
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The case for criticalcare
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GertrudePosted
Tue 01 Sep 2009 3:51pm
expand on it for me.
Criticalcare is not merely vent settings, balloon pumps and lab values. It is a deeper understanding of what we already do. Medicine is an ever changing... what that treatment does and what else we can do for this patient. To have medics that are criticalcare certified is not only an asset to your department on the street
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EM CriticalCare Publication
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Michelle LinPosted
Tue 22 Feb 2011 12:00am
Hot off the press!
A new CME publication has emerged from the publishers of Emergency Medicine Practice and Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice called EM CriticalCare. This new publication is specifically geared towards manging critically ill patients in the ED. There will be 6 issues per year with each issue offering 3 AMA PRA
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