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Is there a role for repeat surveillance blood cultures in patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis without associated cardiac abscess after a 6 week course of antibiotic treatment without surgical intervention?

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In what clinical scenarios do you utilize post-cardiac arrest targeted temperature management (TTM)?

In the span between the HACA trial and the Targeted Temperature Management in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest study (Dankiewicz et al., PMID 34133859),...

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What is your preferred mechanism for venting the left ventricle in patients on VA-ECMO?

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What would be your second pressor of choice if patients with LVOT obstruction remain persistently hypotensive on phenylephrine?

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Do you routinely use vasopressin in the management of RV failure leading to shock state in the absence of an obvious treatable cause such as infarction or PE?

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What is your approach to volume resuscitation in patients with obvious septic shock but also with a component of suspected cardiogenic shock?

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What are your preferred ventilatory settings/mode(s) for patients with acute hypoxic respiratory failure presenting with severe biventricular dysfunction in cardiogenic shock?

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Papers discussed in this category

The New England journal of medicine, 2002-02-21

Treatment of comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with induced hypothermia.

N Engl J Med, 2013 Nov 17

Targeted temperature management at 33°C versus 36°C after cardiac arrest.

Cureus, 2022 Sep 11

Targeted Temperature Management After Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review.

Crit Care, 2020 Jan 06

High Quality Targeted Temperature Management (TTM) After Cardiac Arrest.

Circulation, 2015 Sep 15

Infective Endocarditis in Adults: Diagnosis, Antimicrobial Therapy, and Management of Complications: A Scientific Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association.

The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2017 Feb 04

Surgical Versus Medical Therapy for Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis: A Meta-Analysis of 32 Studies.

European heart journal, 2023 Oct 14

2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of endocarditis.

Journal of the American Heart Association, 2024 Jan 19

Impella Versus Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump in Patients With Cardiogenic Shock Treated With Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: An Observational Study.

Perfusion, 2021 Jul 28

Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with concomitant Impella versus concomitant intra-aortic-balloon-pump for cardiogenic shock.

Current problems in cardiology, 2022 Sep 26

Impella Versus Extracorporeal Membranous Oxygenation (ECMO) for Cardiogenic Shock: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

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