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Surgical Critical Care Board Review Series (click on link and scroll down) - Collaboration between EAST and the AAST Associate Member Council
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Care of the Obstetrical Trauma Patient - #184- 08/28/2025
Dr. Anthony DeSantis and Dr. Lauren Craugh discuss Care of the Obstetrical Trauma Patient with Dr. Sigrid Burruss and Dr. Allison Lankford. From the physiologic differences that impact the ABCs to the unique laboratory markers of impending organ system failure this discussion will be an asset to your next trauma toolbox.
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EAST/AAST/AAST-AMC: SCC Review Series - Surgical Infections I - #9- 07/31/2025
Join Dr. Erika Bisgaard with the Expert Guest Dr. Scott Brakenridge, and Fellow Guest Dr. Erin White. This is the nineth episode of the Surgical Critical Care Review Series. This is a unique collaborative initiative between EAST and AAST. During this episode we will be discussing early management of septic shock, surviving sepsis campaign, Ventilator associated Pneumonia, C. Diff colitis and Necrotizing soft Tissue infections.
Content preparation: Dr. Erika Bisgaard & Dr. Mohammed Bawazeer
Content reviewer: Dr. Alex Brito
Moderator: Dr. Erika Bisgaard
Expert Guest: Dr. Scott Brakenridge
Fellow Guest: Dr. Erin White
Topics covered in this episode:- Sepsis, septic shock and Surviving sepsis guidelines
- VAP and pulmonary infections
- C diff colitis
- Necrotizing soft tissue infections
Supplemental Material:
Septic Shock- Caironi P, Tognoni G, Masson S, et al. Albumin replacement in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock. N Engl J Med. 2014;370(15):1412-1421. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1305727
- Evans L, Rhodes A, Alhazzani W, et al. Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2021. Intensive Care Med. 2021;47(11):1181-1247. doi:10.1007/s00134-021-06506-y
- Fujii T, Luethi N, Young PJ, et al. Effect of vitamin C, hydrocortisone, and thiamine vs hydrocortisone alone on time alive and free of vasopressor support among patients with septic shock: the VITAMINS randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2020;323(5):423-431. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.22176 [PMID: 31950979]
Bacterial Infections
- Johnson S, Lavergne V, Skinner AM, et al. Clinical practice guideline by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA): 2021 focused update guidelines on management of Clostridioides difficile infection in adults. Clin Infect Dis. 2021;73(5):755-757. doi:10.1093/cid/ciab718
- Tamma PD, Aitken SL, Bonomo RA, Mathers AJ, van Duin D, Clancy CJ. Infectious Diseases Society of America 2022 guidance on the treatment of extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Enterobacterales (ESBL-E), carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales (CRE), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa with difficult-to-treat resistance (DTR-P. aeruginosa). Clin Infect Dis. 2022;75(2):187-212. doi:10.1093/cid/ciac268
- Yahav D, Franceschini E, Koppel F, et al. Seven versus 14 days of antibiotic therapy for uncomplicated gram-negative bacteremia: a noninferiority randomized controlled trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2019;69(7):1091-1098. doi:10.1093/cid/ciy1054
- Oksi J, Anttila VJ, Mattila E. Treatment of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection. Ann Med. 2020;52(1-2):12-20. doi:10.1080/07853890.2019.1701703 [PMID: 31801387] • Wilcox MH, Gerding DN, Poxton IR, et al. Bezlotoxumab for prevention of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. N Engl J Med. 2017;376(4):305-317. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1602615 [PMID: 28121498]
- Mazuski JE, Tessier JM, May AK, et al. The Surgical Infection Society revised guidelines on the management of intra-abdominal infection. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2017;18(1):1-76. doi:10.1089/sur.2016.261 [PMID: 28085573]
- Sawyer RG, Claridge JA, Nathens AB, et al. Trial of short-course antimicrobial therapy for intraabdominal infection. N Engl J Med. 2015;372(21):1996-2005. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1411162 [PMID: 25992746]
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- EAST/AAST/AAST-AMC: SCC Review Series - Shock - #8
- 06/06/2025
Join Dr. Ida Molavi, Dr. Najiha Farooqi and Dr. Caitlin Fitzgerald with the expert Guest Dr. Joseph Cuschieri, and Fellows Guests Dr. Gerald Wang and Dr. Kirea Mazzolini. This is the eighth episode of the Surgical Critical Care Review Series. This is a unique collaborative initiative between EAST and AAST. During this episode we will be discussing Shock pathophysiology and classification, Resuscitation, Types of Vasopressors and the general approach to different types of Shock.
Content preparation: Dr. Ida Molavi
Content reviewers: Dr. Najiha Farooqi and Dr. Caitlin
Moderators: Dr. Ida Molavi, Dr. Najiha Farooqi and Dr. Caitlin
Expert Guest: Dr. Joseph Cuschieri
Fellow Guests: Dr. Gerald Wang and Dr. Kirea MazzoliniTopics covered in this episode:
- Pathophysiology and Classification
- Resuscitation from Circulatory Shock
- Vasopressors and Inotropes
- Septic Shock
- Hemorrhagic Shock
- Cardiogenic Shock
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