In this episode, Dr. Zanotti is joined by Dr. Stephen Pastores to discuss the 2024 Focused Update: Guidelines on Use of Corticosteroids in Sepsis, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, and Community-Acquired Pneumonia, published by the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
Dr. Pastores is Program Director for Critical Care Medicine and Vice-Chair of Education for the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. In addition, Dr. Pastores is a professor of anesthesiology and medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, NY.

Additional resources:
2024 Focused Update: Guidelines on Use of Corticosteroids in Sepsis, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, and Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Crit Care Medicine 2024: https://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=9900&issue=00000&article=00275&type=Fulltext

Adjunctive Glucocorticoid Therapy in Patients with Septic Shock. ADRENAL Trial. N Engl J Med 2018. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1705835

Hydrocortisone plus Fludrocortisone for Adults with Septic Shock. APROCCHSS Clinical Trial. N Engl J of Med 2018: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1705716

Dexamethasone treatment for the acute respiratory distress syndrome: a multicentre, randomized controlled trial. The Lancet 2020: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(19)30417-5/abstract

Hydrocortisone in Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia. CAPE-COD Trial. N Eng J Med 2023: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2215145

Books mentioned in this episode:
Elon Musk. By Walter Isaacson: https://bit.ly/3PVXWsG

The Autumn Ghost: How the Battle Against a Polio Epidemic Revolutionized Modern Medical Care. By Hannah Wunsch: https://bit.ly/4avevns

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