2023 - 2024

All sessions held in SICU Conference Room unless otherwise noted.

Journal club activities will be split into two formats:
1) Evidence-based Medicine (“EBM”) sessions, which review current/recent literature on a common condition or problem in critical care and,
2) Deep Dive sessions, which focus on nuances of study design and interpretation.

Session 1: Introduction

8.30.23, 1 p.m.

Moderator: Aaron Mittel, MD

Understanding RCTs

Session 2: Healthcare Disparities EBM

9.18.23, 1 p.m.

Moderator: Elvedin Lukovic, MD, PhD

Association of Race and Ethnicity with COVID-19 Test Positivity and Hospitalization Is Mediated by Socioeconomic Factors

Racial Bias in Pulse Oximetry Measurement

Patient and Hospital Factors Associated With Differences in Mortality Rates Among Black and White US Medicare Beneficiaries Hospitalized With COVID-19 Infection

Temporal Trends in Critical Care Outcomes in U.S. Minority-Serving Hospitals

Session 3: Sepsis EBM

10.11.23, 1 p.m.

Moderator: Aaron Mittel, MD

ANDROMEDA-SHOCK

Association Between US Norepinephrine Shortage and Mortality

Session 4: Sepsis Deep-Dive

10.24.23., 1 p.m.

Moderator: Elvedin Lukovic, MD, PhD

Carbapenems vs Noncarbapenem as Initial Antibiotic Therapy Against Sepsis: A Nationwide Observational Study

Session 5: ARDS

11.14.23, 1 p.m.

Moderator: Aaron Mittel, MD

Session 6: ARDS Deep-Dive

11.20.23, 1 p.m.

Moderator: Aaron Mittel, MD

Limiting Dynamic Driving Pressure in Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation

Session 7: Neuro EBM

12.4.23, 1 p.m.

Moderator: Elvedin Lukovic, MD, PhD or Available ICU Faculty

Daily interruption of sedation

Session 8: Neuro Deep-Dive

12.18.23, 1 p.m.

Moderator: Elvedin Lukovic, MD, PhD

Trial of Endovascular Thrombectomy for Large Ischemic Strokes

Trial of Endovascular Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke with Large Infarct

Session 9: Renal Failure and Dialysis Timing EBM

1.10.24, 1 p.m.

Moderator: Elvedin Lukovic, MD, PhD

Session 10: Renal Deep-Dive

1.24.24, 1 p.m.

Moderator: Elvedin Lukovic, MD, PhD

Lower vs Higher Fluid Volumes in Adult Patients With Sepsis: An Updated Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis

Session 11: Oxygenation Targets in the ICU EBM

2.7.24, 1 p.m.

Moderator: Aaron Mittel, MD, MSc

Session 12: Oxygenation Targets Deep-Dive

2.27.24

Moderator: Aaron Mittel, MD, MSc

Conservative versus Liberal Oxygenation Targets in Intensive Care Unit Patients (ICONIC): A Randomized Clinical Trial

Session 13: Post-arrest Management

3.11.24

Moderator: Elvedin Lukovic, MD, PhD

Tracheal intubation and survival

Session 14: Cardiac Arrest Deep-Dive

3.27.24

Moderator: Aaron Mittel, MD, MSc

Extracorporeal Life Support in Infarct-Related Cardiogenic Shock

Session 15: Steroids for Distributive Shock EBM

4.10.24

Moderator: Elvedin Lukovic, MD, PhD

Annane Steroid Trial

Session 16: Endocrine Deep-Dive

4.24.24

Moderator: Elvedin Lukovic, MD, PhD

Thiamine for Renal Protection in Septic Shock (TRPSS): A Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Clinical Trial

Session 17: Nutrition Deep-Dive

5.1.24

Moderator: Aaron Mittel, MD, MSc

Early enteral nutrition is associated with improved outcomes in critically ill mechanically ventilated medical and surgical patients

Session 18: Nutrition

5.15.24

Moderator: Aaron Mittel, MD, MSc

Optimisation of energy provision with supplementary parenteral nutrition

Session 19: Fellow-Selected Articles

6.13.24

Moderator: Aaron Mittel, MD, MSc + ICU Fellows

Prevalence and Survival of Prolonged VV ECMO for ARDS: An Analysis of the ELSO Registry