Trauma ICU Rounds

In this episode we sit down with the Chief of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, Burns,  & Acute Care Surgery at the University of Arizona, Dr. Bellal Joseph, who share with us his thoughts and research findings on hot topics including frailty, geriatric trauma, leadership, and more.

Timestamps:
00:12  Introductions
01:30  What is frailty? Your physiologic NOT chronologic body.
06:58  Injured elderly trauma patients can have good outcomes
07:30  Trauma specific frailty index
10:48  Failure to rescue
13:57  Geriatricians and the trauma surgeons
15:08  4Ms-What Matters, Mobility, Mentation, Medication
16:48  Geriatric cohorting/wards
22:24  ACS geriatric centers of excellence
29:35  Brain Injury Guidelines (BIG)
38:17  The importance of teamwork & servant leadership
40:28  Imposter syndrome
43:19  Leadership considerations
45:25  Final thoughts

References:
Joseph B, Friese RS, Sadoun M, Aziz H, Kulvatunyou N, Pandit V, Wynne J, Tang A, O'Keeffe T, Rhee P. The BIG (brain injury guidelines) project: defining the management of traumatic brain injury by acute care surgeons. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2014 Apr;76(4):965-9. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000161. PMID: 24662858.

Joseph B, Obaid O, Dultz L, Black G, Campbell M, Berndtson AE, Costantini T, Kerwin A, Skarupa D, Burruss S, Delgado L, Gomez M, Mederos DR, Winfield R, Cullinane D; AAST BIG Multi-institutional Study Group. Validating the Brain Injury Guidelines: Results of an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma prospective multi-institutional trial. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022 Aug 1;93(2):157-165. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003554. Epub 2022 Mar 28. PMID: 35343931.v

Joseph B, Pandit V, Haider AA, Kulvatunyou N, Zangbar B, Tang A, Aziz H, Vercruysse G, O'Keeffe T, Freise RS, Rhee P. Improving Hospital Quality and Costs in Nonoperative Traumatic Brain Injury: The Role of Acute Care Surgeons. JAMA Surg. 2015 Sep;150(9):866-72. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.1134. PMID: 26107247.

Joseph B, Pandit V, Sadoun M, Zangbar B, Fain MJ, Friese RS, Rhee P. Frailty in surgery. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2014 Apr;76(4):1151-6. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000103. PMID: 24662884.

Orouji Jokar T, Ibraheem K, Rhee P, Kulavatunyou N, Haider A, Phelan HA, Fain M, Mohler MJ, Joseph B. Emergency general surgery specific frailty index: A validation study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2016 Aug;81(2):254-60. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001120. PMID: 27257694.
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In this episode, we talk all things critical care the one and only, Dr. Jean-Louis Vincent aka. JLV.  This episode is a MUST listen. We touch upon the evolution of early goal directed therapy, measures of fluid responsiveness, optimizing oxygen delivery, and the importance of integrating data points versus examining  them in isolation when caring for our critically ill and injured patients. This and MUCH MUCH more in arguably one of my favorite episodes to date!!

Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
01:21 What happened to SG catheters and should we use them?
04:05 What decreases mortality in critical care patients?
05:30 When to transfuse critical care patient? Use your brain!
08:55 Measures of tissue perfusion and fluid responsiveness
09:36 JLV breaks down the Rivers trial
10:36 Recent EGDT papers
10:54 How to optimize O2 delivery? Late ScVO2, dob challenge, and fluid challenges
13:21 Dynamic measures of fluid responsiveness
13:46 CVP as a relative value
15:14 Passive leg raising (PLR) as a measure of fluid responsiveness
21:20 JLV's take on therapeutic nihilism
24:45 Don’t isolate; integrate!
26:46 Navigating the future of critical care – JLV’s thoughts on AI in the ICU
29:55 Rapid fire hot topics in the ICU – Yes or No
-Metabolic cocktail
-Corticosteroids for septic shock
-Albumin and Lasix or Lasix alone
PCT/CRP and sepsis/Abx
Resources:
International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (ISICEM):
https://www.isicem.org

ISICEM Chats Platform:
https://www.isicem.org/e-chat/index.asp
         
Articles:
Passive leg raising:five rules, not a drop of fluid! https://ccforum.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13054-014-0708-5

The fluid challenge
https://ccforum.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13054-020-03443-y

Blood lactate levels in sepsis: 8 questions
Vincent JL, Bakker J. Blood lactate levels in sepsis: in 8 questions. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2021 Jun 1;27(3):298-302. doi: 10.1097/MCC.0000000000000824. PMID: 33852499.

We should avoid the term "fluid overload"
https://ccforum.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13054-018-2141-7

EGDT in the Treatment of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa010307

A Randomized Trial of Protocol-Based Care for Early Septic Shock
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1401602
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It's been a while! We are coming to you from our new studio in Victoria on Vancouver Island, BC. This Season is PACKED with incredible content, interviews and educational pearls designed to improve the quality of care that you are deliver daily at the bedside to your patients and their loved ones.
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In this episode, we discuss the overarching importance of AVOIDING iatrogenic harm in the ICU with arguably one of the world's leading experts in critical care medicine, the one and only, Dr. Jean-Louis Vincent aka. JLV.
Tune in as Dr. Vincent shares with us the importance of having a systematic, problem-based approach to patient care delivery which, of course, involves giving our patients a FAST HUG every day!

Time Stamps:
2:10 LA Critical Care and Differences between Europe versus USA
4:04 COVID, Modern tech and bedside care
5:32 ICU Rounds – How I do it
6:00 Team Based ICU Care
 7:56 Modern advances in critical care
9:55 Problem-based approach in the ICU
13:18 FAST HUGS
14:00 Feeding

14:36 Analgesia & Sedation
15:46 Thromboembolic prophylaxis
16:25Head of the bed elevated
17:17Ulcer prophylaxis
19:22Glucose control
20:48 Tube feeds, yes? Ulcer ppx , no.
22:30 Outro
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"Getting patients resuscitated through sepsis, septic shock, and hemorrhagic shock is not the end...it's the beginning."

In this episode, Dr. Brakenridge from Harborview Medical Center joins us to discuss PICS and the impact of this syndrome on our critically ill and injured patients and their families. Also referred to as the Post-Intensive Care Syndrome, Dr. Brakenridge shares with us the evolution and results of translational research into this now well-recognized morbid condition which often occurs in the setting of chronic critical illness. From the importance of breaking  the cycle of "sepsis recidivism" to the. application of the SCCM A to F bundle, this episode is a MUST listen for those of us taking care of patients in the ICU.

TIME STAMPS
00:12  Introduction
01:46  What is PICS? The role of chronic critical illness (CCI)
05:13  Phenotypes vs. endotypes
06:47  The role of biomarkers in PICS
08:50  When does acute critical illness turn into CCI?
10:14  Risk factors for PICS
15: 07  Prognostication and determining patient trajectory
18:32  The Glue Grant Experience: Genomics of Injury
22:48  Hemorrhagic shock resuscitation: Then and now
25:33  Sepsis recidivism & avoiding secondary insults
 29:08 ICU delirium
31:55  The role of early mobilization
32:41  The impact of catabolism in sepsis
34:50  Is there a role for anabolic steroids to counteract PICS?
37:52  What's ahead in terms of PICS translational research?
39:44  Cytokine and immunomodulator therapies
41:49  Final thoughts

RECOMMENDED READINGS
Brakenridge SC, Wang Z, Cox M, Raymond S, Hawkins R, Darden D, Ghita G, Brumback B, Cuschieri J, Maier RV, Moore FA, Mohr AM, Efron PA, Moldawer LL. Distinct immunologic endotypes are associated with clinical trajectory after severe blunt trauma and hemorrhagic shock. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 Feb 1;90(2):257-267.

Efron PA, Mohr AM, Bihorac A, Horiguchi H, Hollen MK, Segal MS, Baker HV, Leeuwenburgh C, Moldawer LL, Moore FA, Brakenridge SC. Persistent inflammation, immunosuppression, and catabolism and the development of chronic critical illness after surgery. Surgery. 2018 Aug;164(2):178-184. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.04.011. Epub 2018 May 26.

Sauaia A, Moore FA, Moore EE. Postinjury Inflammation and Organ Dysfunction. Crit Care Clin. 2017 Jan;33(1):167-191.

Stortz JA, Murphy TJ, Raymond SL, Mira JC, Ungaro R, Dirain ML, Nacionales DC, Loftus TJ, Wang Z, Ozrazgat-Baslanti T, Ghita GL, Brumback BA, Mohr AM, Bihorac A, Efron PA, Moldawer LL, Moore FA, Brakenridge SC. Evidence for Persistent Immune Suppression in Patients Who Develop Chronic Critical Illness After Sepsis. Shock. 2018 Mar;49(3):249-258. 

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