We used the following question in a large classroom session attended by undergraduate medical students and doctors with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree (240 in all) to test for conceptual understanding as to what constitutes arterial blood oxygenation. The question read as follows: Which one of the following physiological parameters taken alone tells you that arteri...

BACKGROUND This clinical practice guideline addresses six questions related to liberation from mechanical ventilation in critically ill adults. It is the result of a collaborative effort between the American Thoracic Society and the American College of Chest Physicians. METHODS A multidisciplinary panel posed six clinical questions in a Population, Intervention, Comparator, and Outcomes forma...

Pharmacological treatment of critically ill obstetric patients can be especially challenging due to the complexity of caring for 2 patients, with a paucity of research to support practice. This review will provide practitioners with primary recommendations for management of the critical illnesses most commonly encountered in pregnancy and will discuss the scientific and clinical merit of these ...