Required and Recommended Reading
Required Reading
Neurological
Sedation and delirium: Devlin JW, et al. Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU. Crit Care Med. 2018 Sep;46(9):e825-e873. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000003299. PMID: 30113379.
Cardiovascular
Vasopressors: Russell JA. Vasopressor therapy in critically ill patients with shock. Intensive Care Med. 2019 Nov;45(11):1503-1517. doi: 10.1007/s00134-019-05801-z. Epub 2019 Oct 23. PMID: 31646370.
Fluid management: §Semler MW, et al; SMART Investigators and the Pragmatic Critical Care Research Group. Balanced Crystalloids versus Saline in Critically Ill Adults. N Engl J Med. 2018 Mar 1;378(9):829-839. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1711584. Epub 2018 Feb 27. PMID: 29485925; PMCID: PMC5846085.
Pulmonary
Basics of mechanical ventilation §Daoud EG, Shimabukuro R. Mechanical ventilation for the non-critical care trained practitioner. Part 1. J Mech Vent 2020; 1(2):39-51. doi.org/10.53097/JMV.10011
ARDS: Gorman EA, et al. Acute respiratory distress syndrome in adults: diagnosis, outcomes, long-term sequelae, and management. Lancet. 2022 Oct 1;400(10358):1157-1170. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01439-8. Epub 2022 Sep 4. PMID: 36070788.
Renal
Acute kidney injury: Griffin BR, et al. Critical Care Nephrology: Core Curriculum 2020. Am J Kidney Dis. 2020 Mar;75(3):435-452. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2019.10.010. Epub 2020 Jan 22. PMID: 31982214; PMCID: PMC7333544.
Endocrine
Steroids in sepsis: Annane D, Bellissant E, Bollaert P, Briegel J, Keh D, Kupfer Y, Pirracchio R, Rochwerg B. Corticosteroids for treating sepsis in children and adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019, Issue 12. Art. No.: CD002243. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002243.pub4
Neurological
Sedation and delirium: Devlin JW, et al. Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU. Crit Care Med. 2018 Sep;46(9):e825-e873. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000003299. PMID: 30113379.
Cardiovascular
Vasopressors: Russell JA. Vasopressor therapy in critically ill patients with shock. Intensive Care Med. 2019 Nov;45(11):1503-1517. doi: 10.1007/s00134-019-05801-z. Epub 2019 Oct 23. PMID: 31646370.
Fluid management: §Semler MW, et al; SMART Investigators and the Pragmatic Critical Care Research Group. Balanced Crystalloids versus Saline in Critically Ill Adults. N Engl J Med. 2018 Mar 1;378(9):829-839. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1711584. Epub 2018 Feb 27. PMID: 29485925; PMCID: PMC5846085.
Pulmonary
Basics of mechanical ventilation §Daoud EG, Shimabukuro R. Mechanical ventilation for the non-critical care trained practitioner. Part 1. J Mech Vent 2020; 1(2):39-51. doi.org/10.53097/JMV.10011
ARDS: Gorman EA, et al. Acute respiratory distress syndrome in adults: diagnosis, outcomes, long-term sequelae, and management. Lancet. 2022 Oct 1;400(10358):1157-1170. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01439-8. Epub 2022 Sep 4. PMID: 36070788.
Renal
Acute kidney injury: Griffin BR, et al. Critical Care Nephrology: Core Curriculum 2020. Am J Kidney Dis. 2020 Mar;75(3):435-452. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2019.10.010. Epub 2020 Jan 22. PMID: 31982214; PMCID: PMC7333544.
Endocrine
Steroids in sepsis: Annane D, Bellissant E, Bollaert P, Briegel J, Keh D, Kupfer Y, Pirracchio R, Rochwerg B. Corticosteroids for treating sepsis in children and adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019, Issue 12. Art. No.: CD002243. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002243.pub4
Recommended Reading
Critical Care Pulmonology
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/acute-respiratory-distress-syndrome-clinical-features-diagnosis-and-complications-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/ventilator-management-strategies-for-adults-with-acute-respiratory-distress-syndrome
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/noncardiogenic-pulmonary-edema
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/transfusion-related-acute-lung-injury-trali
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-prognosis-and-follow-up-of-acute-pulmonary-embolism-in-adults
The Ventilator
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/the-ventilator-circuit
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/modes-of-mechanical-ventilation
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/complications-of-the-endotracheal-tube-following-initial-placement-prevention-and-management-in-adult-intensive-care-unit-patients
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/initial-weaning-strategy-in-mechanically-ventilated-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/weaning-from-mechanical-ventilation-readiness-testing
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/positive-end-expiratory-pressure-peep
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/assessment-of-respiratory-distress-in-the-mechanically-ventilated-patient
Critical Care Cardiology
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/advanced-cardiac-life-support-acls-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-of-acute-decompensated-heart-failure-general-considerations
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/narrow-qrs-complex-tachycardias-clinical-manifestations-diagnosis-and-evaluation
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/new-onset-atrial-fibrillation
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/evaluation-and-treatment-of-hypertensive-emergencies-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/drugs-used-for-the-treatment-of-hypertensive-emergencies
Shock States
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/evaluation-of-and-initial-approach-to-the-adult-patient-with-undifferentiated-hypotension-and-shock
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/definition-classification-etiology-and-pathophysiology-of-shock-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/bicarbonate-therapy-in-lactic-acidosis
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/clinical-manifestations-and-diagnosis-of-cardiogenic-shock-in-acute-myocardial-infarction
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/use-of-vasopressors-and-inotropes
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/glucocorticoid-therapy-in-septic-shock-in-adults
Critical Care Gastroenterology
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/stress-ulcers-in-the-intensive-care-unit-diagnosis-management-and-prevention
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/approach-to-acute-upper-gastrointestinal-bleeding-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/approach-to-acute-lower-gastrointestinal-bleeding-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/acute-liver-failure-in-adults-etiology-clinical-manifestations-and-diagnosis
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/hepatorenal-syndrome
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/etiology-of-acute-pancreatitis
Critical Care Neurology
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/acute-toxic-metabolic-encephalopathy-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/management-of-moderate-and-severe-alcohol-withdrawal-syndromes
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/initial-assessment-and-management-of-acute-stroke
Critical Care Infectious Concerns
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/clinical-presentation-and-diagnostic-evaluation-of-ventilator-associated-pneumonia
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/evaluation-and-management-of-suspected-sepsis-and-septic-shock-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/fever-in-the-intensive-care-unit
Critical Care Devices and Monitors
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/arterial-blood-gases
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/pulmonary-artery-catheterization-interpretation-of-hemodynamic-values-and-waveforms-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/novel-tools-for-hemodynamic-monitoring-in-critically-ill-patients-with-shock
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/overview-of-complications-of-central-venous-catheters-and-their-prevention
Critical Care Nephrology
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/approach-to-the-adult-with-metabolic-acidosis
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/diabetic-ketoacidosis-and-hyperosmolar-hyperglycemic-state-in-adults-treatment
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-and-prevention-of-hyperkalemia-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-of-hypernatremia-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/maintenance-and-replacement-fluid-therapy-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/continuous-renal-replacement-therapy-in-acute-kidney-injury
End of Life and Ethics
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/communication-in-the-icu-holding-a-family-meeting
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/withholding-and-withdrawing-ventilatory-support-in-adults-in-the-intensive-care-unit
Other
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/critical-illness-during-pregnancy-and-the-peripartum-period
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/indications-and-hemoglobin-thresholds-for-red-blood-cell-transfusion-in-the-adult
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/sedative-analgesic-medications-in-critically-ill-adults-selection-initiation-maintenance-and-withdrawal
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/thyroid-storm
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/tumor-lysis-syndrome-prevention-and-treatment
Critical Care Pulmonology
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/acute-respiratory-distress-syndrome-clinical-features-diagnosis-and-complications-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/ventilator-management-strategies-for-adults-with-acute-respiratory-distress-syndrome
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/noncardiogenic-pulmonary-edema
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/transfusion-related-acute-lung-injury-trali
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-prognosis-and-follow-up-of-acute-pulmonary-embolism-in-adults
The Ventilator
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/the-ventilator-circuit
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/modes-of-mechanical-ventilation
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/complications-of-the-endotracheal-tube-following-initial-placement-prevention-and-management-in-adult-intensive-care-unit-patients
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/initial-weaning-strategy-in-mechanically-ventilated-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/weaning-from-mechanical-ventilation-readiness-testing
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/positive-end-expiratory-pressure-peep
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/assessment-of-respiratory-distress-in-the-mechanically-ventilated-patient
Critical Care Cardiology
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/advanced-cardiac-life-support-acls-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-of-acute-decompensated-heart-failure-general-considerations
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/narrow-qrs-complex-tachycardias-clinical-manifestations-diagnosis-and-evaluation
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/new-onset-atrial-fibrillation
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/evaluation-and-treatment-of-hypertensive-emergencies-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/drugs-used-for-the-treatment-of-hypertensive-emergencies
Shock States
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/evaluation-of-and-initial-approach-to-the-adult-patient-with-undifferentiated-hypotension-and-shock
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/definition-classification-etiology-and-pathophysiology-of-shock-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/bicarbonate-therapy-in-lactic-acidosis
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/clinical-manifestations-and-diagnosis-of-cardiogenic-shock-in-acute-myocardial-infarction
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/use-of-vasopressors-and-inotropes
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/glucocorticoid-therapy-in-septic-shock-in-adults
Critical Care Gastroenterology
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/stress-ulcers-in-the-intensive-care-unit-diagnosis-management-and-prevention
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/approach-to-acute-upper-gastrointestinal-bleeding-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/approach-to-acute-lower-gastrointestinal-bleeding-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/acute-liver-failure-in-adults-etiology-clinical-manifestations-and-diagnosis
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/hepatorenal-syndrome
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/etiology-of-acute-pancreatitis
Critical Care Neurology
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/acute-toxic-metabolic-encephalopathy-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/management-of-moderate-and-severe-alcohol-withdrawal-syndromes
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/initial-assessment-and-management-of-acute-stroke
Critical Care Infectious Concerns
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/clinical-presentation-and-diagnostic-evaluation-of-ventilator-associated-pneumonia
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/evaluation-and-management-of-suspected-sepsis-and-septic-shock-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/fever-in-the-intensive-care-unit
Critical Care Devices and Monitors
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/arterial-blood-gases
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/pulmonary-artery-catheterization-interpretation-of-hemodynamic-values-and-waveforms-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/novel-tools-for-hemodynamic-monitoring-in-critically-ill-patients-with-shock
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/overview-of-complications-of-central-venous-catheters-and-their-prevention
Critical Care Nephrology
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/approach-to-the-adult-with-metabolic-acidosis
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/diabetic-ketoacidosis-and-hyperosmolar-hyperglycemic-state-in-adults-treatment
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-and-prevention-of-hyperkalemia-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-of-hypernatremia-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/maintenance-and-replacement-fluid-therapy-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/continuous-renal-replacement-therapy-in-acute-kidney-injury
End of Life and Ethics
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/communication-in-the-icu-holding-a-family-meeting
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/withholding-and-withdrawing-ventilatory-support-in-adults-in-the-intensive-care-unit
Other
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/critical-illness-during-pregnancy-and-the-peripartum-period
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/indications-and-hemoglobin-thresholds-for-red-blood-cell-transfusion-in-the-adult
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/sedative-analgesic-medications-in-critically-ill-adults-selection-initiation-maintenance-and-withdrawal
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/thyroid-storm
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/tumor-lysis-syndrome-prevention-and-treatment