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Critical Care Reviews @criticalcarereviews.com · 4d

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Critical Care Reviews @criticalcarereviews.com · 2d

There are now just under 50 days to CCR Down Under 2025.

The programme is out - 8 superb trial results coming up.

Join us in Melbourne, in person or virtually, to discuss the best critical care trials in the world!

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Critical Care Reviews @criticalcarereviews.com · Aug 10

The 5th trial to be announced for CCR Down Under 2025 is ACTiVE

Effect of automated closed-loop ventilation versus conventional ventilation on duration and quality of ventilation in critically ill patients

Join us in Melbourne, either in-person or online
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CCR Down Under 2025

Critical Care Reviews Meeting Down Under - The Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne, December 9th - 10th, 2025

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Chris Nickson @precordialthump.bsky.social · Jul 22

CCR Down Under 2025 - december 9th & 10th 2025 Melbourne is the place to be! Registrations are open 😁: criticalcarereviews.com/meetings/ccr... See you there! @criticalcarereviews.com

CCR Down Under 2025

Critical Care Reviews Meeting Down Under - The Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne, December 9th - 10th, 2025

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Critical Care Reviews @criticalcarereviews.com · Jul 24

🚩The 3rd trial result for CCR Down Under 2025 is ARISE-AFRICA🚩

➡️Standard low flow oxygen vs nasal high flow oxygen vs CPAP in hypoxaemic respiratory failure

➡️Presenter Arthur Kwizera

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@precordialthump.bsky.social

CCR Down Under 2025

Critical Care Reviews Meeting Down Under - The Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne, December 9th - 10th, 2025

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Chris Nickson @precordialthump.bsky.social · Jul 22

CCR Down Under 2025 - december 9th & 10th 2025 Melbourne is the place to be! Registrations are open 😁: criticalcarereviews.com/meetings/ccr... See you there! @criticalcarereviews.com

CCR Down Under 2025

Critical Care Reviews Meeting Down Under - The Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne, December 9th - 10th, 2025

criticalcarereviews.com

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Chris Nickson @precordialthump.bsky.social · Jul 21

Looking forward to this!

Critical Care Reviews @criticalcarereviews.com · Jul 20

The first trial for CCR Down Under 2025 is RSI from the Pragmatic Critical Care Research Group

➡️Ketamine vs etomidate for emergency tracheal intubation
➡️n= 2364

Join us in Melbourne - Dec 9 & 10
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CCR Down Under is run with the Alfred ICU & Monash Uni

CCR Down Under 2025

Critical Care Reviews Meeting Down Under - The Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne, December 9th - 10th, 2025

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Chris Nickson @precordialthump.bsky.social · Jul 17

Dobutamine litfl.com/dobutamine/ I don’t often use dobutamine, but when I do I make sure I know about its cool racemic pharmacology (and the major clinical trials) #foamed #foamcc

Dobutamine

Pharmacology of dobutamine, a synthetic catecholamine used as an inotrope as it is a direct-acting moderately selective β1 adrenergic agonist

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Chris Nickson @precordialthump.bsky.social · Jul 17

Suspended animation litfl.com/suspended-an... Ok, not really a core crit care topic and not coming to an ICU near you anytime soon… #foamcc #foamed

Suspended animation

Suspended animation is defined as the therapeutic induction of a state of tolerance to temporary complete systemic ischaemia

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Chris Nickson @precordialthump.bsky.social · Jul 17

Airway assistant (ala airway ally) litfl.com/airway-assis... the forgotten role in airway management in ED, ICU, and the wards… but an important one! #foamed #foamcc

Airway Assistant

Description of the airway assistant role in the ANZ critical care setting: responsibilities, tips, pitfalls for newcomers to the role

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Chris Nickson @precordialthump.bsky.social · Jul 17

Unrecognised esophageal intubation litfl.com/unrecognised... Largely derived from the superb PUMA guidelines by @chrimesy.com et al #foamed #foamcc

Unrecognised oesophageal intubation

Unrecognised oesophageal intubation: frequency, causes, prevention, recognition, actions, and confounders. Derived from PUMA guidelines.

litfl.com

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Chris Nickson @precordialthump.bsky.social · Jul 17

Metaraminol litfl.com/metaraminol/ A very commonly used drug in UK/ ANZ crit care - but one there is surprisingly little known about… #foamed #foamcc

Metaraminol

Pharmacology of metaraminol, peripherally administered vasopressor used for direct & indirect sympathomimetic effects (esp alpha-1 agonism)

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Chris Nickson @precordialthump.bsky.social · Jul 17

Semaglutide litfl.com/semaglutide/ Not a core ICU drug but we need know about GLP1R agonists! #foamed #foamcc

Semaglutide

Pharmacology of Semaglutide, the Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist. Incretin mimetic and Antidiabetic agent

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Chris Nickson @precordialthump.bsky.social · Jul 17

Continuous beta-lactam infusions litfl.com/continuous-b... Is this the way to “make antibiotics great again”? #foamed #foamcc

Continuous beta-lactam infusions

Critical evaluation of continuous infusion of beta-lactam antibiotics (rather than intermittent dosing) in critically ill patients.

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Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · Jun 26

“On Not Betraying Our Trainees, Especially Now”

I won an Extraordinary Achievement Award from the Critical Care Assembly last month

The @atscommunity.bsky.social premier journal @atsblueeditor.bsky.social TODAY published the remarks I made on that occasion

www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/...

On Not Betraying Our Trainees, Especially Now | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | Articles in Press

www.atsjournals.org

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Critical Care Reviews @criticalcarereviews.com · Jan 9

The second trial result for #CCR25 in Titanic Belfast
in June is GASTROSAM

Gastroenteritis Rehydration of African Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition

Join us in June for the best critical care trials in the world

Register at criticalcarereviews.com/meetings/ccr25

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Critical Care Reviews @criticalcarereviews.com · Jan 10

The third trial result for #CCR25 in Titanic Belfast in June is the UK-Rox Trial

Evaluating the clinical & cost-effectiveness of a conservative approach to oxygen therapy for invasively ventilated adults in ICU

Register via the QR code or on the CCR website
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Critical Care Reviews @criticalcarereviews.com · Jan 13

The fourth trial result for #CCR25 in Titanic Belfast in June is FLUID

Crystalloid FLUID Choices for Resuscitation of Hospitalized Patients

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Critical Care Reviews @criticalcarereviews.com · Jan 13

The fourth trial result for #CCR25 in Titanic Belfast in June is FLUID

Crystalloid FLUID Choices for Resuscitation of Hospitalized Patients

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Critical Care Reviews Meeting 2025
The Best Critical Care trials in the World

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Critical Care Reviews @criticalcarereviews.com · Jan 14

The fifth trial result for #CCR25 in Titanic Belfast in June is NOTACS

Nasal High-Flow Oxygen Therapy after Cardiac Surgery

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Critical Care Reviews Meeting 2025
The Best Critical Care Trials in the World

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Critical Care Reviews @criticalcarereviews.com · Jan 16

The sixth trial result for #CCR25 in Titanic Belfast in June is PROMIZING

Proportional Assist Ventilation for Minimizing the Duration of Mechanical Ventilation

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Critical Care Reviews @criticalcarereviews.com · Jan 17

The 7th presentation at #CCR25 is the TTM2 biomarker results

Biomarkers of Brain Injury after Cardiac Arrest

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Critical Care Reviews Meeting 2025
The Best Critical Care Trials in the World

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Critical Care Reviews @criticalcarereviews.com · Jan 24

Delighted to announce the 8th trial results presentation for #CCR25 - ENCOMPASS.

Engagement and Collaborative Management to Proactively Advance Sepsis Survivorship

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#CCR25 - The Best Critical Care trials in the World

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Critical Care Reviews @criticalcarereviews.com · Jan 29

The ninth trial result for #CCR25 in Titanic Belfast in June is INdex

CT-perfusion for the Neurological Determination of Death

Investigators - Michaël Chassé & Jai Shankar

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Critical Care Reviews @criticalcarereviews.com · Jan 30

The 10th presentation at #CCR25 is RESCUE 3

Temporary Transvenous Diaphragm Pacing vs Standard of Care for Weaning From Mechanical Ventilation

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Critical Care Reviews Meeting 2025
The Best Critical Care Trials in the World

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