2025 Multiprofessional Critical Care Review: Adult Online-Board Questions

Video Transcription

Video Summary

The video covers clinical questions in hematology, oncology, ethics, and nutrition with expert input. Key hematology topics include tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) in a 65-year-old CLL patient post-chemotherapy, highlighting rasburicase as first-line treatment to rapidly reduce uric acid, contrasting with allopurinol’s preventive role. Another hematology case discussed diffuse alveolar hemorrhage in a post-transplant patient with respiratory failure, where corticosteroids are essential. For invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, voriconazole remains the treatment of choice, with newer antifungals emerging. Nutrition topics focus on short bowel syndrome and deleterious effects of enteral nutrition causing D-lactic acidosis, emphasizing clinical recognition. Early mobilization in ventilated ICU patients significantly improves outcomes. Ethical discussions address end-of-life care decisions, proper withdrawal of life support measures, and principles like substituted judgment guiding surrogate decisions. The session underlines clinical reasoning, up-to-date therapies, and ethical frameworks critical for managing complex patient scenarios in critical care and oncology.

Keywords

tumor lysis syndrome

rasburicase

diffuse alveolar hemorrhage

voriconazole

short bowel syndrome

end-of-life care

	Society of Critical Care Medicine 500 Midway Drive Mount Prospect, IL 60056 USA Phone: +1 847 827-6888 Fax: +1 847 439-7226 Email: support@sccm.org	Contact Us About SCCM Newsroom Advertising & Sponsorship DONATE	MySCCM LearnICU Patients & Families Surviving Sepsis Campaign Critical Care Societies Collaborative	GET OUR NEWSLETTER
© Society of Critical Care Medicine. All rights reserved. \| Privacy Statement \| Terms & Conditions The Society of Critical Care Medicine, SCCM, and Critical Care Congress are registered trademarks of the Society of Critical Care Medicine.