This article was first published in the Summer 2022 issue of Critical Connections.

Clinicians seek to achieve optimal patient outcomes by delivering the right care at the right time. But what if that right care is not actually right? What if a certain treatment is delivered to a patient just because that is how the patient’s condition has always been treated? What if there is a newer approach that could be more effective? These were the types of questions asked at the 2022 Congress as part of the back-to-basics session, “Something Old and Something New: Contemporary Medication Management of Critical Care Classics.” The session featured three talks that aimed to put a fresh perspective on classical disease states.

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