The Brigham Board Review in Critical Care Medicine will fully prepare you for the ABIM Subspecialty Board Examination in Critical Care.

It will help you to integrate ABIM guidelines for care with presentations covering all the major subspecialty areas of critical care medicine.

Shock

• Septic Shock – Principles and Practices of Resuscitation – Rebecca M. Baron, MD

• Sepsis: New Definitions and Guidelines – Chanu Rhee, MD

• Hemodynamic Monitoring – Aaron Waxman, MD, PhD

• Hemorrhagic Shock – Edward Kelly, MD

• Approach to Diagnosis and Management of Cardiogenic Shock – Akshay Desai, MD, MPH

Respiratory Failure

• ARDS-New Definition and Treatment – Taylor Thompson, MD

• ARDS – Mechanical Ventilation – Taylor Thompson, MD

• Management of Severe Obstructive Lung Disease – Bartolome R. Celli, MD

• Invasive and non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation: Basic Principles and Goals – Paul F. Nuccio, MS, RRT, FAARC

• Mechanical Ventilation: Liberation and ABCDEF Bundle – Anthony F. Massaro, MD

Cardiac Issues in the ICU

• Acute Coronary Syndromes – Benjamin M. Scirica, MD, MPH, FACC

• Arrhythmias – Melanie Maytin, MD

• Indications and management of implantable electronic cardiac devices in ICU patients – Melanie Maytin, MD

• Post-Cardiac Arrest Care – Benjamin M. Scirica, MD, MPH, FACC
• Pulmonary Embolism in the ICU – Samuel Goldhaber, MD

GI Issues in the ICU

• Pancreatitis – Julia McNabb-Baltar, MD

• GI Bleed – Linda Lee, MD

• Acute Liver Failure – Anna Rutherford, MD, MPH

Neuro Issues in the ICU

• Advances in Stroke – Galen V. Henderson, MD

• Intracranial Hypertension – Galen V. Henderson, MD

• Seizures and Status Epilepticus – Galen V. Henderson, MD

• Approach to the Comatose Patient – Galen V. Henderson, MD

Hematologic Issues in the ICU

• Transfusion Practices in the ICU – James Rawn, MD

• Coagulopathies and Thrombocytopenia – Jean M. Connors, MD

Renal Issues in the ICU

• Acute Kidney Injury and Renal Replacement Therapy – Kenneth B. Christopher, MD

• Acid-base Disorders; ABG’s – Kenneth B. Christopher, MD

Infectious Disease Issues in the ICU

• Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Diagnosis, Therapy, Prevention – Michael Klompas, MD

• Infection, FUO, and Antibiotic Use in the ICU – Jennifer A. Johnson, MD

Endocrine Issues in the ICU

• Hyperglycemia and Glycemic Control in the ICU – Margo s. Hudson, MD

• Endocrine Crises in the ICU – Margo S. Hudson, MD

General Care Issues in the ICU

• Fundamentals of Clinical Nutrition: Essentials for the Critical Care Specialist – Malcolm K. Robinson, MD

• Prophylaxis in the ICU – Kathleen Haley, MD

Surgical Critical Care Issues in the ICU

• Treatment of the Patient with Burns and Inhalational Injuries – Simon G. Talbot, MD

• Abdominal Catastrophes and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome – Edward Kelly, MD

• Obstetrical Critical Care – Katherine E. Economy, MD

Miscellaneous ICU Issues

• Ethical Dilemmas in the ICU – Kathleen Haley, MD

• Critical Care Pharmacology – James F. Gilmore, PharmD, BCCCP, BCPS

• Toxic Ingestions – J. Kevin Tucker, MD

• Sedation and Delirium in the ICU – Gerald L. Weinhouse, MD

• ICU Issues for the Transplant Patient – Hilary Goldberg, MD

• Mechanical Support Devices in ICU – Philip C. Camp, MD

• Ultrasound in the ICU: What Every Intensivist Should Know – Raghu R. Seethala, MD
• Post Intensive Care Syndrome – Daniela Lamas, MD