Critical Issues

What's the Optimal Temp Management After Cardiac Arrest? Early adopters, beware of the litany of therapies that fail the scrutiny of multiple large RCTs.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 29, 2022
LAMA Takes a Hit in New Update We've heard this story before; LAMA monotherapy is the latest casualty of current asthma treatment.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 29, 2022
In Search of the Optimal PEEP Strategy Can we translate our knowledge of ARDS physiology to setting PEEP at the bedside and improving outcomes?
Experts And Viewpoints, August 26, 2022
Exercise Limitations in COPD -- More Inhalers? GOLD recommends a second inhaler for patients with COPD and dyspnea. Aaron Holley disagrees.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 29, 2022
Prophylaxis for PJP in Patients With Sarcoidosis Dr Aaron Holley scrutinizes the practice of prescribing TMP-SMX to prevent Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients on oral corticosteroids for sarcoidosis.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 24, 2022
Sleep More, Weigh Less? Dr Aaron Holley looks at the current association of weight gain with sleep deprivation.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 10, 2022
Transpulmonary Pressure Measurement: A Waste of Time? Transpulmonary Pressure Measurement: The Key to Protecting the Lung, or an Abstract Waste of Time?
Experts And Viewpoints, March 17, 2022
The Best Crystalloid for the Critically Ill Dr Aaron Holley reviews the recent literature comparing crystalloid formulations used in critically ill patients.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 08, 2022
Withholding Anticoagulation for ISSPE Dr Holley reviews the data on whether anticoagulation is beneficial in patients with ISSPE.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 13, 2022
'It's Deconditioning, Stupid': Exercise Limitations After COVID Dr Aaron Holley investigates whether deconditioning is responsible for all post-COVID activity limitations.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 24, 2021
New Sarcoidosis Guideline Bringing Light to the Darkness Recent guidelines provide a number of important updates that physicians managing patients with sarcoidosis should note.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 16, 2021
Should Magnesium Be Used for COPD Exacerbations? Dr Holley reviews whether magnesium is beneficial or harmful when treating acute exacerbations of COPD in an emergency setting.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 30, 2021
Not All Interstitial Lung Abnormalities Represent Disease Dr Aaron Holley discusses how to identify which ILAs are important and when they should be treated.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 20, 2021
Post COVID-19 Lung Injury: What We Know So Far Dr Holley discusses three categories of post-COVID19 lung injury and the research on current treatments for each type.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 28, 2021
CPAP Continues to Underperform Dr Aaron Holley stresses that not all patients with a sleep-related breathing disorder will benefit from CPAP.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 17, 2021
Short-term O2 Prescriptions Lead to Inappropriate Long-term Use Dr Aaron Holley describes why oxygen prescriptions at hospital discharge are a far more pernicious cause of wasted resources.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 15, 2021
The Revenge of the 'Late COVID Adopters' The urgency of COVID complications has led to a rush to find treatment strategies as quickly as possible. But, as your grandmother said, sometimes haste makes waste.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 23, 2021
Treating COVID Fatigue and Dyspnea -- Deep Breaths, Plenty of Rest Dr Aaron Holley discusses how to treat two of the most commonly reported post-COVID symptoms, chronic fatigue and dyspnea.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 19, 2021
Giant Leap for Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Interpretation Dr Aaron Holley reviews the new cardiopulmonary exercise testing reference equations recently published in CHEST.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 18, 2021
Are Patients With COPD More Vulnerable to COVID-19? Dr Aaron Holley reviews a recently released a report on COVID-19 and COPD and whether therapies should be altered.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 28, 2021

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