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. 2020 Oct 13;1(4):436-455.
doi: 10.34197/ats-scholar.2020-0015RE.

ATS Core Curriculum 2020. Adult Critical Care Medicine

Başak Çoruh  1 , Susan Pasnick  2 , Megan Acho  3 , Geoffrey D Bass  4 , Cameron M Baston  4 , Mary Elizabeth Card  5 , Alice Gallo de Moraes  6 , Valerie E M Griffeth  7 , Amjad Kanj  6 , Matthew J Leveno  8 , Dylan Lovin  8 , Stephanie I Maximous  3 , Steven D Pearson  9 , R Scott Stephens  5 , Krysta S Wolfe  9 , Bishoy Zakhary  7 , Jakob I McSparron  10 , Margaret M Hayes  11
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ATS Core Curriculum 2020. Adult Critical Care Medicine

Başak Çoruh et al. ATS Sch. .

Abstract

The American Thoracic Society Core Curriculum updates clinicians annually in adult and pediatric pulmonary disease, medical critical care, and sleep medicine, in a 3- to 4-year recurring cycle of topics. These topics will be presented at the 2020 International Conference. Below is the adult critical care medicine core including complications of chemotherapy, acute-on-chronic liver failure, alcohol withdrawal syndrome, mechanical circulatory support, direct oral anticoagulants, upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage, and vasopressor selection.

Keywords: clinical review; core curriculum; critical care medicine.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Complications of chemotherapy. ATO = arsenic trioxide; ATRA = all-trans retinoic acid; CAR-T = chimeric antigen receptor T cell; ICIs = immune checkpoint inhibitors; PRES = posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Onset of alcohol withdrawal syndromes relative to last alcohol intake.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Management of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Continuous hemodynamic evaluation, resuscitation, and laboratory assessment are critical while definitive therapy is organized. PPI = proton pump inhibitor; TIPS = transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.
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