February 8, 2024

ARDS Respiratory Support Update

In this episode, Dr. Zanotti is joined by Dr. Eddy Fan for a discussion about Respiratory Support in ARDS. Dr. Fan is an associate professor in the Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine and the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. He is also a staff intensivist at the University Health Network/Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Fan is currently the Medical Director of the Extracorporeal Life Support Program at the Toronto General Hospital and the Director of Critical Care Research at the University Health Network/Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Fan’s research has focused on advanced life support for acute respiratory failure and patient outcomes from critical illness. He is a co-author of the ESICM ARDS Clinical Guidelines.

Additional Resources:
ESICM guidelines on acute respiratory distress syndrome: definition, phenotyping, and respiratory support strategies. Intensive Care Med 2023: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37326646/

An Update on Management of Adult Patients with ARDS. Official ATS Clinical Practice Guideline. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2024; https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10.1164/rccm.202311-2011ST

Prone Positioning in Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. PROSEVA Clinical Trial. N Engl J of Med 2013: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1214103

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. The EOLIA Trial. N Eng J of Med 2018: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1800385

Books mentioned in this episode:
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. By James Joyce: https://bit.ly/49kzmtn