Wedge or PAOP is perhaps the most quoted and poorly understood variable generated by a Swan-Ganz.

The most helpful number for me on a Swan is the SvO2.   This is a brief description of how I use this variable in evaluating critically ill and injured patients.  

This is the third in the series on severe pancreatitis and necrotizing pancreatitis.  This episode reviews the indications for surgery, morbidity and mortality of surgery, and what are the surgical options.  

A brief discussion of the considerations of ICU care of the patient with severe pancreatitis, fluid resuscitation, respiratory, renal, and nutrition.

This is an initial presentation of the causes and diagnosis of acute pancreatitis.  

All the recent emphasis on venous catheter infections has been on central lines.   Those peripheral IVs are also dangerous.  

Acute Colonic Pseudoobstruction (ACPO) is commonly called Ogilvies Syndrome.  ACPO presents massive dilation in critically ill patients, and might result in invasive procedures to avoid ischemia or perforation of the colon.

A brief summary of what are hemoglobin based oxygen carriers (HBOC) and where are they in development.