EMCrit Wee - Should Patients who "may" decompensate go to the ICU?

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Scott D. Weingart, MD FCCM

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Science

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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0:00.0	Hey folks Scott Whingard here and this is the M-Krit podcast.
0:03.2	Today, quick discussion on who should get admitted to the ICU in the gray zone.
0:10.2	And this was brought on by a comment from a listener
0:15.8	about the idea of maybe a patient should
0:19.3	be admitted to the ICU because they may decompensate.
0:21.8	They may crump.
0:23.0	Now, in the case that actually brought the comment up,
0:25.5	he completely agreed with the ICU admission.
0:27.4	But the general idea of put them in the ICU
0:30.0	because they may decompensate versus them actually being sick.
0:33.6	Kind of stuck in this listener's craw.
0:35.7	And I figured I'd bring him on.
0:36.7	We'd have a quick chat.
0:37.6	It was fun.
0:38.4	His name's Kevin Jordan.
0:39.4	He's an intensivist.
0:40.6	Came from an ED track. and we had a great conversation. So listen, if you have
0:46.7	comments and thoughts, put them in the show notes because I'm sure there's far
0:50.8	more I could develop on this topic. Maybe I'll do a whole episode on who
0:53.9	should go to the ICU. And if you want that, then put it in the comments and let me know.
0:58.3	All right, let's get right in.
0:59.3	So now I do primarily critical care, full-time critical care per diem in the ED.
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