Thursday · 06:00 ET Flagship
Every Thursday morning: start at the order — a dose, a feed rate, a level.
Every ICU intervention eventually becomes an order, and the order is where evidence meets physiology. Every Thursday at 06:00 ET, ICCN publishes a flagship on sedation and analgesia, vasoactive and antimicrobial pharmacology, anticoagulation, electrolytes, toxicology, and the protein and energy targets that shape recovery.
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Thursday 06:00 ET · Pharmacology & Nutrition
October 22, 2026
Continuous piperacillin reached its target in about one patient in three on the first level. Kidney function largely decided who ran low or high.
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Thursday 06:00 ET · Pharmacology & Nutrition
October 15, 2026
A double-blind trial in prolonged ventilation found equation-based feeding overshot measured needs, and could not prove that measuring them speeds weaning
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Pharmacists, dietitians, APPs, and nurses write and execute the orders that determine whether the plan on rounds actually reaches the patient. This flagship is written for them — evidence first, never individual dosing advice.
— Javier Amador-Castaneda, BHS, RRT, FCCM, PNAP
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