Palliative care interventions in intensive care unit patients
Integrating palliative care in critical care is advocated as a way to mitigate physical and psychological burdens for patients and their families and improve end-of-life care. Despite the emerging lit...
21 Joulu 202132min
Transfusion strategies in bleeding critically ill adults
Given the rapidity with which critically ill patients with bleeding can deteriorate, having a standardised approach to transfusion in these patients can be of great assistance to clinicians working in...
7 Joulu 202113min
ESICM consensus guidelines on basic ultrasound head-to-toe skills for intensivists
Ultrasonography is an evolving skill in critically ill patients. We provide a large number of statements regarding the required ultrasonographic basic skills for the management of critically ill patie...
30 Marras 202112min
Critical illness in patients with hematologic malignancy
Critical illness occurs frequently after a new diagnosis of hematologic malignancy and has high associated mortality. Baseline characteristics at diagnosis can help identify those patients at the high...
10 Marras 202123min
Critically ill cancer patient’s resuscitation
We report the results of a consensus conference based on a systematic review of the literature and experts opinions assessing the management of cancer patients in the ICU.Original article: Critically ...
25 Loka 20219min
TTM following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
In this network meta-analysis, as compared to normothermia (37–37.8 °C), we found that deep hypothermia (31–32 °C), moderate hypothermia (33–34 °C) and mild hypothermia (35–36 °C) may have no effect o...
13 Loka 202114min
SSC: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2021
The updated version of the guidelines will be presented during the ESICM LIVES virtual conference, LIVES 2021. The evidence-based guidelines, published in Critical Care Medicine and Intensive Care Med...
4 Loka 20217min
Management of arterial PaCO2 in the first week after TBI
The manipulation of arterial carbon dioxide levels (PaCO2) is easy, and hyperventilation (HV) has been a common ICP-lowering strategy for over half a century. However, hyperventilation-induced vasocon...
28 Syys 202115min
