Association between Sepsis Survivorship and Long-Term Cardiovascular Outcomes in Adults
Sepsis is associated with an increased long-term risk of cardiovascular events, which is observed for at least 5 years after the index admission. This risk represents a critical area of potential inte...
13 Sep 202116min
Implementation of new ECMO centers during the COVID-19 pandemic
In this multicenter international cohort in 19 ECMO centres from five countries in the Middle East and India, 307 critically ill COVID-19 patients received ECMO therapy, of whom 138 (45%) survived to ...
24 Aug 202116min
Caring for COVID-19 patients and their relatives with the ICU diary
For family members of survivors, the ICU diary is an important source of medical information, provides a way for them to register their presence at the patient’s bedside and express their feelings, an...
13 Jul 202118min
ICP monitoring in patients with acute brain injury in ICU (Synapse-ICU)
Intracranial pressure monitoring in patients with acute brain injury in the intensive care unit (Synapse-ICU): an international, prospective observational cohort study.The practice of continuously mea...
16 Jun 202116min
Evolving changes in mortality of critical COVID-19
Evolving changes in mortality of 13,301 critically ill adult patients with COVID-19 over 8 months.Age, frailty and adjusted mortality of critically ill patients have progressively reduced over the cou...
15 Jun 202111min
What happened to mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients in the UK?
Natural history, trajectory, and management of mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients in the United Kingdom.In a cohort of COVID-19 patients treated in the United Kingdom, progressive respiratory f...
8 Jun 202118min
Effect of the use of an endotracheal tube and stylet versus an endotracheal tube alone on first-attempt intubation success
In this randomized clinical trial that included 999 patients, the use of a stylet for tracheal intubation in critically ill adult patients resulted in significantly higher first‑attempt intubation suc...
1 Jun 202124min
Ethical Issues in the ICU
We are confronted daily with complex ethical issues during the care of our patients in intensive care units. The principles of biomedical ethics may guide us with regard to concerns for ethical decisi...
28 Mai 202118min
