Esophageal pressure: use in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure
Esophageal pressure measurement plays a crucial role in estimating transpulmonary pressure, with both its absolute values and variations being key factors in assessing lung injury from mechanical forc...
18 Sep 202416min
Inspiratory muscle training
Inspiratory muscle training (IMT) aims to enhance the strength and endurance of respiratory muscles. Numerous clinical trials have explored the effectiveness of IMT using various training protocols, d...
4 Sep 202419min
TTP Centenary by Takeda
24 Juli 20245min
ARDS Phenotyping: from disease understanding to future bedside perspectives
To date, no specific pharmacotherapy has proven effective against acute respiratory distress syndrome ARDS. Results on the research domain have been ineffective in human trials, a gap attributed in pa...
19 Juni 202446min
Mechanical circulatory support for cardiogenic shock: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and propensity score-matched studies
Cardiogenic shock accounts for up to 5% of acute heart failure presentations and around 14–16% of patients reported in cardiac intensive care datasets. It complicates up to 15% of all myocardial infar...
12 Juni 202441min
N&AHP – ICU diaries
The communication between families of critically ill patients who manifest prolonged disturbances in the consciousness such as patients under sedation, in a coma, or delirium, and the caregivers becam...
22 Maj 202420min
Burned out in ICU professionals
Professional burnout has been described by WHO as a syndrome conceptualised as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. Intensive care unit (ICU) professionals a...
15 Maj 202413min
Inflammatory subphenotypes in patients at risk of ARDS: evidence from the LIPS-A trial
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) remains a life-threatening syndrome, resulting in high morbidity and mortality. In ARDS patients and mechanically ventilated critically ill patients, two dis...
8 Maj 202421min
