Brain ultrasound for the general intensivist
Cerebral ultrasound is a developing point-of-care tool for intensivists and emergency physicians, with an important role in diagnosing acute intracranial pathology. The use of transcranial Doppler has...
24 Apr 202416min
Phenotyping and endotyping patients to optimally set nutrition targets
Nutrition plays a vital role in the management of critically ill patients, and a tailored approach based on patient assessment, nutritional requirements, and clinical status is essential for optimisin...
10 Apr 202447min
Uncovering heterogeneity in sepsis: a comparative analysis of subphenotypes
Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to an infection. Despite progress in the understanding of sepsis pathophysiology, no specific treatment has proven...
20 Mars 202419min
ECMO PAL: using deep neural networks for survival prediction in venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
VA-ECMO outcome scores have been previously developed and used extensively for risk adjustment, patient prognostication, and quality control across time and centres. The limitation of such scores is t...
6 Mars 202411min
Towards model-informed precision dosing of piperacillin: multicenter systematic external evaluation of pharmacokinetic models in critically ill adults with a focus on Bayesian forecasting
Numerous Population Pharmacokinetic (PopPK) models have been developed for Piperacillin (PIP), most of which are based on small monocentric studies and may not be generalizable to other populations. A...
14 Feb 202417min
Green ICU - Environmental Sustainability in intensive care
The concept of a "green ICU" is increasingly important in today's world, as sustainability and environmental considerations become integral to healthcare practices. Hospitals, including ICUs, can have...
7 Feb 202412min
Diving into ARDS with Prof. Gattinoni. From the new guidelines to bedside applied physiology.
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is the term applied to a spectrum of conditions with different etiologies that share common clinical-pathological characteristics including: increased perme...
20 Dec 202339min
Sepsis-associated acute kidney injury in the intensive care unit. A multicenter observational study
Sepsis‐associated acute kidney injury (SA‐AKI) is a common, increasingly prevalent problem in the intensive care unit (ICU). The association between sepsis and AKI has been studied previously. However...
8 Nov 202315min
