Evolution of sedation management in the ICU
Intensive care unit (ICU) sedation practices have dramatically changed over the last 20 years. Nowadays, they include light levels of sedation, SAT, and the use of non-benzodiazepines. An overview of ...
14 Sep 202214min
When to initiate RRT?
Acute kidney injury is common in critically ill patients, and 10-15% of ICU patients receive renal replacement therapy (RRT). The timing of therapy initiation is limited by heterogeneity, but until 10...
7 Sep 202246min
Frailty and the COVIP study
Over the last few years, the assessment of frailty at admission to the ICU has become increasingly popular. Frailty is also considered one of the potential prognostic indicators in patients with COVID...
31 Aug 202225min
Clinical course of children with acute liver failure admitted to the ICU
A recent outbreak of acute non-A-E hepatitis with serum transaminases greater than 500 IU/L identified in children under 16 years reported in the United Kingdom (UK) has become a serious cause for con...
24 Aug 202227min
Echocardiography findings in COVID-19 patients admitted to ICU
The ECHO-COVID study investigated the effects on cardiac function in critically ill COVID -19 patients. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the incidences and patterns of left and right v...
22 Juni 202221min
Results from the UNITE-COVID study
The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), initiated a study to describe the extent of the COVID-19 ICU surge worldwide and the clinical characteristics, management, and outcomes of crit...
15 Juni 202212min
Bullets in haemodynamics
The haemodynamic instability most patients present in the ICU may lead to organ dysfunction, deterioration into multi-organ failure, and eventually death. Proper medical management is essential to pre...
8 Juni 202239min
The brain in paediatric critical care
The practice of neurocritical care for children with injured or vulnerable brains entails clinical assessment, a range of monitoring methods within the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU), and the f...
1 Juni 202226min
