My evidence-based nutrition protocol
Nutrition is an essential care we provide to critically ill patients aiming to avoid severe muscle wasting and weakness, which correlate with mortality and long-term burdens. Considering that the ICU ...
23 Nov 202222min
Management and outcomes of pregnant women with COVID-19
Pregnant women with COVID-19 are more likely to be admitted to the ICU and require invasive mechanical ventilation or venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO). Nevertheless, only a few...
12 Okt 202212min
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
