The World Congress of Intensive Care is the official biennial gathering of over 80 critical care societies, from all over the world and across all domains of critical care. Our program includes world class speakers and studies that will have implications for ICU and trauma patients all over the world presented for the very first time. But like no Congress you have seen before is the chance to get up close with Australian wildlife in our trade hall petting zoo.
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The purpose of this study was to estimate the impact of goal-directed therapy on outcome after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Goal-directed therapy was applied to standardize care in patients with moderate to severe traumatic... read more

Dr. Larry Komer and Joan Chandler Komer offer new hope to those with brain injuries. Millions of people of all ages experience concussions. Many others have a more serious event known as a traumatic brain injury. Battlefield... read more

This study is the first to report podcast content needs and preferred formats among specialty trainees. Anesthesia residents appear to have well defined podcast content preferences. In addition, senior and junior anesthesia... read more

The results of this systematic review and meta-analysis indicate that a volume responsiveness (VR) guided resuscitation strategy in sepsis patients confers no mortality benefit compared with usual care. The methods of VR... read more

In the intensive care unit, patient lung ultrasound provides accurate information on lung morphology with diagnostic and therapeutic relevance. It enables clinicians easy, rapid, and reliable evaluation of lung aeration and... read more

A Comprehensive Resource for Administrating Point-of-Care, Emergency, and Clinical Ultrasound. This book addresses the wide range of issues that face the program leader – from how to choose a site and how to negotiate for... read more

A Qualitative Study of Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and Sepsis and Their Surrogates. The purpose of this study was to develop hypotheses of patient and surrogate’s rationale for decision-making.... read more

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is developing rapidly, and is now part of the toolkit for the management of all patients with severe respiratory or cardiac failure. Clinicians of all disciplines are in need of... read more

Reduced level of arousal on hospital admission may be a strong predictor of in-hospital mortality. Most evidence was of low quality. Reduced level of arousal is highly specific to delirium, better formal detection of hypoactive... read more

Transpulmonary thermodilution (TPTD) devices invasively measure not only cardiac output but also several other hemodynamic variables estimating cardiac preload, cardiac preload, systolic function, the lung oedema and systolic... read more

The main objective for this study was to obtain international consensus on a set of core outcome measures that should be recorded in all clinical trials of interventions intended to modify the duration of ventilation for... read more

The acclaimed application-based guide to adult mechanical ventilation, updated to reflect the latest topics and practice guidelines. This practical guide is written from the perspective of authors who have nearly 100 years’... read more

To date the study that has shown the biggest benefit to HOB elevation is the 2016 study performed by Khandelwal and colleagues in a teaching hospital system in Seattle, WA. 528 patients managed by anesthesiologists outside... read more

The main objective for this study was to obtain international consensus on a set of core outcome measures that should be recorded in all clinical trials of interventions intended to modify the duration of ventilation for... read more

This webinar provides an overview of the key steps involved in systematic reviews and meta-analysis for those interested in using these approaches in their own research. As the volume of published research in critical care... read more

The purpose of this study is to determine the association of a novel ED-based ICU, the Emergency Critical Care Center (EC3), with 30-day mortality and inpatient ICU admission. In this cohort study of 349,310 patient encounters... read more

Earlier this year American Reagent announced the re-introduction of droperidol back into the US market. This is bringing an old favorite back to many EM docs and a novel tool for new residents and attendings who have never... read more

Mechanical ventilation and extracorporeal support are marginally integrated. The best environment for lung healing – complete lung collapse or protective ventilation strategy or fully open and immobile lung (all three conditions... read more

The purpose of this review is to review the importance of cardiac output (CO) or stroke volume (SV) measurement and to discuss the various methods (devices) used in determination of CO. Bedside cardiac output measurement... read more

Acute management of children with liver disease and liver transplantation has rapidly evolved over the last two decades due to worldwide availability of complex liver surgery and liver transplantation. This book edited by... read more