Conditional Survival With Increasing Duration of ICU Admission

Conditional Survival With Increasing Duration of ICU Admission

This is an observational study of three intensive care databases two in the United States (Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care III and electronic ICU) and one in United Kingdom (Post Intensive Care Risk-Adjusted Alerting... read more

Risk for Mortality in Critically Ill Children Needing RRT

Risk for Mortality in Critically Ill Children Needing RRT

Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Danny Hames, MD, on his article titled "Risk Factors for Mortality in Critically Ill Children Requiring Renal Replacement Therapy" published in the November 2019 issue of Pediatric... read more

Incidence of Hypoglycemia in Following Insulin‐based Acute Treatment of Hyperkalemia

Incidence of Hypoglycemia in Following Insulin‐based Acute Treatment of Hyperkalemia

Iatrogenic hypoglycemia, as a result of treatment for hyperkalemia, is a common occurrence. Hyperkalemia occurs disproportionately in patients with acute kidney injury or end‐stage renal disease, and these patients are... read more

Pulmonary Embolism Hospitalization, Readmission, and Mortality Rates in US Older Adults

Pulmonary Embolism Hospitalization, Readmission, and Mortality Rates in US Older Adults

Over the past 15 years, advances have occurred in the diagnosis and management of pulmonary embolism (PE).1 Computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) is now the routine diagnostic test. The availability of risk... read more

Hemodynamic Monitoring – The Why, When, Which and What

Hemodynamic Monitoring – The Why, When, Which and What

Although the need to properly assess and monitor the hemodynamic status of a critically ill patient appears self-evident, the plethora of information in the published literature over the past two decades has resulted in complexity... read more

Echocardiographic Assessment of LV Diastolic Pressure

Echocardiographic Assessment of LV Diastolic Pressure

The ever-increasing trend toward noninvasive monitoring puts echocardiography at the forefront and considerable effort has been made to define its role in this setting. Invasive pressure measurement is the only accurate... read more

Ultrasound for Lung Monitoring of Ventilated Patients

Ultrasound for Lung Monitoring of Ventilated Patients

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

Essentials of Mechanical Ventilation

Essentials of Mechanical Ventilation

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

Hemodynamic Monitoring in the ECMO Patient

Hemodynamic Monitoring in the ECMO Patient

Hemodynamic monitoring in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) patients requires familiarity with the underlying pathophysiology and circulatory mechanics of extracorporeal flow. This review discusses the various monitoring... read more

Transcutaneous CO2 vs. End-tidal CO2 in Neonates and Infants Undergoing Surgery

Transcutaneous CO2 vs. End-tidal CO2 in Neonates and Infants Undergoing Surgery

EtCO2 underestimates PvCO2 values in neonates and infants under general anesthesia. TcPCO2 closely approximates venous blood gas values, in both the NICU and non-NICU samples. We, therefore, conclude that tcPCO2 is a more... read more

How and Whom to Monitor for Seizures in an ICU

How and Whom to Monitor for Seizures in an ICU

Prevalence of seizures detected by continuous electroencephalography was significantly higher than with routine electroencephalography. Prevalence was particularly high in post convulsive status epilepticus, CNS infection,... read more

How to Deal with Severe Acute Pancreatitis in the Critically Ill

How to Deal with Severe Acute Pancreatitis in the Critically Ill

Management of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) is multimodal with emphasis on monitoring, adequate fluid resuscitation, avoiding prophylactic use of antibiotics, cause-directed procedures or treatment, and organ support. There... read more

Defining Sepsis on the Wards

Defining Sepsis on the Wards

The aim of this study is to look at the prevalence (commonness) of sepsis across acute hospitals (hospitals with an emergency department) across Wales using the currently used and new definitions of sepsis. Sepsis is a major... read more

Impact of Mean Arterial Pressure Fluctuation on Mortality in Critically Ill Patients

Impact of Mean Arterial Pressure Fluctuation on Mortality in Critically Ill Patients

The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between mean arterial pressure fluctuations and mortality in critically ill patients admitted to the ICU. The reduced mean arterial pressure fluctuation (within... read more