AKI Risk Factors in ICU Patients Using Colistin

AKI Risk Factors in ICU Patients Using Colistin

Colistin, an antibiotic of polymyxin group, has recently been increasingly used in the treatment of multidrug resistant gram-negative bacteria. However, it has serious adverse effects such as acute kidney injury (AKI). We... read more

Anticipating the Future of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Anticipating the Future of the COVID-19 Pandemic

The initial instance of a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection was observed in December 2019 in the city of Wuhan, China. Subsequently, the virus disseminated expeditiously across the globe,... read more

COVID-19 Airway Management and Ventilation Strategy for Critically Ill Older Patients

COVID-19 Airway Management and Ventilation Strategy for Critically Ill Older Patients

This book describes the issues and challenges that clinicians encountered in the management of older critically ill patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, and offers practical information on how to manage them. Older... read more

VTE in Critically Ill Adult Patients with Hematologic Malignancy

VTE in Critically Ill Adult Patients with Hematologic Malignancy

Among patients with hematologic malignancy, critical illness and certain baseline characteristics were associated with a higher incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE). Among 76,803 eligible patients (mean age 67 years... read more

Omadacycline Treatment of Severe Pneumonia Complicated with ARDS During COVID-19

Omadacycline Treatment of Severe Pneumonia Complicated with ARDS During COVID-19

Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) has a significant value in the diagnosis of Chlamydia psittaci infection. Timely treatment of omadacycline can improve prognosis and provide a promising new option for the treatment... read more

Sepsis Management: PIRO and MODS

Sepsis Management: PIRO and MODS

This book is unique in approaching multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) from the perspective of its pathophysiological mechanism, and addressing aspects that are overlooked in most of the available literature. Eminent... read more

Clinical Outcomes in Critically Ill COVID-19 Unvaccinated Patients Admitted to the ICU

Clinical Outcomes in Critically Ill COVID-19 Unvaccinated Patients Admitted to the ICU

We analyzed unvaccinated critically ill ICU patients with COVID-19 and interpreted their demographics, clinical characteristics, comorbidities, and laboratory data upon ICU admission for a better understanding of their impact... read more

Haloperidol vs. Placebo in ICU Patients with Delirium

Haloperidol vs. Placebo in ICU Patients with Delirium

We assessed long-term outcomes in acutely admitted adult patients with delirium treated in intensive care unit (ICU) with haloperidol versus placebo. In acutely admitted adult ICU patients with delirium, haloperidol treatment... read more

Extracorporeal Life Support for Adults

Extracorporeal Life Support for Adults

This book presents a concise, evidence-based review of extracorporeal life support (ECLS) for adult diseases. It describes the use of ECLS with patients who are experiencing severe hypoxemic respiratory failure (ARDS and... read more

10 Reasons for Pharmacy Professionals Presence in the ICU

10 Reasons for Pharmacy Professionals Presence in the ICU

The momentum exists for establishing and expanding ICU pharmacy practice throughout Europe. A first step should be a White Paper, describing the roles and key priorities for ICU pharmacy professionals. Education should... read more

Critical Hypertension in Trauma Patients Following Prehospital Emergency Anesthesia

Critical Hypertension in Trauma Patients Following Prehospital Emergency Anesthesia

Delivery of prehospital emergency anesthesia (PHEA) to seriously injured trauma patients risks hemodynamic fluctuation. In adult trauma patients undergoing PHEA, 11.9% of patients experienced post-PHEA critical hypertension.... read more

EEG Patterns for Predicting Poor Outcome After Cardiac Arrest

EEG Patterns for Predicting Poor Outcome After Cardiac Arrest

The specificity of the ERC-ESICM-recommended EEG patterns for predicting poor outcome after cardiac arrest exceeds 90% but is lower than in previous studies, suggesting that large-scale implementation may reduce their accuracy.... read more

Critical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between

Critical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between

Doctors heal, or try to, but as nurses we step into the breach, figure out what needs to be done for any given patient today, on this shift, and then, with love and exasperation, do it as best as we can. Critical Care... read more

Ilofotase Alfa Doesn’t Improved Survival Among Critically Ill Patients with SA-AKI

Ilofotase Alfa Doesn’t Improved Survival Among Critically Ill Patients with SA-AKI

Sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (SA-AKI) in patients admitted to an intensive care unit is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. There is currently no pharmaceutical treatment. Although we found no... read more