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REGISTER NOW – World Congress of Intensive Care 2019

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REGISTER NOW – World Congress of Intensive Care 2019

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.
For more information and to register visit the Congress website.

 
 
Correlation Among Endothelial Injury, Organ Dysfunction, and Several Biomarkers in Sepsis Patients

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Correlation Among Endothelial Injury, Organ Dysfunction, and Several Biomarkers in Sepsis Patients

Protein C was superior for the prediction of organ dysfunction after 7 days of ICU treatment when compared with other biomarkers of endothelial function, inflammation, and coagulation. C-reactive protein (CRP) and white blood... read more

 
 
Common Problems in the ICU

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Common Problems in the ICU

A concise learning tool designed for residents, nurses, and other ICU professionals, Textbook of Critical Care: Common Problems in the ICU highlights the most common conditions encountered in the ICU – all in a convenient... read more

 
 
Safety and Efficacy of VBF in Critically Ill, Mechanically Ventilated Adults Using the PERFECT Protocol

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Safety and Efficacy of VBF in Critically Ill, Mechanically Ventilated Adults Using the PERFECT Protocol

Underfeeding in critical illness is common and associated with poor outcomes. According to large prospective hospital studies, volume-based feeding (VBF) safely and effectively improves energy and protein delivery to critically... read more

 
 
Possible Link Between Splanchnic Circulatory Changes and Exhaled CH4

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Possible Link Between Splanchnic Circulatory Changes and Exhaled CH4

The aim of this study was to explore the possible link between splanchnic circulatory changes and exhaled CH4 in an attempt to recognize intestinal perfusion failure. Methane (CH4) breath test is an established diagnostic... read more

 
 
Red Book: Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases

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Red Book: Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases

Extending an 8-decade tradition of excellence, Red Book® provides the most reliable and clinically useful information on the manifestations, etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of more than 200 childhood infectious... read more

 
 
Inter-Rater Reliability Between PICU Nurses Performing a Modification to the Glasgow Coma Scale

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Inter-Rater Reliability Between PICU Nurses Performing a Modification to the Glasgow Coma Scale

The objective of this study was to estimate the inter-rater reliability of critical care nurses performing a pediatric modification of the Glasgow Coma Scale in a contemporary pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). All 274... read more

 
 
Hemodynamic Monitoring – The Why, When, Which and What

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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

 
 
The Harriet Lane Handbook: Mobile Medicine Series

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The Harriet Lane Handbook: Mobile Medicine Series

Written “by residents, for residents” and reviewed by expert faculty at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Lauren Kahl, MD and Helen K. Hughes, MD, MPH, The Harriet Lane Handbook, 21st Edition, remains your #1 source... read more

 
 
Interhospital Transport on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation of Neonates

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Interhospital Transport on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation of Neonates

In recent years the number of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) cases in neonates has been relatively constant. Future expansion lays in new indications for treatment. Regionalization to high-volume ECMO centers... read more

 
 
Circulating Secretoneurin Concentrations After Cardiac Surgery

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Circulating Secretoneurin Concentrations After Cardiac Surgery

Circulating postoperative secretoneurin concentrations provide incremental prognostic information to established risk indices in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Preoperative and postoperative secretoneurin concentration... read more

 
 
The Spleen: The Forgotten Organ in AKI of Critical Illness

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The Spleen: The Forgotten Organ in AKI of Critical Illness

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an increasing medical burden and is independently associated with mortality. AKI is a common comorbidity in the intensive care unit (ICU), with sepsis-associated AKI seen in almost a quarter of... read more

 
 
Left Septal Fascicular Block

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Left Septal Fascicular Block

This book provides clinical and electrovectorcardiographic evidence of the existence of left septal fascicular blocks and demonstrates the clinical importance of these blocks in the clinical scenario of acute coronary syndrome.... read more

 
 
What should we stop doing in the ICU?

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What should we stop doing in the ICU?

Intensive care is an interesting specialty. From all the early excitement in the 1970s, passing through two decades of intensive physiological use at the bedside, intensive care landed on the rough ground of modern randomized... read more

 
 
ECMO and Bloodstream Infection in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

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ECMO and Bloodstream Infection in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

The objective of this review is to characterize the risk of bloodstream infection (BSI) and urinary tract infection (UTI) and describe antibiotic use in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) requiring extracorporeal... read more

 
 
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome

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Abdominal Compartment Syndrome

Abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) is defined by sustained intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) > 20 mm Hg with associated organ injury. The condition was first described in 1863, but not significantly discussed until the 1990s.... read more

 
 
Echocardiographic Assessment of LV Diastolic Pressure

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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 way... read more

 
 
Operative Techniques and Recent Advances in Acute Care and Emergency Surgery

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Operative Techniques and Recent Advances in Acute Care and Emergency Surgery

The aim of this book is to identify and shed new light on the main surgical practices involved in acute care and trauma surgery. Adopting an evidence-based approach, a multidisciplinary team of surgeons and intensivists illustrate... read more

 
 
Sepsis Surveillance Using Adult Sepsis Events Simplified eSOFA Criteria Versus Sepsis-3 Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Criteria

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Sepsis Surveillance Using Adult Sepsis Events Simplified eSOFA Criteria Versus Sepsis-3 Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Criteria

Sepsis-3 defines organ dysfunction as an increase in the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score by greater than or equal to 2 points. However, some Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score components are not routinely... read more

 
 
Does high PEEP prevent alveolar cycling?

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Does high PEEP prevent alveolar cycling?

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients need mechanical ventilation to sustain gas exchange. Animal experiments showed that mechanical ventilation with high volume/plateau pressure and no positive end-expiratory... read more

 
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