Infectious Diseases: A Clinical Short COURSE is a concise overview of this important field designed to help the busy physician, medical student, nurse practitioner, and physician assistant to understand, diagnose, and treat... read more

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a powerful mechanical circulatory support modality capable of rapidly restoring systemic perfusion yet lacking in defined approaches to management. Adopting a management approach... read more

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been in clinical use for some 40 years, but it is only in the past decade that its application in the treatment of life-threatening circulatory and respiratory failure has truly... read more

On Wednesday, October 16th, 2019, World Sepsis Day Supporters from all around the globe came together at the World Congress of Intensive Care in Melbourne, Australia, for a World Sepsis Day Supporter Meeting. Simon Finfer,... read more

The mean incidence of delirium in the ICU was 29%. The organisational factors found including methods of delirium assessment, screening frequency, and hospital type were not related to the reported ICU delirium incidence.... read more

Drug shortages in the United States are common, but their effect on patient care and outcomes has rarely been reported. This cohort study evaluated whether a national shortage of norepinephrine in the United States in 2011... read more

In patients presenting to the emergency department with acute exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), 5-day treatment with systemic glucocorticoids was noninferior to 14-day treatment with regard to... read more

Health technology incubator Hyperfine Research and the Yale School of Medicine are testing out a first-of-its-kind, portable MRI scanner in the neuro intensive care unit (ICU). The point-of-care system, designed by Hyperfine,... read more

A 22 year-old female with a medical history of migraines and obesity who presents to the Emergency Department with a headache. Her headache was gradual in onset, but has progressively worsened and has not been relieved with... read more

The duration of cerebral ischemia is a key factor in determining the severity of brain damage and the course of action. Thus, an accurate and timely observation of the ischemic process is highly critical. Here we present... read more

A man in his 50s checked into our ED recently feeling weak, nauseated, and short of breath for two days. He had no significant medical history, and had previously been active and healthy. A fingerstick glucose at triage was... read more

In one of the sessions at #LIVES2019 in Berlin, Prof. Frank Van Haren of Canberra Hospital, Australia, presented findings from the Randomised Evaluation of Active Control of Temperature versus Ordinary Temperature Management... read more

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation performance during mock codes does not meet the American Heart Association’s quality recommendations. Healthcare providers have poor insight into the quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation... read more

This well-illustrated book provides detailed guidance on all aspects of physical examination in patients requiring emergency or intensive care. After an introductory section covering basic principles and the recognition of... read more

Generally, the bundle was deemed acceptable and deliverable. However, like any complex intervention, component adaptations will be required depending on resources available to the ICU; in particular, involvement of pharmacists... read more