Among patients hospitalized with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, the use of hydroxychloroquine, alone or with azithromycin, did not improve clinical status at 15 days as compared with standard care. A total of 667 patients underwent... read more

ICU is a hotbed of infections and measures are taken to prevent these infections. Ventilator associated pneumonia is one of the Intensive Care Unit related infections. This book tells us what ventilator associated pneumonia... read more

Between June 18 and Aug 3, 2020, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation enrolled 76 participants to the two studies (38 in each study). In each study, 9 volunteers received rAd26-S in Phase 1, nine received rAd5-S in... read more

Among patients with severe COVID-19, treatment with a 7-day fixed-dose course of hydrocortisone or shock-dependent dosing of hydrocortisone, compared with no hydrocortisone, resulted in 93% and 80% probabilities of superiority... read more

Deliberation about continuing non pandemic research should use objective, transparent criteria considering several aspects of the research process such as bedside and research staff safety, infection control, the informed... read more

Mayo Clinic Critical and Neurocritical Care Board Review is an all-inclusive review of the pathophysiology and care of the neurocritically ill and critically ill patient. The book reviews the core major critical care and... read more

Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine have been used for over 60 years in the treatment of malaria, amoebic liver abscess, and several rheumatological conditions, but their clinical pharmacology is not well understood. COVID-19... read more

In patients hospitalized with COVID-19, the use of dexamethasone resulted in lower 28-day mortality among those who were receiving either invasive mechanical ventilation or oxygen alone at randomization but not among those... 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

Infective endocarditis (IE) is an important pathology to detect in the Emergency Department (ED), but the diagnosis is too often delayed or missed. IE ticks many boxes as a diagnosis we can “own” in Emergency... read more

More than half of nurses caring for children with cardiovascular conditions are emotionally exhausted and good working environments were linked with less burnout, according to a survey presented during ESC Congress 2020.... read more

Among patients receiving recommended therapy for heart failure, those in the empagliflozin group had a lower risk of cardiovascular death or hospitalization for heart failure than those in the placebo group, regardless of... read more

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has brought difficulties and disruptions to all corners of the world. As a sepsis coordinator, I can attest that the scientific and healthcare community in the United States has been particularly... read more

In this pre-post observational study, telemedicine ICU intervention was associated with improvements in care standardization and decreases in ICU and hospital mortality and length of stay. The mortality benefits were mediated... read more

ESICM is to carry out a C19 SPACE programme funded by the European Commission for the training of multidisciplinary healthcare professionals not regularly working in ICUs, to give extra support to ICUs during the COVID-19... read more

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has notified public health officials in all 50 states and five large cities to prepare to distribute a coronavirus vaccine to health care workers and other high-risk groups as... read more

Among consecutive patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019, obesity was an independent risk factor for intubation or death. A total of 305 patients were included in this study. We stratified patients by body mass... read more