During peripheral extracorporeal veno-arterial membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) support, subclavian arterial cannulation provides, in comparison to femoral arterial cannulation, an anterograde flow which may prevent from left... read more

This book focuses on thoracic ultrasound, a versatile, diagnostically accurate, low-cost, noninvasive and non-ionizing imaging technique. Thanks to portable devices, the method can be used to provide quick and accurate diagnoses... read more

The research will be retrospective, and will include a review of medical history of all patients admitted in the COVID-19 ICU of the University hospital Osijek during 2020 and 2021. Associated comorbidity, hospital admission... read more

This handbook is a guide to best practice in interventions commonly encountered in the ICU. It is clinically orientated providing step-by-step explanations and illustrations of most invasive procedures, check lists to make... read more

A proportion of patients surviving acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection develop post-acute COVID syndrome (long COVID (LC)) lasting longer than 12 weeks. Here, we studied individuals with LC compared to age-... read more

Among patients with advanced chronic kidney disease and poorly controlled hypertension, chlorthalidone therapy improved blood-pressure control at 12 weeks as compared with placebo. A total of 160 patients underwent randomization,... read more

Among nonhospitalized patients who were at high risk for Covid-19 progression, a 3-day course of remdesivir had an acceptable safety profile and resulted in an 87% lower risk of hospitalization or death than placebo. A total... read more

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), is a rapidly developing technology for supporting or even replacing heart and/or lung functions for days or weeks, giving the time for recovery, other therapeutic interventions... read more

In December 2020, to the tune of rousing cheers, the first health care workers began getting vaccinated against COVID-19. A year later, the cheers have died down, vaccination rates have plateaued, and the Omicron wave has... read more

In this analysis of data from 465 U.S. health care facilities, severe COVID-19 outcomes (i.e., respiratory failure, ICU admission, or death) were rare among adults aged ≥18 years after primary vaccination. These findings... read more

Treatment with fluvoxamine (100 mg twice daily for 10 days) among high-risk outpatients with early diagnosed COVID-19 reduced the need for hospitalisation defined as retention in a COVID-19 emergency setting or transfer to... read more

The identification of distinct phenotypes within heterogeneous disease states is a key component of personalised medicine, enabling enrichment of clinical trials, better prognostication, and delivery of tailored treatments... read more

Hospitals are responsible for reporting the information to the Federal government. Facilities should report at the individual hospital level, even if hospitals share a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Certification... read more

This text provides a concise, yet comprehensive overview of telemedicine in the ICU. The first part of the book reviews common issues faced by practitioners and hospital administrators in implementing and managing tele-ICU... read more

Reverse shock index multiplied by Glasgow Coma Scale outperformed SI and shock index pediatric age-adjusted (SIPA) in the early identification of traumatically injured children at risk for early interventions, such as blood... read more

Using the multicenter Children’s Hospital-Acquired Thrombosis registry, we identified five independent risk factors for hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism in critically ill children, deriving a new hospital-acquired... read more

Out-of-hospital or in-hospital cardiac arrest treated with therapeutic hypothermia was associated with higher health-related quality of life scores despite having association with higher lactate and lower pH after resuscitation.... read more

The US Health and Human Services Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force initiated a public–private partnership which led to the publication of its report in 2019. The report emphasized the need for individualized,... read more