Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia Secondary to Daptomycin
Daptomycin is an antimicrobial agent with activity against gram-positive bacteria that is usually reserved for severe infections. Acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP) is an increasingly rare side effect that can manifest after... read more
Seven Signs of Life: Stories from an Intensive Care Doctor
Seven Signs of Life encompasses intensive care stories centered around patients and as a means to explain the ICU to the non-clinician. However, Aoife Abbey organises her book by emotion, not by body system. This clever structure... read more
How protein-based COVID vaccines could change the pandemic
Unlike the relatively new technologies that the mRNA and viral-vector COVID-19 shots are based on, protein vaccines have been used for decades to protect people from hepatitis, shingles and other viral infections. To... read more
Not all COVID waves look the same. Here’s a snapshot of the Delta surge
Waves of Covid can give you an awful sense of déjà vu. As "Hot Vax Summer" gave way early to Delta-anxious fall, you could be forgiven for feeling a familiar sense of dread, not so different from what you’d felt before... read more
One Night in the ER
Follow Dr. Jim McCray through a single twelve-hour night shift working in the emergency room of a small Midwestern hospital. The fast-paced writing chronicles Dr. McCray's experience with wit and candor as he manages... read more
The Unsung Heroes: Respiratory Therapists
Working day after day, year after year, in a busy high acuity ICU, we all have become a "second family." The public doesn't hear much about respiratory therapists, especially during this COVID nightmare. But they have... read more
Point of Care Venous Doppler Ultrasound
Accurate assessment of the hemodynamic status is vital for appropriate management of patients with critical illness. As such, there has been a constant quest for reliable and non-invasive bedside tools to assess and monitor... read more
Pulmonary Hypertension: Controversial and Emerging Topics
This book is a clinical guide to controversial and emerging topics in pulmonary hypertension. There are multiple challenges and unanswered questions encountered by clinicians that evaluate, diagnose and treat patients with... read more
EDS: Early or Late in the Diagnostic Process?
Electronic differential diagnostic support (EDS) increased the number of diagnostic hypotheses and the likelihood of the correct diagnosis appearing in the differential, and these effects persisted irrespective of whether... read more
Mechanically Ventilated COVID-19 Patients: Long-term Survival Study
The long-term survival of mechanically ventilated patients with severe COVID-19 reaches more than 50% and may help to provide individualized risk stratification and potential treatments. 868 patients were included (median... read more
Essentials of Aerosol Therapy in Critically Ill Patients
This book assesses the most appropriate forms of aerosol therapy for critically ill patients. Aerosol therapy is applied for the treatment of several pulmonary diseases in addition to some promising applications intended... read more
Fluvoxamine COVID-19 Treatment: Positive Impact on Patient Survival
Fluvoxamine treatment in addition to the standard therapy in hospitalised ICU COVID-19 patients could have a positive impact on patient survival. Further studies on the effects of fluvoxamine in COVID-19 patients are urgently... read more
Hospitals With and Without Neurosurgery: Evaluating TBI Patients Outcomes
In our study, centralization of TBI patients significantly impacted short- and long-term outcomes. For TBI patients admitted to no-NSH centers, our results suggest that the least critically ill can effectively be managed... read more
Effect of Statins on Cognitive Outcome After TBI
Traumatic brain injury (TBI), also known as the "Silent Epidemic," is a growing devastating global health problem estimated to affect millions of individuals yearly worldwide with little public recognition, leading to many... read more
