EEG Patterns for Predicting Poor Outcome After Cardiac Arrest

EEG Patterns for Predicting Poor Outcome After Cardiac Arrest

The specificity of the ERC-ESICM-recommended EEG patterns for predicting poor outcome after cardiac arrest exceeds 90% but is lower than in previous studies, suggesting that large-scale implementation may reduce their accuracy.... read more

Scheduled Intravenous Opioids

Scheduled Intravenous Opioids

Maintaining comfort and analgesia is fundamental to providing adequate care in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Pain assessment and its control remain the highest priorities and concerns among survivors of critical illness... read more

Back To The Future: ARDS Guidelines

Back To The Future: ARDS Guidelines

In June 2023, Intensive Care Medicine published the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) practical guidelines for respiratory support in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). This monumental... read more

High-Sensitivity Troponin T in a Secondary Care Setting

High-Sensitivity Troponin T in a Secondary Care Setting

High-sensitivity troponin (hs-cTn) assays play a crucial role in the early detection and management of patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS). This study supports evidence that serial troponin measurements... read more

Noninvasive Ventilation in Sleep Medicine and Pulmonary Critical Care

Noninvasive Ventilation in Sleep Medicine and Pulmonary Critical Care

This book is an introduction to a comprehensive analysis of recent advances and clinical research in noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. The objective of the book is to... read more

Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation and Difficult Weaning in Critical Care

Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation and Difficult Weaning in Critical Care

This book establishes the indications for the use of NIV in the context of weaning from invasive mechanical ventilation. It provides a comprehensive overview of key topics relevant for correct practical application, including... read more

Handbook of Sepsis

Handbook of Sepsis

This recently released practically oriented book provides an up-to-date overview of all significant aspects of the pathogenesis of sepsis and its management, including within the ICU. Readers will find information on... read more

The ICU Book

The ICU Book

A fundamental and respected resource book in critical care, The ICU Book, continues to provide the current and practical guidance that have made it the best-selling text in critical care. The text addresses both the medical... read more

Differential Diagnosis and Cause-specific Treatment During OHCA

Differential Diagnosis and Cause-specific Treatment During OHCA

The cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) guidelines recommend identifying and correcting the underlying reversible causes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). However, it is uncertain how often these causes can be... read more

High-risk Pulmonary Embolism in the ICU

High-risk Pulmonary Embolism in the ICU

According to the European guidelines, high-risk pulmonary embolism (PE) is defined as PE associated with hemodynamic instability, including sustained hypotension, cardiogenic shock and/or cardiac arrest. High-risk PE... read more

Optimal Bundle of Recommendations for Sepsis

Optimal Bundle of Recommendations for Sepsis

The aim of this retrospective cohort study was to identify among the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) guidelines the optimal bundle of recommendations that minimize 28-day mortality. The bundle of six recommendations is... read more

Impact of Variations in the Nursing Care Supply-Demand Ratio on Postoperative Outcomes and Costs

Impact of Variations in the Nursing Care Supply-Demand Ratio on Postoperative Outcomes and Costs

Improving surgical outcomes is a priority during the last decades because of the rising economic health care burden. The adoption of enhanced recovery programs has been proven to be part of the solution. In this context,... read more

Spotlight on Aortic Stenosis and Dissection

Spotlight on Aortic Stenosis and Dissection

This Focus Issue on valvular heart disease contains the State of the Art Review article "ESC/EACTS vs. ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of severe aortic stenosis" by Grace Lee from the Temerty Faculty of Medicine in... read more

COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines New Version Published

COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines New Version Published

The COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel (the Panel) is pleased to announce the publication of an updated version of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Treatment Guidelines. In the United States, the prevalence of... read more