Acute Effects of Ketamine on ICP in Children With Severe TBI

Acute Effects of Ketamine on ICP in Children With Severe TBI

In this retrospective, exploratory study, intracranial pressure (ICP) did not increase following ketamine administration. In the setting of a guidelines-based protocol, ketamine was associated with a reduction in ICP during... read more

House Officer’s Guide to ICU Care

House Officer’s Guide to ICU Care

Your Must-Have Guide for Navigating the ICU The House Officer's Guide to ICU Care is an eminently practical handbook for junior house officers, medical students, PAs, and nurses that offers nuts-and-bolts guidelines for optimal... read more

Perioperative Management of Antithrombotic Therapy

Perioperative Management of Antithrombotic Therapy

Substantial new evidence has emerged since the 2012 iteration of these guidelines, especially to inform best practices for the perioperative management of patients who are receiving a VKA and may require heparin bridging,... read more

Advanced Bleeding Control in Combat Casualty Care

Advanced Bleeding Control in Combat Casualty Care

Consensus was reached on the contents of a standard bleeding control toolbox, where it should be available, providers and training requirements, international registries and guidelines, and potential indications for REBOA... read more

Sedation Management Evolution in the ICU

Sedation Management Evolution in the ICU

This paper provided an overview of how ICU sedation practices have evolved over the last 20 years. Contemporary ICU sedation practices include light levels of sedation, SAT, and use of non-benzodiazepines. The current... read more

Setting up a Rescue ECLS Program

Setting up a Rescue ECLS Program

Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) is a high-risk, lifesaving medical treatment that is typically limited to centers that can support a comprehensive ECLS program. Rescue programs can bridge the gap in care between ECLS centers... read more

Damage Control in Trauma Care: An Evolving Comprehensive Team Approach

Damage Control in Trauma Care: An Evolving Comprehensive Team Approach

This book describes current, evidence-based guidelines for damage control interventions across the field of trauma care with the aim of enabling clinicians to apply them to best effect in daily clinical practice. Emphasis... read more

Prevalence of COVID-19-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis

Prevalence of COVID-19-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis

First reports of cases and case series of COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) emerged during the first months of the pandemic. Prevalence rates varied widely due to the fact that CAPA was, and still remains,... read more

Percussion Pacing – An Almost Forgotten Procedure for Hemodynamically Unstable Bradycardias?

Percussion Pacing – An Almost Forgotten Procedure for Hemodynamically Unstable Bradycardias?

More than 80 years after its first description by Eduard Schott, percussion (fist) pacing remains a little known procedure even though it represents an instantly available and easy to perform treatment for temporary emergency... read more

Ascending Aortic Thrombus After COVID-19 Infection

Ascending Aortic Thrombus After COVID-19 Infection

SARS-CoV-2 predisposes patients to both venous and arterial thromboembolism, including ascending aortic thrombus. The current guidelines for anticoagulation recommend three to six months of continuous anticoagulation... read more

Guidelines on Temperature Control After Cardiac Arrest in Adults

Guidelines on Temperature Control After Cardiac Arrest in Adults

The aim of these guidelines is to provide evidence‑based guidance for temperature control in adults who are coma‑tose after resuscitation from either in-hospital or out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, regardless of the underlying... read more

The Reemergence of Ketamine for Treatment in Critically Ill Adults

The Reemergence of Ketamine for Treatment in Critically Ill Adults

Ketamine has suggested potential benefit in several disease states impacting critically ill patients including pain, alcohol withdrawal syndrome, status epilepticus, and acute agitation. Further supporting evidence is needed... read more

Handbook of Drugs in Intensive Care: An A-Z Guide

Handbook of Drugs in Intensive Care: An A-Z Guide

Now in its sixth edition, the Handbook of Drugs in Intensive Care is the essential guide to using drugs safely and effectively in the intensive care setting. The book is split into two sections: an A-Z guide to the drugs... read more

ERC-ESICM Guidelines on Temperature Control After Cardiac Arrest in Adults

ERC-ESICM Guidelines on Temperature Control After Cardiac Arrest in Adults

The aim of these guidelines is to provide evidence‑based guidance for temperature control in adults who are comatose after resuscitation from either in-hospital or out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, regardless of the underlying... read more