Tag: ICU
Anticoagulation Post-Discharge in Patients Hospitalized Secondary to COVID-19
This study contains interesting data that could contribute to the standard of practice when treating patients after hospitalization for COVID-19. However, use caution when applying the results of this study. Several problems... read more
Cluster ICU Treatment Strategies for TBI by Hospital Treatment Preferences?
Although correlations between treatment policies within domains were found, the failure to cluster hospitals indicates that a specific treatment choice within a domain is not a proxy for other treatment choices within or... read more
Case-Based Device Therapy for Heart Failure
This book provides a comprehensive practical guide to the plethora of devices that have been developed to support the failing heart. It features easy to follow clinically relevant guidance on mechanical devices used for improving... read more
Predicting Sepsis Severity at First Clinical Presentation
The severity and endotype signatures indicate that distinct immune signatures precede the onset of severe sepsis and lethality, providing a method to triage early sepsis patients. Gene expression signatures were obtained... read more
Physics for Anesthesiologists and Intensivists: From Daily Life to Clinical Practice
This book, now in its 2nd edition, discusses, explains and provides detailed, up-to-date information on physics applied to clinical practice in anesthesiology and critical care medicine, with the aid of simple examples from... read more
Impact of Frailty on Persistent Critical Illness
Compared to patients without frailty, those with frailty have a higher chance of developing and dying from Persistent Critical Illness (PerCI). Moreover the importance of frailty as a predictor of mortality increases with... read more
ICU Quick Drug Guide
Offering essential, evidence-based practice guidelines specifically for the critical care setting, ICU Quick Drug Guide contains up-to-date information in a quick-access format. This portable handbook provides fast, accurate... read more
Liberation from Invasive Mechanical Ventilation with Continued Receipt of Vasopressor Infusions
Weaning protocols for discontinuation of invasive mechanical ventilation often mandate resolution of shock. Whether extubation while receiving vasopressors is associated with harm is uncertain. To examine whether extubation... read more
The Ongoing Saga of Normal Saline vs. Balanced Fluids
I have discussed the ongoing battle between normal saline and ‘balanced fluids’ many times in the past. First, there was the SPLIT trial, a double blind cluster RCT of 2200 ICU patients that showed no difference between... read more
Ketamine vs. Nonketamine Regimens for Analgosedation in the ICU
Results suggest ketamine as an adjunct analgosedative has the potential to reduce opioid exposure in postoperative and MV patients in the ICU. More RCTs are required before recommending routine use of ketamine in select populations. A... read more
Experiences of ICU Nurses with an Innovative Digital Diary Intervention
ICU nurses reported that the Post-ICU diary had added value for patients and their relatives. However, in the beginning they also experienced barriers such as lack of time, insufficient integration with their own work processes,... read more
Association Between Incident Delirium Treatment with Haloperidol and Mortality in Critically Ill Adults
Treatment of incident delirium and its symptoms with haloperidol may be associated with a dose-dependent improvement in survival. Future randomized trials need to confirm these results. Patients were evaluated tid for... read more
Principles of Intensive Care, CCU, ICU and Dialysis (Book 1): Vascular Access, ICU and Drug Treatment, Hemodynamic Monitoring
Anesthesia and intensive care are one of the most important disciplines in medical, paramedical and nursing sciences and requires spending attention, time, gaining enough information and experience to be able to evaluate... read more
1-year Mortality After COVID-19 ICU Admission
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection causes severe disease in some patients. Patients can experience severe disabilities after intensive care unit (ICU) admission due to coronavirus disease... read more
The Intensivist’s Challenge: Aging and Career Growth in a High-Stress Medical Specialty
This book brings together personal narratives from critical care medicine specialists around the world. Most of these physicians started in critical care at or before the exponential increase in technological modalities to... read more
Saline vs. Balanced Crystalloid in Patients with Diabetic Ketoacidosis
In patients with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), the use of saline may be associated with longer time to DKA resolution, higher post-resuscitation serum chloride levels, lower post-resuscitation serum bicarbonate levels, and... read more
Telemedicine in the ICU
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
Omicron Magnifies the Distress in the Health Care Labor System
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... read more
COVID-19 Guidance for Hospital Reporting and FAQs
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
Bringing Biological ARDS Phenotypes to the Bedside with Machine-learning-based Classifiers
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
Risk Factors for Severe COVID-19 Outcomes Among Adults Who Completed a Primary COVID-19 Vaccination
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
Thoracic Ultrasound and Integrated Imaging
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
