10 Reasons for Pharmacy Professionals Presence in the ICU

10 Reasons for Pharmacy Professionals Presence in the ICU

The momentum exists for establishing and expanding ICU pharmacy practice throughout Europe. A first step should be a White Paper, describing the roles and key priorities for ICU pharmacy professionals. Education should... read more

Simple Blood Test Indicating Sepsis Relapse

Simple Blood Test Indicating Sepsis Relapse

Sepsis is often not adequately diagnosed at the early stage when it could still be potentially avoidable. In this report, we describe the dramatic hematological changes found in the blood of a sepsis survivor just after discharge... read more

ECMO-Extracorporeal Life Support in Adults

ECMO-Extracorporeal Life Support in Adults

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been in clinical use for some 40 years, but it is only in the past decade that its application in the treatment of life-threatening circulatory and respiratory failure has truly... read more

Nursing Care and ECMO

Nursing Care and ECMO

This highly informative book provides essential insights for ICU nurses at ECMO centers around the world, who face the substantial challenges involved in the management of ECMO patients. Above all, it meets their training... read more

Hemodynamic Monitoring in the ICU

Hemodynamic Monitoring in the ICU

This book describes the pathophysiological significance of the hemodynamic monitoring parameters available to the clinician and their role in providing reliable and reproducible information on the cardiocirculatory status... read more

Workbook on Hemodynamic Management

Workbook on Hemodynamic Management

This workbook focuses on hemodynamics management. Hemodynamic management should be aimed at minimizing the ischemic injury. Cerebral ischemia impairs the brain's ability to autoregulate its circulation through vasoconstriction... read more

Intracranial Pressure: Current Perspectives on Physiology and Monitoring

Intracranial Pressure: Current Perspectives on Physiology and Monitoring

Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring is now viewed as integral to the clinical care of many life-threatening brain insults, such as severe traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and malignant stroke. It serves... read more

Plasma Exchange in the ICU

Plasma Exchange in the ICU

In this narrative review, we discuss the relevant issues of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) in critically ill patients. For many conditions, the optimal indication, device type, frequency, duration, type of replacement... read more

Perioperative Hemodynamic Monitoring and Goal Directed Therapy: From Theory to Practice

Perioperative Hemodynamic Monitoring and Goal Directed Therapy: From Theory to Practice

This unique book provides clinicians and administrators with a comprehensive understanding of perioperative hemodynamic monitoring and goal directed therapy, emphasizing practical guidance for implementation at the bedside.... read more

Pulmonary Aeration and Posterior Collapse Assessed by Electrical Impedance Tomography in Healthy Children

Pulmonary Aeration and Posterior Collapse Assessed by Electrical Impedance Tomography in Healthy Children

The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes in the lung aeration estimated by electrical impedance tomography as the end-expiratory lung impedance after anesthesia induction in pediatric patients. This was a prospective,... read more

A Decade of Progress in Critical Care Echocardiography

A Decade of Progress in Critical Care Echocardiography

Critical care echocardiography (CCE) is now widely accepted by the critical care community as a valuable tool in the ICU and emergency department, and in perioperative settings. It allows rapid and accurate diagnosis,... read more

Patients Monitored Using Wearable Monitors Experienced Fewer Unplanned ICU Admissions

Patients Monitored Using Wearable Monitors Experienced Fewer Unplanned ICU Admissions

Implementation of continuous monitoring of patient vital signs using wearable monitoring technology linked wirelessly to hospital systems was associated with a reduction in unplanned ICU admissions and rapid response team... read more

Physiological Responses to In-Bed Cycle Ergometry Treatment in ICU Patients with External Ventricular Drainage

Physiological Responses to In-Bed Cycle Ergometry Treatment in ICU Patients with External Ventricular Drainage

These data suggest that supine CE in a heterogeneous cohort of neurocritical care patients with EVDs is safe and tolerable. Larger prospective studies are needed to determine the efficacy and optimal dose and timing of supine... read more

Bedside Procedures for the Intensivist

Bedside Procedures for the Intensivist

Bedside Procedures for the Intensivist delivers practical tips and clear, step-by-step instruction on the most common procedures in the ICU. The convenient and portable handbook focuses on ultrasound-guided techniques, including... read more