Clinical Outcomes in Critically Ill COVID-19 Unvaccinated Patients Admitted to the ICU

Clinical Outcomes in Critically Ill COVID-19 Unvaccinated Patients Admitted to the ICU

We analyzed unvaccinated critically ill ICU patients with COVID-19 and interpreted their demographics, clinical characteristics, comorbidities, and laboratory data upon ICU admission for a better understanding of their impact... read more

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

Screening Tools for Sepsis Identification

Screening Tools for Sepsis Identification

The authors undertook a rapid review to determine the suitability of sepsis screening tools in the emergency setting with regard to sensitivity and specificity of sepsis diagnosis. The review recognized that there is currently... read more

Sepsis: Definitions, Pathophysiology and the Challenge of Bedside Management

Sepsis: Definitions, Pathophysiology and the Challenge of Bedside Management

A comprehensive and state-of-the-art resource for clinicians who care for patients with sepsis and research scientist alike. Patients with severe sepsis requiring ICU admission have very high rates of ICU and overall... read more

Acute Undifferentiated Fever with Thrombocytopenia: Clinical and Etiological Profile

Acute Undifferentiated Fever with Thrombocytopenia: Clinical and Etiological Profile

Prompt recognition and management of thrombocytopenia in acute undifferentiated fever are vital. Thrombocytopenia, along with organ dysfunction and shock, significantly influence patient outcomes. Tailored interventions based... read more

Sepsis Prediction Model for Determining Sepsis vs. SIRS, qSOFA, and SOFA

Sepsis Prediction Model for Determining Sepsis vs. SIRS, qSOFA, and SOFA

In this cohort study of 60,507 hospital admissions, we found that although the SPM marginally outperformed existing prediction scores in balanced accuracy for classification of sepsis, it suffers from poor timeliness, limiting... read more

Ground-breaking New AI Technology for Severe Sepsis Rapid Identification

Ground-breaking New AI Technology for Severe Sepsis Rapid Identification

ASEP Medical Holdings Inc. announced the ground-breaking use of artificial intelligence (AI) to rapidly identify infections at increased risk of severe sepsis. The method was developed by the Hancock Lab, under the guidance... read more

Biomarkers in Trauma, Injury and Critical Care (Biomarkers in Disease: Methods, Discoveries and Applications)

Biomarkers in Trauma, Injury and Critical Care (Biomarkers in Disease: Methods, Discoveries and Applications)

This handbook systematically presents biomarkers for traumatic injuries. The book covers topics such as traumatic brain injury, liver injury, burn severity, muscle heart damage, and acute inflammation in polytrauma and their... read more

Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation: Theory, Equipment, and Clinical Applications

Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation: Theory, Equipment, and Clinical Applications

The new edition presents updates regarding new clinical applications of noninvasive mechanical ventilation and discusses recent technical advances in this field. The opening sections are devoted to theory, equipment, with... read more

Oxford Textbook of Critical Care

Oxford Textbook of Critical Care

The thoroughly revised 2nd edition of the Oxford Textbook of Critical Care is a comprehensive multi-disciplinary text covering all aspects of adult intensive care management. Uniquely the book takes a problem-orientated approach... read more

Secondary Bacterial Pneumonia is the Key Factor in COVID-19 Fatalities Not Cytokine Storm

Secondary Bacterial Pneumonia is the Key Factor in COVID-19 Fatalities Not Cytokine Storm

A recent study found that secondary bacterial pneumonia, rather than the much-discussed “cytokine storm,” is a significant factor in COVID-19-related fatalities. Almost half of the patients who required mechanical... read more

Effect of P2Y12 Inhibitors on Organ Support-Free Survival in COVID-19 Patients

Effect of P2Y12 Inhibitors on Organ Support-Free Survival in COVID-19 Patients

n this randomized clinical trial of critically ill participants hospitalized for COVID-19, treatment with a P2Y12 inhibitor did not improve the number of days alive and free of cardiovascular or respiratory organ support.... read more

Diastolic Shock Index and Septic Shock Outcome

Diastolic Shock Index and Septic Shock Outcome

Early recognition and resuscitation of patients in septic shock are critical skills for an emergency medicine physician. Many clinical decision-making tools have been developed and validated in their use to identify and... read more

Advances in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health: Volume 15

Advances in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health: Volume 15

This book series focuses on current progress in the broad field of medical microbiology, and covers both basic and applied topics related to the study of microbes, their interactions with human and animals, and emerging issues... read more