• Imaging and intensive care medicine

    An evolving partnership A major evolution is underway involving critical care and imaging.  The intensive care patient population is changing. Increasingly intensive care units (ICUs) are treating older patients, with more comorbidities, and variable prognosis, at a time when family expectations are different and often with higher expectations...

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  • Clinical assessment of critically ill patients by whole-body ultrasonography

    In this article we focus on the evidence of whole-body ultrasonography used for hypotension or shock. We first highlight individual ultrasound components in association to hypotension and shock. Second, we provide an outline of current literature on whole-body ultrasonography, its effect on outcome, and try to integrate the previous observations....

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  • Using ultrasound to prevent diaphragm dysfunction

    Diaphragm ultrasound is a valuable tool to diagnose and prevent ventilator induced diaphragm dysfunction. This review focuses on the use of ultrasound to assess diaphragm structure and function in ventilated patients. The diaphragm is the primary muscle of inspiration. It is a thin dome-shaped muscle that inserts into the lower ribs, xiphoid...

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  • Imaging and ICU

    Advice from a radiologist   For the Imaging issue, ICU Management & Practice spoke to radiologist Dr. Marcelo Sanchez about radiology-ICU collaboration.   How can communication between radiology and ICU be optimised as both specialities become ever more complex?    The collaboration must be maintained by establishing protocols and...

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  • Abdominal point-of-care ultrasound in critical care

    The secrets of the abdomen Overview of abdominal point-of-care ultrasound use in the ICU, potential diagnoses and findings common to the critical care patient population.   The use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in critical care as a diagnostic and monitoring tool is rapidly expanding. While its role in cardiovascular and respiratory...

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  • Multimodal neuromonitoring catheter insertion

    Secondary complications   Reports on secondary complications arising from insertion of a multimodal monitoring sensor using a dual lumen introducer kit in patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage, head injury or intracranial haemorrhage.   Maintenance of sufficient cerebral oxygen supply to meet metabolic demand is a key goal in managing...

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  • What a difference a drug makes?

    Asking why the patient needs to be sedated is as important as the choice of drug for sedation.   Why use sedation?   Intensivists should ask why they use sedation every time they order it. Sedation is used to reduce the burden and stress of critical illness. Sedative agents mixed with analgesic agents reduce pain and keep the patient calm,...

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  • Interprofessional teamwork in the ICU

    Panacea or illusion? Reflections on key research insights into interprofessional teamwork in the ICU with a critical yet optimistic view for its future. Over the years, interprofessional teamwork in the intensive care unit (ICU) has been viewed as a panacea to most ills and indeed described as a core value of critical care practice...

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  • Upcoming Events

    JANUARY   7-11 Blood Diseases in the ICU: Advanced Training Paris, France   13-18 9th Annual Winter Symposium in Intensive Care, Anaesthesia and Emergency Medicine Vail, USA   30-31 CRITICARE 2019: 25th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine Mumbai, India      FEBRUARY    1-3 Milan Critical Care Datathon...

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  • ICU Management & Practice 2018 Author Index

    A   B   C   D   E    F    G   H   I    J   K   L   M   N   O   P -Q   R   S   T -U   V   W   X -Y   Z A Author  Page  Short URL Abrams D   8, 16 https://iii.hm/hwy ,  

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