• Internet of Medical Things: Threats and Recommendations

    Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) aims to deliver game-changing benefits to  healthcare institutions, patients and society. It supports more accurate diagnoses,   improved treatments, and better availability of care. IoMT systems face challenges,  such as the security of all the interconnected components. This article aims to present a few...

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  • The Use of Critical Care Ultrasound

    Critical care ultrasound examination should be considered in specific situations in the intensive care unit. It has become increasingly important to understand and master all the possible applications and future innovations of ultrasonography in the critical care setting.   Point of care application of ultrasound has been widely validated...

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  • The Role of Lung Imaging to Personalise Lung Ventilation in ARDS Patients

    Computed tomography (CT) remains an invaluable technique to evaluate lung morphology and response to ventilatory strategy and to understand the pathophysiology of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) patients. The first report of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) in 1967 described patients with severe hypoxaemia and bilateral...

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  • Imaging the Critically Ill Patient: Echocardiography

    Current applications and limitations of critical care echocardiography in the critical care context and its use in guiding the care of the critically ill patient. Echocardiography in the ICU Echocardiography is currently considered an essential diagnostic tool at the disposal of the intensivist – a significant change from less than two decades...

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  • POCUS in Critical Care Physiotherapy: Give Me Sight Beyond Sight

    An overview of the main ultrasonographic tools that allow physiotherapists to improve their evaluation in the critical patient, described through the  mnemonic PHISIO. Introduction Ultrasound is considered to be the fifth pillar of the physical examination to provide and improve patient care (Narula et al. 2018). In critically ill patients,...

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  • Bedside Point-of-Care Ultrasound Use in the Critically Ill

    Historical Perspectives and a Path Forward Critical Care Ultrasound is a rapidly evolving field with an ever-expanding footprint in ICUs. While much progress has been made, ongoing efforts need to continue towards demonstrating impact on patient-oriented outcome measures and on defining educational curricula and competency requirements....

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  • Improving Haemodynamic Management of ICU Patients: Decatecholaminisation & Cardiac Stress Reduction

    A summary of a symposium organised by AOP Health with presentations from Ricard Ferrer, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain; Bruno Levy, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nancy, CHU Nancy · Réanimation Médicale Brabois, France; and Michael Fries, St. Vincenz Krankenhaus Limburg, Department of Anesthesiology, Germany....

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  • Guiding Clinical Care Using Pancreatic Stone Protein

    The role of point-of-care testing in the early identification and management of sepsis, the need for better markers to identify sepsis, an overview of the Pancreatic Stone Protein (PSP) and clinical evidence highlighting its effectiveness as a biomarker. Pancreatic Stone Protein Infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality...

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  • ICU Management & Practice 2022 Subject Index

    Issues/ Pages Volume 22, Issue 1  1-50   https://iii.hm/1el0 Volume 22, Issue 2  51-100  https://iii.hm/1ey0  Volume 22, Issue 3  101-154   https://iii.hm/1g6a Volume 22, Issue 4  155-200   https://iii.hm/1i0a Volume 22, Issue 5  201-250   https://iii.hm/1ikw Subject index...

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  • Upcoming events/courses/congresses

    December  11-14 Blood Diseases in the ICU  Paris, France https://iii.hm/1in3   15-18  18th Annual International Meeting of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society (PCICS) Miami, Florida, USA https://iii.hm/1in4 JANUARY 2023 9-13  Blood Diseases in the ICU Paris, France https://iii.hm/1in5 11-14...

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