Volume 24 - Issue 5, 2024

Mechanical ventilation is a critical aspect of care in the ICU. It supports patients who are unable to maintain adequate oxygenation and ventilation on their own, such as those with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), pneumonia, sepsis, or trauma. It also ensures adequate gas exchange when a patient’s natural breathing is impaired and allows the clinical team to address the risk of respiratory fa...

Critical asthma is relatively uncommon, with its incidence on the decline; however, it can require intensive care, including mechanical ventilation. This article provides an overview of critical asthma management. Critical asthma (CA) is an umbrella term embracing different definitions, all referring to an acute asthma exacerbation that can rapidly deteriorate into respiratory failure, often necessit...

The Hamilton Medical VenTrainer App offers healthcare professionals the unique opportunity to transform their mobile devices or computers into powerful ventilator simulators by providing hands-on knowledge in a safe and controlled environment. An interactive 3D animation allows you to explore the ventilator models from every angle and learn about their functions and features through detailed...

Tracheostomies are widely performed for a variety of reasons in the ICU. This article outlines the process of transitioning from critical care to the community with proactive management by a multidisciplinary team to wean patients from the ventilator and from the tracheostomy. Approximately 10-20% of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) will have a tracheostomy (McGrath et al. 2020). This pro...

Abionic, an innovative medical diagnostics company specialising in rapid early detection technologies, has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its IVD CAPSULE PSP test. Abionic, an emerging medical diagnostics company focused on rapid early detection technologies, received 510(k) clearance for its IVD CAPSULE PSP test from the U.S. Food and Drug Administrati...

Non-invasive ventilation is extensively employed in the management of acute hypoxaemic and hypercapnic respiratory failure, offering a potential means to circumvent intubation in carefully selected patients under vigilant supervision. Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) represents a respiratory support strategy designed to alleviate respiratory distress without the need for...

Vasopressin timing, patient selection, optimal vasopressin use in septic shock, and potential mortality benefits in selected patient populations. Septic shock is a severe, life-threatening response to infection, characterised by systemic inflammation, tissue hypoperfusion, and persistent, severe hypotension despite adequate fluid resuscitation. It results in high morbidity and mortality rates and i...

Personalisation of respiratory support may improve outcomes in patients with acute respiratory failure. Transpulmonary pressure estimate by oesophageal pressure is an essential and useful minimally invasive tool to guide the setup and monitoring of mechanical ventilation by measuring respiratory pathophysiology in critically ill patients, particularly with acute lung injury. However, oesophageal bal...

Shortening the weaning process of children receiving non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is challenging. We present the results of implementing a nurse-guided weaning protocol in our PICU. Given the low mortality rate in paediatrics, the management of acute respiratory insufficiency with non-invasive support has improved the variables resulting from the duration of ventilatory support and length of sta...

Electronic medical records and artificial intelligence have facilitated big data research, but challenges remain in developing meaningful machine learning models. This review provides key information on open-access perioperative and intensive care datasets and data management tools. With the adoption of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and artificial intelligence, big data research has become more co...

For a full listing of events visit https://iii.hm/icuevents2024 3-5 26th Refresher Course on Cardiovascular and Respiratory Physiology in Intensive Care Medicine Brussels, Belgium https://iii.hm/1sva 3-6 London Trauma Conference 2024 London, UK https://iii.hm/1svb 4-6 DIVI 2024 - German Interdisciplin...

Issues/Pages Volume 24, Issue 1 1-56 https://iii.hm/1ovg Volume 24, Issue 2 57-112 https://iii.hm/1piv Volume 24, Issue 3 113-175 https://iii.hm/1q3o Volume 24, Issue 4 176-231 https://iii.hm/1rrq Volume 24, Issue 5 232-280 https://iii.hm/1swb SUBJECT INDEX Artificial Intelligence Garcia-Mendez J, Pickering B, Herasevich V. Starter Kit for Data Scienc...

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