Authors Alain Combes, MD Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit iCAN, Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition Hôpital de la Pitié–Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris, France [email protected] Guillaume Lebreton , MD Cardiac Surgery...
READ MOREAuthor Anthony McLean, MBChB, BSc(Hons), MD, FRACP, FCICM, FCSANZ Clinical Professor, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Nepean Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia [email protected] Echocardiography is often an essential component in the management of a critically ill...
READ MOREAuthor James S. Krinsley , MD, FCCM Director of Critical Care, Stamford Hospital Stamford, Connecticut Clinical Professor of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons New York, USA [email protected] Introduction Glycaemic control of the critically ill has been...
READ MOREAn Interview with Dr. Jerry Nolan Dr. Jerry Nolan was co-editor of the European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2010. He is Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at the Royal United Hospital, Bath in the UK. In addition he serves as Vice Chairman of the European Resuscitation Council, a Member of the Executive...
READ MOREAuthor Jean-Louis Vincent Editor-in-Chief ICU Management Head Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital / Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium [email protected] Prevention and treatment of severe pulmonary infections is the subject of this issue’s cover story. Lung...
READ MOREA newly discovered nociceptin receptor in the body might be important in the body’s response to sepsis, according to researchers. The body’s initial response to sepsis is to produce an intense reaction from the immune system to fight the infection. This involves activation of white blood cells, stress hormones and other substances, known as...
READ MOREAuthors Martin Matejovic, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine Head, ICU, 1st Medical Dept Faculty of Medicine in Plzen Charles University in Prague Teaching Hospital Plzen, Plzen, Czech Republic [email protected] Lenka Ledvinova, MD PhD Student ICU, 1st Medical Dept Faculty...
READ MOREAuthor Samuel A. Tisherman, MD, FACS, FCCM Professor Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Director, Neuro Trauma ICU, UPMC Presbyterian Hospital Associate Director, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA...
READ MOREAuthor Terence Valenzuela, MD Professor Department of Emergency Medicine University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA [email protected] Introduction Worldwide, stroke remains the second leading cause of death after heart disease. Since the 1970s there has been a 42% decrease in...
READ MOREAuthors Dr. Mariam A. Alansari, MD, FRCSI Consultant Intensivist Department of Critical Care King Khalid University Hospital, College of Medicine-King Saud University Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [email protected] Dr. A.H. Alzeer, FRCP (c ), FCCP Professor of Medicine and...
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