• 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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  • Point of Care Ultrasound: The Critical Imaging Tool for the Critically Unwell

    This article aims to discuss the specific role of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) in the diagnosis and management of pathology in the critical care setting, as well as a specific tool to aid in invasive procedures. We discuss the ABCDE assessment of patients within critical care using POCUS.   Introduction Since its introduction,...

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  • Rapid Assessment of Fluid Responsiveness and Tolerance With Ultrasound of the Neck Vessels

    Ultrasonographic assessment of the neck vessels in critically ill patients contributes to rapid and non-invasive management of fluids to evaluate responsiveness and tolerance and blood volume status.   Introduction There are multiple ways to evaluate the responsiveness and tolerance to IV fluids, as well as venous congestion,...

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  • The Clinical Utility of Estimated Plasma Volume in Critical Care

    An overview of clinical evidence that demonstrates the prognostic value of estimated plasma volume (ePVS) in critically ill patients. Relevance Plasma volume (PV) is the total volume of blood plasma – the extracellular fluid volume of the vascular space. It is associated with regulating interstitial and intravascular spaces; hence it can...

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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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    4th International Conference on Emergency & Personalized Medicine

    4th International Conference on Emergency & Personalized Medicine

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