Are Patient Satisfaction Tools Causing Harm to Patients and Physicians?
It is routine practice to evaluate patient satisfaction through surveys. Physicians also regularly monitor their aggregate satisfaction scores,... Read more
Barriers to Nurse-Led Pain Management in ICU
Approximately 58% of patients in the ICU experience pain. Pain can lead to additional consequences, including delirium, decreased healing and... Read more
ICU Diaries and Post-ICU Distress Symptoms
In recent years, health diaries have become an important tool for patients and providers to manage personal health. A health diary is a record... Read more
#LIVES2022: Extubation Strategies in Neuro-Intensive Care Unit Patients
Findings from the Extubation strategies and in Neuro-Intensive care unit patients and associations with Outcomes (ENIO) study were presented... Read more
#LIVES2022: High-Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen vs Standard Oxygen Therapy - SOHO-COVID
At the Presidents' Ground Breaking Research Release session at ESICM LIVES 2022 in Paris, Jean-Pierre Frat (Poitiers, France) presented the... Read more
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Diagnosing Non-Convulsive Seizures in the ICU: Tackling the Top Challenges
One clinical factor complicating the work of ICU physicians and nurses is the difficulty of diagnosing nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE)—an invisible condition that must be managed aggressively to prevent lasting damage to the brain. Because the prevalence of NCSE among neurological patients can reach up to 60%, and because it becomes increasingly... Read more
The Importance of Reliable Reprocessing of Hospital Beds
Reliable hygiene is currently a topic that shapes every aspect of our daily lives. More than ever before, the successful fight against dangerous viruses and multi-resistant germs in hospitals and other healthcare facilities is particularly important. High occupancy rates and resulting staff shortages are amplifying the challenge. However, hospital... Read more
Tsunami of COVID-19 Patients in India
Expert Interview with Prof Shirish Prayag, Director, Critical Care Medicine at Prayag Hospital Shree Medical Foundation and Editorial Board Member, ICU Management and Practice. What is the current state of COVID-19 in India? The current state is really devastating. We are facing a tsunami - not just a wave of patients - but a tsunami, really.... Read more
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High-End Transport Ventilation Around the World
2015 28 Oct
Interview with Georg Keunecke of FAI rent-a-jet AG on the global use of the HAMILTON-T1 as an ICU transport ventilator. Georg Keunecke is the Chief Flight Paramedic and Representative for Medical Devices with FAI rent-a-jet AG (dba Flight Ambulance International). Headquartered at the Nuremberg International Airport, the company serves... Read more
Maximizing the Benefits of COVID-19 Vaccines with the Right Serological Tests
2021 20 Oct
Background Since the end of 2019, the world has been fighting the unprecedented global COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARSCoV-2. 1 This pandemic inspired significant efforts for the development of diagnostic tests, therapeutics and vaccines. 2,3,4 As a result, multiple efficacious COVID-19 vaccines have been developed and authorized in record speed5... Read more
Why Should We Be Measuring Ionized Magnesium?
2021 11 Feb
Dennis Begos , MD, FACS, FACRS Associate Director, Medical and Scientific Affairs Nova Biomedical Magnesium in the Human Body Magnesium (Mg) is the 4th most abundant cation in the human body. The majority of it is found intracellularly, more than half in bone, about a third in muscle, and the remaining in soft tissue and... Read more
From Our Journals
Implementing ECCO2R and vv-ECMO in non-academic centres
Shares experiences of implementing extracorporeal life support in... Read more
Information Transfer as a Strategy to Improve Safety in ICU
The transmission of information (TOI) in extremely variable... Read more
The whole patient? The whole person
I am myself and my circumstances (Ortega y Gasset). Patients... Read more
How Data Intelligence Will Be Crucial for Predicting the Next Pandemic
Artificial intelligence developments in machine and deep learning... Read more
Network Modernisation: The Key to the Future of Healthcare
In the post-COVID era, network modernisation will be key for healthcare... Read more
Free Open-Access Medical education (FOAM) and critical care
This article describes the nature of FOAM (Free Open-Access Medical education) Read more
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