Challenges of Critical Care Cardiology Addressed
The challenges of training, staffing and research in critical care cardiology are addressed in an article published in the Journal of the... Read more
Noninvasive Helmet Ventilation Associated with Lower Mortality, Intubation Rate, Complications
A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies on noninvasive ventilation (NIV) for patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF) comparing... Read more
Study: Modelling At-Risk Sepsis Patients in the ED
A model using five parameters has sufficient sensitivity and an acceptable false positive rate to identify patients presenting to the emergency... Read more
Time Matters, Think Sepsis, Say Centers for Disease Control
Healthcare providers are the critical link to preventing, recognising, and treating sepsis, say the United States Centers for Disease Control and... Read more
Study: ARDS Costs, Survival, QOL over One Year
Patients who survive acute respiratory distress syndrome experience low quality of life at one year after intensive care unit (ICU) admission,... Read more
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The Role of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in COVID-19
A Talk with Italian Critical Care Physician Enrico Storti Hospitals all over the world are working to rapidly expand their capacity to treat critically ill patients with COVID-19. To find out how hospitals on the frontlines of the pandemic are coping and the lessons learned that could help other hospitals prepare, FUJIFILM SonoSite’s Chief Medical... Read more
To Have a Healthy Work Environment, Mind the Gap
Staffing. Burnout. Retention. Quality. You don’t often speak to direct care nurses or nurse managers about their units without these common themes emerging. They’re all elements associated with the health of the nursing work environment — a topic that the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has been studying for over a decade. ... Read more
Zoom On: Rolf Rossaint
Rolf Rossaint is a Professor and Chairman of the Department of Anaesthesiology of the University Hospital at the RWTH University Aachen, Germany. Prof. Rossaint has published several high-quality studies dealing with the treatment of severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). He has also been actively involved in research on the pathophysiology... 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
Infection Control for Ventilators in the Battle against COVID-19
2020 24 Mar
The Current Situation and Challenge of COVID-19 Over 170,000 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19. The number of confirmed cases outside the Chinese mainland has already reached over 90,000. On March 11th, WHO officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic. No doubt that mechanical ventilation is one of the most effective therapy strategies... Read more
Respiratory Support Strategies For Severe COVID-19
2020 12 Mar
At this moment, over 100,000 people has been diagnosed with COVID-19. The number of confirmed cases outside the Chinese mainland has already reached over 25,000. Countries like Japan, South Korea, Italy and Iran have reported thousands of COVID-19 cases. AS the World Health Organization warned that "the window of opportunity is narrowing" to contain... Read more
From Our Journals
Safety first: insights from clinical pharmacists
A critical care pharmacist’s perspective and advice on medication... Read more
New indications for coronary CT angiography
The time has come The latest in CCTA and how the quality and timeliness... Read more
Reimagined Hospitals
In 10 years, the healthcare system will be a different beast. The power... Read more
An Introduction to Robots in Anaesthesia
Technological advancement has made robots an integral part of several... Read more
Managing the Whole Health of the Ageing Population
Summary: With a rapidly growing older population, effective care for... Read more
Automated External Defibrillators
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Cardiac arrest, or the sudden and abrupt loss... Read more
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