Prone Positioning in Non-Intubated COVID-19 Patients
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented stress on health care institutions everywhere. Among other interventions, researchers and physicians... Read more
COVID-19: Therapies Targeting Interleukin-6-Mediated Cytokine Release Syndrome
The current pandemic will be remembered for a long time for the huge loss of lives and disruption it caused to the way of life as we know it.... Read more
COVID-19: Vascular Endothelium and Organ Dysfunction
The effect of COVID-19 on endothelial cells (ECs) is emerging to be an important area of research for the effective management of severely ill... Read more
Reappraisal of Biomarkers in Sepsis Management
Sepsis biomarkers have an important role in the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of sepsis management. If timely and accurate information... Read more
Imaging in Neurological Disease of Hospitalised COVID-19 Patients
Originating in Wuhan, China, COVID-19 soon spread throughout the world and has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Italy was... Read more
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HOW TO VENTILATE COVID-19 PATIENTS?
TWINSTREAM ® ICU WITH P-BLV ® (PULSATILE BILEVEL VENTILATION) The Austrian critical care ventilator TwinStream ® ICU was designed with the explicit purpose of saving critically respiratory-distressed patients. In particular those patients with severe lung diseases (e.g. ARDS) who can no longer be supported with conventional ventilation. ... Read more
Setting Up a Point-of-Care Ultrasound Programme in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
An ever-expanding array of applications have been developed for ultrasound, including its goal-directed use at the bedside, often called point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). In Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and many other European and Asian countries, neonatologist-performed, targeted POCUS is now a routine practice in neonatal intensive... Read more
Zoom On: Jean-Louis Vincent
Jean-Louis Vincent is a Consultant in the Department of Intensive Care at Erasme University Hospital in Brussels and a Professor of Intensive Care at the Université libre de Bruxelles.He is the editor-in-chief of ICU Management & Practice, Critical Care, and Current Opinion in Critical Care and member of the editorial board of many other healthcare... 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
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
Intensive Care Ventilators - A Primary Option For Treatment Of COVID-19 Patients In The ICU
2020 06 Nov
Summary & recommendations regarding ventilators Intensive care ventilators are normally found in the hospital Intensive Care Unit. This category of ventilators support lung protective ventilation recommended by several international guidelines and the World Health Organization (WHO). An intensive care ventilator must be considered as the... Read more
From Our Journals
American College of Cardiology 2017 Meeting Cholesterol Lowering
Cholesterol Lowering (R)evolution, TAVI and More... The latest cardiology... Read more
Fighting the Supervillain with Everyone’s Superpowers
The new superheroes of today – those on the frontlines of the COVID-19... Read more
How to Run Successful Rounds in the Intensive Care Unit
Rounds in the intensive care unit (ICU) allow for scheduled discussions... Read more
Keeping the Person in Personalised Medicine
As Personalised Medicine endeavours to discover more specific aetiologies... Read more
Reset 2021
2020 was an eye-opener for most healthcare systems around the globe.... Read more
The Reputation Riddle
While the fruits of a good corporate reputation translate into increased... Read more
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Enk Oxygen Flow Modulator Set
Intended for emergency transtracheal catheter ventilation when conventional ventilation by mask or endotracheal tube cannot be performed. Features and benefits The set provides clinicians with a compact solution for quickly establishing...
iLA acitvve iLA kit IPS
Long-term lung support - combine ECMO and CRRT
Especially developed for long-term lung support. This patient kit includes a powerful membrane lung, the DP3 pump head, safe integrated pressure sensors (IPS) and a CRRT connector. One vascular access offers the possibility to combine the therapies for...
Semi-Automated Solutions
Safety and efficiency are critical to labs of every size Delivering the accuracy your patients deserve with ease and efficiency. Better together. Partners in performance. ORTHO Optix ™ works with ORTHO ™ Workstation, the only compact...
Arndt Airway Exchange Catheter Set
Intended for the exchange of laryngeal mask airways and endotracheal tubes using a fibreoptic bronchoscope, bronchoscopic port, wire guide, and exchange catheter. Features and benefits The set may be used for emergency, urgent, and elective...
Melker Emergency Cricothyrotomy Catheter Set – Seldinger
Intended to establish emergency airway access when endotracheal intubation cannot be performed. Features and benefits Airway access is achieved by using the Seldinger technique via the cricothyroid membrane. The uncuffed airway...