Dramatic Decline in ARDS Mortality Rates
According to the largest study to date of mortality trends in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), advances in critical... Read more
ESICM 2014: Access to Acute Care - Planning Needed Now for Cities
More than half of the world’s population already live in cities, and the the proportion is predicted to grow to 70% by 2050. Infrastructure planning... Read more
ESICM 2014: Learning Happens Even During Crises
The image of residents taking part in rounds to hone their clinical skills is a familiar one. In the context of intensive care, and frequent... Read more
ESICM 2014: What About the Family’s Burden?
How much do we know about the burden for family caregivers of patients in the ICU? An intensive care unit (ICU) in Mexico surveyed family caregivers... Read more
ESICM 2014: Can Protocols For Antibiotic Use Save Money?
A study presented by Dr. Hugo Calderón at the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) congress in Barcelona this month looked at... Read more
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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
Zoom On: Megan E. Brunson
Megan E. Brunson is the 2019-2020 president of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) board of directors. AACN is the world’s largest specialty nursing organisation, with more than 120,000 members and over 200 chapters in the United States. Since 2007, Brunson has been the night shift supervisor in the cardiovascular ICU (CVICU)... 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
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
Oliguria And The Role Of Urine Monitoring In Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) Management
2020 28 Jul
ABSTRACT Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) is a complex treatment modality for a high-risk, critical care patient population with advanced AKI. While there are still no clear guidelines regarding the timing of initiation and termination of RRT, there is a growing body of evidence supporting the importance of urine monitoring and the clinical significance... Read more
From Our Journals
How to Run Successful Rounds in the Intensive Care Unit
Rounds in the intensive care unit (ICU) allow for scheduled discussions... Read more
Transforming Commissioning to Do More With Less: Making Taxpayers’ Money Go Further
How can health and social care commissioners in England reinvent the tools... Read more
Remote Patient Monitoring for Safe and Effective Management of COVID-19 Patients
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) and the role it can play in the early... Read more
Cost-Effectiveness
In medicine the benefits of treatment are always weighed against possible... Read more
Personalised medicine and cardiovascular disease
An overview of the application of personalised medicine in cardiology... Read more
Arnaud Hansske
Top Quote from Blog Reflections on smart data healthcare future... Read more
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Emergency Transtracheal Airway Catheter
Intended for emergency airway access when conventional endotracheal intubation cannot be performed. Features and benefits The catheter is coil reinforced to prevent kinking. Emergency Transtracheal Airway Catheter procedural...
ePM Series Patient Monitor
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Compat Ella
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Cook®️ Retrograde Intubation Set
Intended to assist in the placement of an endotracheal tube during difficult or emergency airway access procedures where visualisation of the vocal cords is not possible secondary to secretions, blood and/or anatomic anomalies. Features and...
Melker Cuffed Emergency Cricothyrotomy Catheter Set – Surgical
Intended to establish emergency airway access when endotracheal intubation cannot be performed. Features and benefits This comprehensive and compact set provides you with everything you need. Airway access is achieved by using the...