Peer Pressure Boosts Hand-Hygiene Compliance
Young people are often told by their parents or guardians not to give in to peer pressure. Interestingly, a recent study showed that social or... Read more
ICU Overnight Discharge Risk
While moving intensive care unit (ICU) patients after-hours is linked to increased risk of death, the rate of such discharges has remained unchanged... Read more
Zoom On: Prof. Armand Girbes - ICU Management Editorial Board Member
Professor Armand Girbes is an esteemed member of the ICU Management Editorial Board. Since 2001 he has been Professor in Intensive Care Medicine... Read more
Volume-Based Feeding For ICU Patients
Although enteral nutrition (EN) or the feeding of patients through a tube is a common practice in an intensive care unit, the problem of underfeeding... Read more
Weekend Nurse Staffing Impacts Stroke Outcomes
Data from a recent study indicated that stroke patients treated at specialised units on the weekend have better outcomes when there is a higher... Read more
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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
Resuscitative Transesophageal Echocardiography Programme in the ED: 5 Tips for Success
Over the past few years, inspired by landmark publications, 1,2,3 demonstrating the feasibility, safety and clinical value of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) performed by emergency physicians (EPs), a number of U.S. hospitals have established TEE programmes based in their emergency departments (EDs). In 2017, the American College of Emergency... 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
Treatment of bleeding patients during therapy with direct oral anticoagulants
Results from the French registry: GIHP-NACO Presents results... Read more
Personal Experience With Severe COVID-19 After 66 days in Wuhan
COVID-2019 has become a worldwide pandemic. After working in Wuhan... Read more
Screening with Breast Tomosynthesis : An Emerging Reality
The amount of clinical proof for the efficacy of Tomosynthesis in screening... Read more
Improving diagnostic stewardship by using new microbiological technologies
Describes an episode of sepsis in a leukaemia patient, whose treatment... Read more
(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party!)? COVID-19 ‘Immunity Passports’ through ethical lens
The possibility of introducing the so-called COVID-19 ‘immunity passports’... Read more
Telemedicine is the Future
Professor Gernot Marx is Director of the Department of Intensive Care... Read more
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