Need for a patient-tailored approach in sepsis treatment
Despite decades of sepsis research into a specific immune system-targeting adjunctive therapy, not a single adjunctive treatment is used... Read more
High-risk ECMO - heroic rescue or futile care?
Over the past decade, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has become mainstream therapy in adult intensive care. Although the list... Read more
#EUSEM18: Is it a zebra, horse or chameleon? Diagnostic reasoning in the ED
How can we predict errors in the emergency department? Clinician judgement is key, said Eric Dryver, speaking at the European Society for Emergency... Read more
Late parenteral nutrition beneficial to undernourished critically ill children
In undernourished critically ill children, withholding parenteral nutrition (PN) for one week was clinically superior to early PN, according... Read more
Importance of advanced care planning in elderly trauma patients
New research from University of Alberta highlights the importance of early advanced care planning to improve patient and family-centred... 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
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
Rehabilitation of the Critically Ill: The Role of Allied Health Professionals
Rehabilitation and recovery following ICU admission aims to improve... Read more
Medicine, Technology and Humanity Intertwined: Rambam Health Care Campus
RAMBAM HEALTH CARE CAMPUS The philosophy at Rambam Health... Read more
“But I Hate This, and This, and This…”: Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), a psychiatric illness characterised... Read more
Embedding sustainability into clinical medicine and medical education
Why it should and how it can be done How one healthcare body is... Read more
Optimising patient-ventilator synchronisation
Dr. Lluís Blanch, Dr. Jean-Michel Arnal and Prof. Francesco Mojoli... Read more
The positives and drawbacks of HTA in laboratory medicine
An overview on the role of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in healthcare... Read more
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