Is exercise good for elderly septic patients?
Sepsis is a critical issue in old age and is among the top causes for intensive care unit (ICU) admission in the elderly. Although there are... Read more
Key areas of current research in sepsis therapeutics
Advances in sepsis therapeutics continue to be made on a regular basis and important avenues of current research include improving endothelial... Read more
Weekend ICU admissions linked to higher death risk
Adjusted risk of death for ICU admission was greater over the weekends compared with weekdays, according to a systematic review published in... Read more
Sepsis-3 can help predict community-acquired pneumonia mortality
The Sepsis-3 Task Force updated the clinical criteria for sepsis, excluding the need for systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria... Read more
After 50 years, ARDS stuck in the past?
The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) was first reported in 1967. Upon the occasion of its 50th birthday, ARDS is due for a midlife... 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
The Importance Of Continuous Monitoring Of Urine Flow In Critical Care Patients
2020 30 Jun
ABSTRACT This review discusses the importance of continuous, real-time monitoring of urine flow in critical care patients and its potential role in Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) and fluid management in a variety of clinical conditions. Real-time, reliable monitoring of urine flow enables clinicians to detect early signs of kidney injury, and facilitates... 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
From Our Journals
Future-proofing health to meet sustainable development goals
Can the integration of sex and gender policies reset the agenda?... Read more
Precision in the Fight Against the Global Cancer Problem
Precision in medicine is a popular notion: precision to target an individual Read more
“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.”
The COmpetency-BAsed Training programme in Intensive Care for Europe and... Read more
Conservative Fluid Management In Intensive Care Medicine
Asserting the existence of a state of permanent controversy is a staple... Read more
How can radiologists adapt to the knowledge age?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the talk of the radiology world.... Read more
Future of imaging
What does radiologist Prof. Paul Sidhu have planned for his tenure as... Read more
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