Peritoneal Dialysis: Evidence, Guidelines, and Controversies
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) may be a feasible, safe, and complementary alternative to haemodialysis not only in the chronic setting, but also in... Read more
Liver Transplantation in Children: Improved Outcomes
According to new research, the use of advanced critical care in children and infants with liver failure is justified because liver transplantation... Read more
New Strategy for Identifying Sepsis Arising in the ICU
A new methodology using administrative codes coupled to a SIRS screening protocol can help identify patients whose sepsis initially appears... Read more
3 Uses for Drones in Emergency Medicine
1. Search for Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Drowning Victims Using a drone to locate submerged drowning victims could save time by transmitting... Read more
Predicting Critical Illness Mortality and Personalising Care
Predicting mortality has always been a corner piece of critical care research and practice, and novel early outcome predictors are needed to... Read more
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Zoom On: Sapna Kudchadkar
Sapna Kudchadkar is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Prof. Kudchadkar's areas of interest include sleep disturbances in critically ill children, paediatric delirium prevention and management, sedation, and... Read more
Zoom On: Bernd Saugel
Bernd Saugel, MD, EDIC is a Professor of Anesthesiology and works as a consultant in the Department of Anesthesiology, Center of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. Prof. Saugel is a specialist in anaesthesiology, intensive care medicine, and internal medicine and holds a European... Read more
The establishment and provision of an acute kidney injury service at a tertiary renal centre
The acute kidney injury service at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was launched in October 2015. Key stakeholders were identified and included in the service development from the beginning and throughout which supported the smooth introduction of the service into the hospitals. This included the renal directorate clinical director,... 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
How to improve patient-ventilator synchrony
2019 16 Apr
Waveform analysis and optimization of ventilator settings Anita Orlando, MD, Servizio di Anestesia e Rianimazione I, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, IT Background Asynchronies are a frequent issue in ventilated patients.1They represent a mismatch between the inspiratory and expiratory times of patient and ventilator,... Read more
UCI Health: Spotlight on Central-line associated bloodstream infections
2019 30 Mar
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) result from contamination of a central line, a catheter (tube) that is inserted in a large vein in the neck, chest, or groin, used to measure pressures, and to give medication or fluids. CLABSI can occur due to breaks in infection control care practices during insertion of the central line or... Read more
From Our Journals
Opportunities to Build a Better Care Continuum: From Global to Local
For staff working at the sharp edge of health services, whether in a... Read more
Hot Topics in Intensive Care in Turkey
In Turkey intensive care was not a separate specialty for years, and was... Read more
Why Dose? And Why Now?
RADIATION DOSE - THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL The demand for medical imaging... Read more
Interprofessional teamwork in the ICU
Panacea or illusion? Reflections on key research insights into int... Read more
Fostering clinical research in imaging departments
Discusses the important roles of radiographers in imaging research, and... Read more
The latest in breast imaging
Prof. Gabor Forrai speaks with HealthManagement about the future of the... Read more
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