Carbon Footprint in ICU: A New Meaningful Outcome in Research Trials
2023 26 May
Reducing the carbon footprint in healthcare is a requirement for guaranteeing the best future for humanity. Here we suggest that the carbon footprint be assessed as a potential endpoint for future trials in critical care. Environmental Impact in Critical Care The climate crisis is a threat to global health. The temperature of the atmosphere...Read more
Advances in Sepsis Research – New Tools Against One of the Oldest Diseases?
2020 14 Sep
Sepsis and septic shock are the leading causes of death in the ICU. With an estimated mortality rate of 40-60%, septic shock is in the focus of adult critical care medicine. It is broadly accepted that intervention in the very early phase of sepsis before the complex inflammatory host response is initiated should be one major area that clinical research...Read more
The Intelligent Intensive Care Unit: Integrating Care, Research and Education
2020 15 Jan
Integration of care, research and education in the intelligent intensive care unit. Patients admitted to the intensive care unit suffer from a variety of symptoms, pathologies, and comorbidities and are at risk of many adverse outcomes. Healthcare and technology for this vulnerable, heterogeneous patient group have immensely developed over...Read more
The business of research
2019 14 Mar
What is the value of physicians and their contribution to the healthcare system and economic growth? This article talks about the need to understand the real value of physicians and to encourage them to be creative and innovative as this would improve their value beyond that of daily clinical labour. Disruptive innovations are critical...Read more
High Altitude Research and its Relevance to Critical Illness
2017 28 May
Critical illness can be considered as the body’s failure to compensate for severe pathophysiological ‘stress’. The result is a vicious circle of damage that ultimately ends in organ failure, permanent harm and, unfortunately for many, death. Fortunately, the human body is remarkably resilient. It has the ability to tolerate changes to its internal...Read more
Centre for Research in Intensive Care
2016 11 Mar
The Centre for Research in Intensive Care (CRIC) was established in 2015 to provide support and services for research into intensive care, intervention and treatment ( CRIC.nu ). CRIC was established to maintain and improve the infrastructure obtained through the large trials conducted in Denmark, the Scandinavian Starch for Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock...Read more
Canadian Researchers at the End of Life Network (CARENET)
2015 31 Dec
Interview with Professor Daren Heyland The Canadian Researchers at the End of Life Network (CARENET) , directed by Professor Daren Heyland, brings together health professionals from across Canada. The network aims to understand and improve palliative and end-of-life (EOL) care through improving communication and decision making between patients,...Read more
Intensive Care Systems Research-Interview With Associate Professor Hannah Wunsch
2015 29 Sep
H annah Wunsch is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, Canada. She is Staff Physician, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Hospital; Senior Scientist, Trauma, Emergency & Critical Care Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute and Visiting Assistant Professor...Read more
Research News
2014 24 Sep
Sniffing Out C. difficile Rapid detection of C. difficile could be on its way with the development by UK scientists of an ‘electronic nose.’ Using a mass spectrometer, the researchers have shown that it is possible to identify the unique ‘smell’ of C-diff, which would lead to rapid diagnosis. In addition, the scientists say it could...Read more
Research News
2014 19 Mar
Severe Sepsis: Are Outcomes Better if Hospitals Treat a High Volume of Patients? A study from the Boston University School of Medicine, published recently in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, looked at the associations between hospital sepsis caseload and outcomes, and found that academic hospitals with higher severe...Read more
Pointless Treatment in Critical Care Costly, Say U.S. Researchers
2013 02 Oct
Critical care treatment for patients that was perceived to be futile cost an estimated US$2.6 million at one academic medical centre during a three-month period, according to a study first published online last month in JAMA Internal Medicine. One in five patients in the study received treatment the physicians perceived as futile or potentially futile....Read more
Industry and Research News
2013 18 Sep
Supension of Hydroxyethyl-Starch Solutions to be Re-Examined The European Medicines Agency’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) has concluded that the benefits of infusion solutions containing hydroxyethyl-starch (HES) no longer outweigh their risks, and recommends that the marketing authorisations for these medicines be suspended....Read more
Indirect Calorimetry: Research Tool or Essential Equipment?
2013 18 Sep
Indirect calorimetry is usually presented as essential equipment to optimise nutrition. However, numerous flaws limit its use, and currently available devices are not sufficiently accurate for clinical use. Why Use an Indirect Calorimeter in the ICU? The magnitude of the caloric debt (the difference between energy expenditure (EE)...Read more
Research: Ultrasound Waves Aid in Rapid Treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis
2013 15 Aug
www.emory.edu The use of ultrasound waves for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) may help dissolve blood clots in less time than using clot-busting drugs alone, according to researchers at Emory University. "These clots are a main cause of both heart attacks and stroke and the more quickly you can eliminate them the better," says Karthikeshwar...Read more
Research
2013 15 Aug
Beating Hospital Yeast Infection http://ccforum.com/ Increasing numbers of critically ill patients develop fungal or yeast infections, which are associated with high mortality. Now a review published in the online open access journal, Critical Care, compares treatments involving single-drug antifungal prophylaxis (SAP) or a multi-drug regimen...Read more
Research
2013 15 Aug
IARS Research Awards www.iars.org Deadlines for 2007 International Anaesthesia Research Society (IARS) research award applications are rapidly approaching. Applications for the 2007 IARS Clinical Scholar Research Awards are due June 5, 2006. This annual award, of up to $80,000 is intended to fund clinical investigations that enhance...Read more
Added Value from Nursing Research
2013 15 Aug
Authors Christina Jones, BSc, MPhil, PhD, Dip, Couns Nurse Consultant Critical Care Follow-up, Intensive Care Unit, Whiston Hospital, Prescot, UK & Intensive Care Research Group, Dept. of Medicine, University of Liverpool, UK [email protected] Christina Jones discusses the ways in...Read more
Research
2013 15 Aug
Research: SCCM Awards The 35th Critical Care Congress of the Society of Critical Care Medicine was held in San Francisco 7th to 11th January 2006. A selection of the SCCM awards is reported here and a full list is available on the SCCM website: www.sccm.org/ membership/awards/recipients/index.asp The winner of the 2006 SCCM Vision...Read more
Products, Companies and Research
2013 15 Aug
C ontact Dräger Medical www.Dräger-medical.com GE Healthcare www.gehealthcare.com Gurit Medical/ Medisize Business www.gurit.com www.medisize.com Maquet www.maquet.com/criticalcare/ Radiometer www.radiometer.com Smiths Medical www.smiths-medical.com...Read more
Research in Europe at Stake
2013 15 Aug
A uthor Helicia Herman Editor European Affairs C orrespondence [email protected] Concerns voiced before the EU Clinical Trials Directive (2001/20/EC) came into force are rising regarding the potential threat the Directive poses to non-commercial clinical trials. Introduction...Read more
C. Difficile Researchers Reveal Potential Target to Fight Infections
2013 07 Mar
Researchers have discovered how Clostridium difficile , a common germ in healthcare-associated infections, sends the body's natural defenses into overdrive, actually intensifying illness while fighting infection. The discovery at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech in the US, which was recently published in PLOS One,...Read more
How to Get a Research Grant: Tips From an Insider
2012 14 Jul
A successful research grant application may represent an important step in the career of professionals working in the intensive care medicine field, especially in academic institutions. Grants are needed for launching and keeping research projects, as well as for buying equipment for the laboratory or initiating a clinical trial. Ideally, grant applications...Read more
New Junctures in Research, Evaluation and Management Pave the Path of Improvement
2012 14 Jul
Professor Benoit Vallet, Chair for the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine at the University Hospital of Lille, France has played a great influence in his fields of professionalism over the years, with his current participating role in the steering committees for the Age of Blood Evaluation (ABLE) randomised controlled trial and...Read more
European Union:Stem Cell Research
2011 21 Oct
Author Rory Watson EU Correspondent C orrespondence [email protected] While preparation for the 7th European Framework research programme is currently under way, Euro MPs have called on the European Commission (EC) to stop financing stem cell research. The EC is resisting attempts by a large...Read more
Research Questions from Nursing Practice
2011 21 Oct
A uthor Julie Benbenishty RN BA ICU, Hadassah Medical Organization Jerusalem, Israel C orrespondence [email protected] Nursing research can improve patient care and outcome, promote professional growth and help avoid staff burnout. In this article, Julie Benbenishty describes...Read more
How to Read a Paper: Critical Appraisal of Research
2011 21 Oct
A uthors Thomas Owen MBBCh, FRCA. Specialist Registrar in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, North West Deanery, UK Andrew Smith FRCA, MRCP (UK), Royal Lancaster Infirmary , UK C orrespondence [email protected]...Read more
Products, Companies and Research
2011 20 Oct
W ebsite ESA www.euroanesthesia.org ISICEM www.intensive.org Maquet www.maquet.com SIRS-Lab www.sirs-lab.com BIOSITE ® Inc. www.biosite.com Zoll www.zoll.com ESA Poster Awards There were three awards for abstracts at Euroaneasthesia...Read more
Products, Companies and Research
2011 20 Jul
C ontact Maquet www.maquet.com Roche www.roche-diagnostics.com/npt www.coaguchek.com Nils Rosén, Vice President Marketing and Christian Keller, President, MAQUET Critical Care holding the 2005 Market Leadership Award Maquet Every year, Frost & Sullivan presents...Read more
World's First Transcontinental Anaesthesia: Researchers Pioneer Anaestetics Via Videoconferencing
2010 30 Nov
Videoconferences may be known for putting people to sleep, but never like this. Dr. Thomas Hemmerling and his team of McGill's Department of Anaesthesia achieved a world first on August 30, 2010, when they treated patients undergoing thyroid gland surgery in Italy remotely from Montreal, Canada. The approach is part of new technological advancements,...Read more
Clinical Research and the Delivery of Excellence
2010 30 Nov
Author Iain Mackenzie Consultant & Honorary Senior Lecturer Chairman, Critical Care Research Management Group Critical Care Medicine University Hospital Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre Birmingham, UK [email protected] To many, the natural path to clinical excellence would lie through...Read more
