Search Tag: Critical Care
Lessons from COVID-19: ICU Preparedness, Ethical Issues and Digital Congresses
2020 14 Sep
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
What Intensivists Can Learn From Geriatric Medicine
2020 14 Sep
In this article we discuss mind, mobility, medications, multi-complexity, and what matters most. These are key domains from geriatric medicine that are relevant to the practice of intensive care medicine. The notion that advanced age is a sufficient reason to decline admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is no longer widely accepted... Read more
Promising Techniques in Sepsis After Cardiac Surgery
2020 14 Sep
The purpose of this article is to give an up-to-date, comprehensive review on the utilisation of extracorporeal blood purification techniques and immunostimulation in septic patients after cardiac surgery. Introduction Sepsis is a potentially life-threatening state caused by an infection and an inadequate, dysregulated host immune... Read more
The Future of Critical Care: The Human Capital
2020 14 Sep
This article will focus on the non-clinical, human aspects of critical care, namely the patient and the ICU team. The modern concepts of humanising ICU care, the healing environment and future-proofing the ICU team will be discussed. Introduction Despite being a relatively young specialty, critical care has made remarkable progress... 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
16th Emirates Critical Care Conference
2021 08 Apr
POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19 HEALTH CONCERNS TO 8-10 APRIL, 2021 Find ECCC on Social Media Read more
COVID-19 Pandemic: Salute to the Healthcare Soldiers
2020 16 Mar
Amidst the panic and mayhem caused by the coronavirus outbreak, the mood in most intensive care units is strange and somber. Caring for high numbers of patients, planning for providing this care, lab testing and diagnosis, lots of paperwork, and ICU teams pulling together because that is the need of the day. You might also like : Clinical... Read more
Prevention and Management of Burnout in the ICU
2020 02 Feb
In recent years, growing awareness of the burnout syndrome (BOS) has increased the number of initiatives that address clinician wellness and to understand the importance of detecting, addressing, mitigating, and preventing burnout. Some examples of these initiatives include those by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), American Medical Association... Read more