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If-you-had-a-magic-wand-what-is-one-thing-you-would-change-about-healthcare-and-why

2018 14 Apr

Nurses leading through innovation The one thing I would change to improve our healthcare system won’t take magic —it’s achievable today. I would empower all direct care nurses as bedside leaders, innovators and catalysts for change.   Why? Because empowering our clinicians at the front line of care results in better patient...Read more

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The-heights-of-respiratory-physiology

2017 05 Apr

Zoom On Professor John B. West   Professor John B. West is a renowned respiratory physiologist and researcher. He joined the faculty of the University of California San Diego in 1969, where he still teaches first-year medical students. He is author of Respiratory physiology - the essentials , which has been translated into many languages, and...Read more

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Critical-care-skeptic-zoom-on-paul-marik

2016 20 Sep

Dr Marik  is Professor of Medicine and Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. He received his medical degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, and was an ICU attending at Baragwanath Hospital, in Soweto, South Africa. During this time he obtained a Master...Read more

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Zoom-on-ella-segaran-advanced-critical-care-dietitian-st-mary-s-hospital-london

2016 04 Jul

In her clinical role Ella Segaran works on the general / trauma ICU as the advanced critical care dietitian at St. Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London.   She is passionate about clinical care, education and research and about raising the profile of nutrition in our patients.  Ella says that she is lucky to have a full-time...Read more

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Zoom-on-massimo-antonelli-president-european-society-of-intensive-care-medicine-2016-2018

2016 28 Jun

Prof. Massimo Antonelli is President  of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. He took up office as President at the ESICM congress in Milan in October 2016. Dr. Antonelli has been Professor of Intensive Care and Anesthesiology at the “Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore” Rome Italy since  November 1999. He serves as Director of the General...Read more

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Zoom-on-samuel-brown-director-center-for-humanizing-critical-care

2016 02 Jun

Samuel Brown , MD, is Assistant Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Medical Ethics and Humanities at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He is also Director of the Center for Humanizing Critical Care and Assistant Director, Critical Care Echocardiography Service at Intermountain Medical Center...Read more

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Zoom-on-karen-mcquillan-president-american-association-of-critical-care-nurses-2015-2016

2016 17 May

Karen A. McQuillan, MS, RN, CNS-BC, CCRN, CNRN, FAAN, is  President of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN). Karen received her Bachelors of Nursing and Masters of Science in Trauma/Critical Care Nursing from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. She has worked since 1987 as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at the R Adams Cowley Shock...Read more

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2016 10 May

Professor Pedro Póvoa, MD, PhD is Associate Professor of Medicine at the Nova Medical School, New University of Lisbon in Portugal, and Coordinator of the Polyvalent Intensive Care Unit, Hospital de São Francisco Xavier , CHLO in Lisbon. Prof. Póvoa is Associate Editor of Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva , and is a member of the editorial...Read more

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Zoom-on-sharon-einav-icm-subcommittee-european-society-of-anaesthesiology

2016 03 May

Sharon Einav, MSc, MD has chaired the subcommittee for Intensive Care Medicine at the European Society of Anaesthesiology since January 2014. She is Professor of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine, Director of Surgical Intensive Care and Chair of the Resuscitation Committee at Shaare Zedek Medical Center , Jerusalem,...Read more

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Zoom-on-zeev-goldik-president-european-society-of-anaesthesiology

2016 26 Apr

Dr. Zeev Goldik became President of the European Society of Anaesthesiology in January 2016. Dr. Goldik is Head of Post Anaesthesia Care Unit at the Carmel Medical Centre in Haifa, Israel. He is Chairman of the Council for European Specialist Medical Assessment (CESMA) , and Past President of the Israel Society of Anaesthesiologists. 1. What...Read more

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Zoom-on-elie-azoulay-editor-in-chief-intensive-care-medicine

2016 12 Apr

Prof. Élie Azoulay, MD, PhD took up post in 2013 as Editor-in-Chief of Intensive Care Medicine , the official journal of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine . Dr. Azoulay is Professor of Medicine at  Paris Diderot University , France, and Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Saint-Louis Teaching Hospital in Paris. 1....Read more

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Zoom-on-daniel-lichtenstein-critical-ultrasound-pioneer

2016 07 Mar

Prof. Daniel Lichtenstein is a medical intensivist and visiting Professor, who has worked at the medical ICU, University Hospital Ambroise-Paré in Paris, since 1989. This ICU, previously chaired by Prof. François Jardin, is believed to be the first ICU that had ultrasound onsite for cardiac purposes.In 1991 Prof. Lichtenstein defined critical ultrasound,...Read more

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Zoom-on-jessica-nutik-zitter-critical-care-and-palliative-care-physician-and-writer

2016 16 Feb

Jessica Nutik Zitter, MD, MPH is a physician and writer with a professional interest in critical care and end-of-life care. She blogs for the Huffington Post and the New York Times . Her first book, Critical Decisions , a memoir about her professional journey at the intersection of ICU and Palliative Care medicine is due to be published by Avery/...Read more

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Zoom-on-peter-gibb-chief-executive-icusteps

2016 02 Feb

ICUsteps was founded in the UK by 2005 by ex-patients, their relatives and ICU staff to support patients and their families through the long road to recovery from critical illness. ICUsteps is the only support group for people who have been affected by critical illness and has helped many former patients, their relatives and medical staff from...Read more

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Zoom-on-james-krinsley-director-of-critical-care-stamford-hospital

2015 08 Dec

James S. Krinsley, MD, FCCM, FCCP is Director of Critical Care, Stamford Hospital and Clinical Professor of Medicine at Columbia University . What are your key areas of interest and research?   Glucose control in the critically ill.   What are the major challenges in your field?   Once an outstanding result has been achieved in the ICU, to...Read more

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Zoom-on-john-marini-professor-of-medicine-university-of-minnesota

2015 27 Oct

John J. Marini is Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota in the United States and Director of physiological and translational research, Regions Hospital, St. Pauls, Minnesota. Dr. Marini is a valued  member of the ICU Management Editorial Board .   What are your key areas of interest and research? Applied physiology of respiratory...Read more

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Zoom-on-claudio-martin-past-president-canadian-critical-care-society

2015 03 Aug

Professor Claudio M. Martin, MSc, MD, FRCPC, CCPE, is President of the  Canadian Critical Care Society . He is Professor in the Department of Medicine, Chair/Chief of  Critical Care Western , Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University and Medical Director of Critical Care at  London Health Sciences Centre, Ontario . 1.  What...Read more

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Zoom-on-jozef-kesecioglu-university-medical-center-utrecht

2015 07 Jul

Jozef Kesecioglu is Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at the Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, Utrecht , the Netherlands. We asked Prof. Kesecioglu our 7 questions: 1. What are your key areas of interest and research? Selective decontamination of the digestive tract, ethics and the intensive care environment....Read more

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Zoom-on-manu-malbrain-ziekenhuis-netwerk-antwerpen

2015 26 May

Dr. Manu Malbrain is the medical hospital director of the ZNA " Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen " Stuivenberg and ZNA St-Erasmus hospitals in Antwerp, Belgium since 2013. He is the manager and director of the Medical and Surgical ICU, the High Care Burn Unit and a hyperbaric oxygen chamber of the ZNA Stuivenberg/St-Erasmus. He is the founding President...Read more

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Zoom-on-charles-marc-samama-european-society-of-anaesthesiology

2015 11 May

Charles-Marc Samama, MD, PHD, FCCP, is Chair of the Scientific Committee of the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA). ESA’s annual congress, Euroanaesthesia 2015 , meets in Berlin from 30 May to 2 June. Dr. Samama is Professor and Chairman in the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Cochin University Hospital, Paris, France. He heads...Read more

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Zoom-on-dr-theodoros-kyprianou-nicosia-general-hospital

2015 09 Apr

Dr. Theodoros Kyprianou, MD PhD EDIC, is Head of the Department of Intensive Care Medicine at Nicosia General Hospital in Cyprus and Associate Professor, St Georges University of London – Medical Programme at the University of Nicosia Medical School. Dr. Kyprianou is currently Chair of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine’s Technology Assessment...Read more

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Zoom-on-michael-r-pinsky-professor-of-critical-care-medicine

2015 18 Mar

Dr. Michael Pinsky is Professor of Critical Care Medicine (primary), Bioengineering, Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinical & Translational Science, and Anesthesiology at the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. He is also Docteur Honoris Casusa at the Universite Rene Descartes Paris V, School of Medicine in Paris, France. Dr. Pinsky is currently...Read more

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Zoom-on-jan-de-waele-president-wsacs-the-abdominal-compartment-society

2015 03 Feb

Professor Jan De Waele is an intensivist at the Surgical ICU of the Ghent University Hospital in Ghent, Belgium. As the current President of WSACS – the Abdominal Compartment Society, he will host the 2015 World Congress on the Abdominal Compartment in Ghent, Belgium in May 2015 (www.wcacs2015.org). Prof. De Waele joined the ICU Management Editorial...Read more

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Zoom-on-claudio-ronco-pioneering-nephrologist

2015 20 Jan

Professor Claudio Ronco is Director of the Department of Nephrology and Transplantation at the International Renal Research Institute (IRRIV) , San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy. He is considered the pioneer in many areas of nephrology, including peritoneal dialysis, critical care nephrology, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), cardiorenal...Read more

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Zoom-on-prof-julian-bion-receives-ics-uk-president-s-award

2015 05 Jan

Prof. Julian Bion was presented with the 2013 President’s Award from the UK’s Intensive Care Society at their recent State of the Art meeting in London. Bion, Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at the University of Birmingham, recently completed his term as an Editorial Board Member of ICU Management. The citation for the Award by Prof. Mark Bellamy...Read more

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Zoom-on-michael-reade-military-medicine-and-surgery-professor

2014 11 Nov

Professor Michael Reade, Australian Defence Force Professor of Military Medicine and Surgery, University of Queensland and ADF Joint Health Command, is a practising specialist intensive care physician and clinician scientist in the Australian Defence Force (ADF), seconded by Joint Health Command to the University of Queensland to lead a programme of...Read more

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Zoom-on-prof-jan-bakker-icu-editorial-board-member

2014 27 Oct

Jan Bakker is Professor of Medicine and Vice-chair of the Department of Intensive Care Adults at Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He is Visiting Professor at Columbia University - New York Presbyterian, U.S. and a Visiting Professor at the University Hospital Pontificia Católica de Chile. His research interests include blood lactate,...Read more

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Zoom-on-prof-hans-flaatten-icu-editorial-board-member-1

2014 14 Oct

Professor Hans Flaatten has been Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at the University of Bergen since 2004, and he is a valued member of the Editorial Board of ICU Management. We asked him our 7 questions: 1. What are your key areas of interest and research? Outcome after intensive care, quality issues in intensive care, education and training...Read more

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Zoom-on-dr-daniel-de-backer-esicm-president-elect

2014 29 Sep

Professor Daniel De Backer takes up the role of President of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine in October. Dr. De Backer is a Professor in the Department of Intensive Care at Erasme University Hospital in Brussels.  We put our 7 questions to Prof. De Backer: 1. What are your key areas of interest and research? Circulatory failure,...Read more

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Zoom-on-dr-daniel-de-backer-esicm-president-elect-1

2014 29 Sep

Professor Daniel De Backer takes up the role of President of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine in October. Dr. De Backer is a Professor in the Department of Intensive Care at Erasme University Hospital in Brussels.  We put our 7 questions to Prof. De Backer: 1. What are your key areas of interest and research? Circulatory failure,...Read more