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Prolacta Bioscience Appoints Dr. Erin Hamilton Spence as Director of Clinical Education
2022 02 Aug
Prolacta Bioscience®, the world’s leading hospital provider of 100% human milk-based nutritional products for critically ill, premature infants, announced that neonatologist and breastfeeding advocate Erin Hamilton Spence, MD, IBCLC, has been appointed director of clinical education and professional development. Hamilton Spence brings more than... Read more
Pain Management Specificities in Critically Ill Patients With Obesity
2022 25 May
In patients with obesity, standard, non-weight-based dosing, or weight-based dosing using either ideal body weight or adjusted body weight, is appropriate to limit the risk of overdosing. The prevalence of obesity is increasing worldwide (Schetz et al. 2019). This trend is confirmed in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) where patients with obesity... Read more
Post-hoc Analysis of the NONSEDA Trial
2022 25 Jan
In recent years, there has been an increase in awareness of minimising sedation in the ICU. Several benefits of avoiding heavy sedation have been reported in clinical studies, and clinical guidelines also encourage less sedation. Findings from the NONSEDA trial were published in 2020. In this trial, 700 critically ill patients were randomised to... Read more
41st ISICEM International Symposium on Intensive Care & Emergency Medicine
2022 22 Mar
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Critically Ill COVID-19 Patient on ECMO Successfully Survived Lung Transplant
2021 02 Jul
As a cardiac surgeon with extensive experience of lung transplantations, Dr. Wojciech Karolak is used to performing complicated procedures. However, a recent case involving a critically ill female COVID-19 patient on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) became an extraordinary lifesaving experience. “The lung transplant cured the patient,... Read more
Major Adverse Peri-intubation Events in Critically Ill Patients – Update on the INTUBE Study
2021 24 Jun
A third anniversary update on the findings of the INTUBE study, a large international prospective observational study aiming at collecting data on peri-intubation adverse events in critically ill patients . Introduction Tracheal intubation in critically ill patients is among the most commonly performed and high-risk procedures (Russotto... Read more
Airway Management in Critically Ill Patients – Striving to Improve Outcomes
2021 24 Jun
Tracheal intubation in critically ill patients requires planning, preparation and optimisation of patient’s physiology prior to the procedure. Reducing repeated attempts at tracheal intubation, improving peri-intubation oxygenation, and haemodynamic optimisation, are some of the steps that can reduce the antecedent morbidity and mortality. ... Read more
Why Do We Need Sedation in Critically-Ill COVID-19 Patients?
2021 22 Feb
C OVID-19 patients present to the hospital with lung involvement and interstitial pneumonia eventually associated with lung collapse. The clinical picture is dominated by severe hypoxaemia without dyspnoea/tachypneoa and normal respiratory mechanics; this condition has been defined as silent hypoxia. The picture may evolve, and these patients may... Read more
Post-Intensive Care Syndrome - A Necessary Harm in the Critically Ill?
2020 24 Nov
Critically ill patients can develop a series of complications due to ICU risk factors that may lead to permanent disability. The implementation of strategies to reduce its incidence is essential. N owadays, the possibilities of survival of critically ill patients have grown due to technological and medical advances. This leads to... Read more
Nutrition for Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19
2020 19 May
This article discusses the nutritional implications for critically ill patients admitted to intensive care for the management of COVID-19, and considers the inflammatory metabolic processes, nutrition-impacting symptoms, medical therapy, and the impact of a pandemic on staff resourcing and remote practice. Introduction The global... Read more