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2019 08 Jun
Power to the Patients?
Renowned cardiologist and Director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute Eric Topol believes that the future of medicine will include doctors making appointments with patients. There was a time in healthcare when patients were dependent...
2021 26 Nov
Why is the Pharmaceutical Industry Not Developing New Antibiotics?
An overview of antibiotic resistance, causative factors, reasons for the lack of research and drug development in this area and potential solutions. Key Points Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health. The ...
2021 08 Jun
So You Think You Got Microchipped? Prove It!
People around the world are getting the COVID-19 vaccine. There are four main options out there for those who want to be vaccinated - the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the Moderna vaccine, the on-and-off Astra Zeneca vaccine and the single-dose Johnson...
2020 11 Aug
COVID-19 Global Response – Strengths, Weaknesses, Success and Failure
An overview of the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic – the success of South Korea, the so-called herd-immunity experiment of Sweden and the not-so-brilliant COVID-19 management in the U.K. and the U.S. South Korea's Successful...
2019 04 Oct
#LIVES2019: Vitamin C for Sepsis
Dr. Alpha A. Fowler of Virginia Commonwealth University presented findings from the CITRIS-ALI trial that studied the role of vitamin C in patients with septic ARDS. The findings were presented @ESICM in Berlin and have just been published in JAMA. ...
2019 03 Oct
#LIVES2019: Should We Treat Fever in Critically Ill Patients Without Acute Brain Pathology?
In one of the sessions at #LIVES2019 in Berlin, Prof. Frank Van Haren of Canberra Hospital, Australia, presented findings from the Randomised Evaluation of Active Control of Temperature versus Ordinary Temperature Management (REACTOR) trial. The...
2019 01 Oct
#LIVES2019: Findings from the NONSEDA Study
Palle Toft of Odense University Hospital presented the findings of the “No sedation compared to sedation with a daily wake-up trial. A prospective randomized multicentre study - The NONSEDA-study” @ESICM in Berlin. The NON-SEDA study is a Scandinavian...
2019 01 Oct
#LIVES2019: Findings from the DIANA Study
Liesbet De Bus of Ghent University Hospital, Belgium, presented the findings of the DetermInants of Antimicrobial use aNd de-escalAtion (DIANA) study @ESICM #LIVES2019 in Berlin. Dr. De Bus started off by explaining the concept of de-escalation...
2019 29 Sep
#LIVES2019: Highlights from the Opening Ceremony @ESICM
The 32nd Annual Congress of ESICM officially opened today at the CityCube in Berlin. At the #LIVES2019 opening ceremony, Jozef Kesecioglu, ESICM President, welcomed all participants. Prof. Kesecioglu offered his thanks to the ESICM team, office members...
2018 20 Nov
What’s the deal with patient-centred care in cardiovascular medicine?
The concept of patient-centred care and shared decision-making has become an important topic in healthcare and cardiovascular medicine. Dr. Martha Gulati , Editor in Chief of ACC's (American College of Cardiology) Cardiosmart programme says, "Health...
2019 31 Aug
#ESCCongress: How Has Social Media Changed Clinical Cardiology Practice
In a very interesting session at the #ESCCongress in Paris on the use of #SoMe in cardiology, Prof. Mamas A. Mamas of the University of Keele talked about ways in which social media can and has changed clinical practice in cardiology. Practice...
2019 27 Mar
Let Doctors Be Doctors. It's About Time.
LetDoctorsBeDoctors.com is a forum for healthcare professionals that allows them to communicate their vision for the future of Electronic Health Records (EHRs). (Watch video at end of article) The objective is for healthcare professionals to share...
2019 03 Jun
#EA19: Acute pain in the ICU: management beyond the usual therapeutic strategies
At this year’s Euroanaesthesia 2019 in Vienna, Austria, Prof. Caterina Aurilio (Naples, Italy), talked about acute pain management in the ICU. She started her presentation with the definition of pain as outlined by the International Association for the...
2019 03 Jun
#EA19: Resuscitation in septic shock: is less better?
On Day 2 of the Euroanaesthesia Congress 2019 (#EA19), there was a session on Resuscitation in septic shock: is less better? Three key speakers Gernot Marx (Aachen, Germany), Claude Martin (Marseille, France) and Jean-Louis Vincent (Brussels, Belgium),...
2019 01 Jun
#EA19: Assessing delirium in the ICU
Dr. Ulf Guenther from Germany made an excellent presentation today at Euroanaesthesia 2019 #EA19 on assessing delirium in the ICU. Dr. Guenther has spent a large part of his research career dealing with delirium, and he shared his insight with respect...
2019 27 Mar
#ISICEM19: Critical care medicine in space
Dr. Matthieu Komorowski, Consultant in Intensive Care and Machine Learning researcher at Imperial College, London, talked about critical care in space at the 39th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine . One of the...
2019 25 Mar
#ISICEM19: Adrenaline is here to stay
At the 39th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine in Brussels, Belgium, Professor Jerry Nolan discussed the role of adrenaline. He highlighted that there are many observational studies out there that suggested that...
2019 20 Mar
#ISICEM19: Prof. Giovanni Landoni presents results of the MYRIAD Trial
Professor Giovanni Landoni, the Head of Research, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Department, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, presented the results of the MYRIAD trial at the 39th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency...
2019 20 Mar
#ISICEM19: New developments in CPR; machine learning - Professor Jerry Nolan
At this years 39th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine , Professor Jerry Nolan , a consultant in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine at the Royal United Hospital, Bath, talked about new developments in CPR during...
2019 21 Mar
#ISICEM19: Prof. Jean-Pierre Frat presents results of the FLORALI-2 trial
Professor Jean-Pierre Frat presented the results of the FLORALI-2 trial at the 39th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine . The study, ' Non-invasive ventilation versus high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy with apnoeic oxygenation...
2019 19 Mar
#ISICEM19: Prof. Vincent talks about greater collaboration and a broader view
The 39th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine opened today in Brussels, Belgium. Professor Jean-Louis Vincent kicked off the proceedings with an insightful discussion on intensive care and emergency medicine. Prof....
2018 13 Jul
The Death of the Stethoscope? Heart Doctors Have Their Say
Most people don't think much about stethoscopes but the fact is that this tool, so commonly associated with doctors, is at a crossroads. Having been in use for nearly two centuries, the stethoscope is in the midst of a debate with respect to its utility...
2018 23 May
The future of healthcare: Turning challenges into opportunities
Providing value-based care will be one of the driving forces in the future as highlighted by Siemens Healthineers professionals Dr. Ghada Trotabas, Dr. Arthur Kaindl, and Dr. Jonathan Darer at Healthcare Business International (HBI) 2018. The...
2017 02 May
5 ICU Design Projects
Leland Kaiser, Hospital Futurist says, "The hospital is a human intervention and as such, can be reinvented at any time." With rapid advancement in technology and architecture, the hospitals of tomorrow are likely to be more home than hospital. The...
2015 31 Dec
Critical Care in Egypt
The healthcare system in Egypt has come a long way, but still faces many challenges when it comes to improving the health and wellbeing of its people. Egypt has a high rate of population growth, and it is estimated that the population will reach 92 million...
2019 14 May
Tired of Living? Why not Choose Death?
Euthanasia has been a long-debated issue in almost all parts of the globe. Despite the constant bickering between those who support it and those who don't, some may be surprised at the extent with which doctor-assisted euthanasia is spreading in Europe....
2014 08 Nov
Psychiatric Drug Development – A Dry Pipeline?
Key Points • Psychiatric drugs are among the most profitable products for the pharmaceutical industry. • Despite this, investment in psychiatric drug development continues to decline. • A major reason may be the fact that there has been no major...