The resilient intensive care unit
The COVID-19 pandemic tested the capacity of intensive care units (ICU) to respond to a crisis and demonstrated their fragility. Unsurprisingly, higher than usual mortality rates, lengths of stay (LOS), and IC... (Source: Annals of Intensive Care)
Source: Annals of Intensive Care - April 26, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Jorge I. F. Salluh, Pedro Kurtz, Leonardo S. L. Bastos, Amanda Quintairos, Fernando G. Zampieri and Fernando A. Bozza Tags: Research Source Type: research
A randomised controlled trial of non-invasive ventilation compared with extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal for acute hypercapnic exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Patients presenting with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure due to exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) are typically managed with non-invasive ventilation (NIV). The impact of lo... (Source: Annals of Intensive Care)
Source: Annals of Intensive Care - April 21, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Nicholas A. Barrett, Nicholas Hart, Kathleen J. R. Daly, Martina Marotti, Eirini Kostakou, Chris Carlin, Stephanie Lua, Suveer Singh, Andrew Bentley, Abdel Douiri and Luigi Camporota Tags: Research Source Type: research
External chest-wall compression in prolonged COVID-19 ARDS with low-compliance: a physiological study
External chest-wall compression (ECC) is sometimes used in ARDS patients despite lack of evidence. It is currently unknown whether this practice has any clinical benefit in patients with COVID-19 ARDS (C-ARDS)... (Source: Annals of Intensive Care)
Source: Annals of Intensive Care - April 12, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Luca Bastia, Emanuele Rezoagli, Marcello Guarnieri, Doreen Engelberts, Clarissa Forlini, Francesco Marrazzo, Stefano Spina, Gabriele Bassi, Riccardo Giudici, Martin Post, Giacomo Bellani, Roberto Fumagalli, Laurent J. Brochard and Thomas Langer Tags: Research Source Type: research
Severe but reversible impaired diaphragm function in septic mechanically ventilated patients
This study aims at describing the diaphragm function time cours... (Source: Annals of Intensive Care)
Source: Annals of Intensive Care - April 11, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Marie Lecronier, Boris Jung, Nicolas Molinari, J érôme Pinot, Thomas Similowski, Samir Jaber, Alexandre Demoule and Martin Dres Tags: Research Source Type: research
Risk factors for peripheral intravascular catheter-related phlebitis in critically ill patients: analysis of 3429 catheters from 23 Japanese intensive care units
Phlebitis is an important complication occurring in patients with peripheral intravascular catheters (PIVCs). The risk factors for phlebitis in the intensive care unit (ICU) was examined. (Source: Annals of Intensive Care)
Source: Annals of Intensive Care - April 8, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Hideto Yasuda, Claire M. Rickard, Nicole Marsh, Ryohei Yamamoto, Yuki Kotani, Yuki Kishihara, Natsuki Kondo, Kosuke Sekine, Nobuaki Shime, Keita Morikane and Takayuki Abe Tags: Research Source Type: research
