Clinical spectrum and prognostic impact of cancer in critically ill patients with HIV: a multicentre cohort study
The objective of this multicentre study was to investigate the prognostic impact of ... (Source: Annals of Intensive Care)
Source: Annals of Intensive Care - August 22, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Piotr Szychowiak, Thierry Boulain, Jean-Fran çois Timsit, Alexandre Elabaddi, Laurent Argaud, Stephan Ehrmann, Nahema Issa, Emmanuel Canet, Frédéric Martino, Fabrice Bruneel, Jean-Pierre Quenot, Florent Wallet, Élie Azoulay and François Barbier Tags: Research Source Type: research

Critically ill metastatic cancer patients returning home after unplanned ICU stay: an observational, multicentre retrospective study
Data about critically ill metastatic cancer patients functional outcome after unplanned admission to the ICU are scarce. The aim of this study was to assess factors associated with 90-day return home and 1-yea... (Source: Annals of Intensive Care)
Source: Annals of Intensive Care - August 21, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Fr édéric Gonzalez, Rémi Starka, Laurent Ducros, Magali Bisbal, Laurent Chow-Chine, Luca Servan, Jean-Manuel de Guibert, Bruno Pastene, Marion Faucher, Antoine Sannini, Marc Leone and Djamel Mokart Tags: Research Source Type: research

Inspiratory effort impacts the accuracy of pulse pressure variations for fluid responsiveness prediction in mechanically ventilated patients with spontaneous breathing activity: a prospective cohort study
Pulse pressure variation (PPV) is unreliable in predicting fluid responsiveness (FR) in patients receiving mechanical ventilation with spontaneous breathing activity. Whether PPV can be valuable for predicting... (Source: Annals of Intensive Care)
Source: Annals of Intensive Care - August 17, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Hui Chen, Meihao Liang, Yuanchao He, Jean-Louis Teboul, Qin Sun, Jianfen Xie, Yi Yang, Haibo Qiu and Ling Liu Tags: Research Source Type: research

Temporal trends of sepsis-related mortality in China, 2006 –2020: a population-based study
The scarcity of sepsis epidemiologic data from most low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) hampered estimation of regional and global burden of the disease, and provided limited guidance for policy makers. W... (Source: Annals of Intensive Care)
Source: Annals of Intensive Care - August 14, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Run Dong, Wei Liu, Li Weng, Peng Yin, Jinmin Peng, Yan Chen, Shan Li, Chunyao Wang, Wei Jiang, Xiaoyun Hu, Bin Du and Maigeng Zhou Tags: Research Source Type: research

Overview of the current use of levosimendan in France: a prospective observational cohort study
Following the results of randomized controlled trials on levosimendan, French health authorities requested an update of the current use and side-effects of this medication on a national scale. (Source: Annals of Intensive Care)
Source: Annals of Intensive Care - August 8, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Bernard Cholley, Mirela Bojan, Benoit Guillon, Emmanuel Besnier, Mathieu Mattei, Bruno Levy, Alexandre Ouattara, Nadir Tafer, Cl ément Delmas, David Tonon, Bertrand Rozec, Jean-Luc Fellahi, Pascal Lim, François Labaste, François Roubille, Thibaut Carub Tags: Research Source Type: research

Angiopoietin-2 is associated with capillary leak and predicts complications after cardiac surgery
Patients undergoing cardiac surgery are prone to numerous complications. Increased vascular permeability may be associated with morbidity and mortality due to hemodynamic instability, fluid overload, and edema... (Source: Annals of Intensive Care)
Source: Annals of Intensive Care - August 8, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Jakob Wollborn, Zilu Zhang, Julie Gaa, Moritz Gentner, Christian Hausmann, Felix Saenger, Karina Weise, Samuel Justice, Jean-Luca Funk, Hans Felix Staehle, Marie Thomas, Raphael R. Bruno, Babak Saravi, Jan O. Friess, Markus Marx, Hartmut Buerkle & hellip; Tags: Research Source Type: research

The impact of age-related syndromes on ICU process and outcomes in very old patients
In this narrative review, we describe the most important age-related “syndromes” found in the old ICU patients. The syndromes are frailty, comorbidity, cognitive decline, malnutrition, sarcopenia, loss of func... (Source: Annals of Intensive Care)
Source: Annals of Intensive Care - August 4, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: H élène Vallet, Bertrand Guidet, Ariane Boumendil, Dylan W. De Lange, Susannah Leaver, Wojciech Szczeklik, Christian Jung, Sigal Sviri, Michael Beil and Hans Flaatten Tags: Review Source Type: research

Mitral regurgitation in the critically ill: the devil is in the detail
Mitral regurgitation (MR) is common in the critically unwell and encompasses a heterogenous group of conditions with diverging therapeutic strategies. MR may present acutely with haemodynamic instability or mo... (Source: Annals of Intensive Care)
Source: Annals of Intensive Care - August 2, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Chris F. Duncan, Emma Bowcock, Faraz Pathan and Sam R. Orde Tags: Review Source Type: research

Post-traumatic stress disorder among ICU healthcare professionals before and after the Covid-19 health crisis: a narrative review
The ICU (intensive care unit) involves potentially traumatic work for the professionals who work there. This narrative review seeks to identify the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among ICU... (Source: Annals of Intensive Care)
Source: Annals of Intensive Care - July 21, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Victoire Deltour, Anne-Laure Poujol and Alexandra Laurent Tags: Review Source Type: research

Rationale and evidence for the use of new beta-lactam/beta-lactamase inhibitor combinations and cefiderocol in critically ill patients
Healthcare-associated infections involving Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) with difficult-to-treat resistance (DTR) phenotype are associated with impaired patient-centered outcomes and poses daily therapeutic cha... (Source: Annals of Intensive Care)
Source: Annals of Intensive Care - July 18, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Fran çois Barbier, Sami Hraiech, Solen Kernéis, Nathanaël Veluppillai, Olivier Pajot, Julien Poissy, Damien Roux and Jean-Ralph Zahar Tags: Review Source Type: research

Broadening the Berlin definition of ARDS to patients receiving high-flow nasal oxygen: an observational study in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19
High-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) is increasingly used in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. It is uncertain whether a broadened Berlin definition of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), in ... (Source: Annals of Intensive Care)
Source: Annals of Intensive Care - July 14, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Fleur-Stefanie L. I. M. van der Ven, Christel M. A. Valk, Siebe Blok, Michelle G. Brouwer, Dai Ming Go, Amanda Lokhorst, Pien Swart, David M. P. van Meenen, Frederique Paulus and Marcus J. Schultz Tags: Research Source Type: research

Aerosol therapy in adult critically ill patients: a consensus statement regarding aerosol administration strategies during various modes of respiratory support
Clinical practice of aerosol delivery in conjunction with respiratory support devices for critically ill adult patients remains a topic of controversy due to the complexity of the clinical scenarios and limite... (Source: Annals of Intensive Care)
Source: Annals of Intensive Care - July 12, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Jie Li, Kai Liu, Shan Lyu, Guoqiang Jing, Bing Dai, Rajiv Dhand, Hui-Ling Lin, Paolo Pelosi, Ariel Berlinski, Jordi Rello, Antoni Torres, Charles-Edouard Luyt, Jean-Bernard Michotte, Qin Lu, Gregory Reychler, Laurent Vecellio & hellip; Tags: Research Source Type: research

Trends in ICU mortality and underlying risk over three decades among mechanically ventilated patients. A group level analysis of cohorts from infection prevention studies
Has either the underlying risk or the mortality incidence among ICU patients receiving mechanical ventilation (MV) in the literature changed in recent decades? Interpreting ICU mortality trends requires an adj... (Source: Annals of Intensive Care)
Source: Annals of Intensive Care - July 11, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: James C. Hurley Tags: Review Source Type: research

Intermittent body composition analysis as monitoring tool for muscle wasting in critically ill COVID-19 patients
SARS-CoV-2 virus infection can lead to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which can be complicated by severe muscle wasting. Until now, data on muscle loss of critically ill COVID-19 patients are limi... (Source: Annals of Intensive Care)
Source: Annals of Intensive Care - July 8, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Johannes Kolck, Zvonimir A. Rako, Nick L. Beetz, Timo A. Auer, Laura K. Segger, Christian Pille, Tobias Penzkofer, Uli Fehrenbach and Dominik Geisel Tags: Research Source Type: research

Machine learning predicts lung recruitment in acute respiratory distress syndrome using single lung CT scan
To develop and validate classifier models that could be used to identify patients with a high percentage of potentially recruitable lung from readily available clinical data and from single CT scan quantitativ... (Source: Annals of Intensive Care)
Source: Annals of Intensive Care - July 5, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Francesca Pennati, Andrea Aliverti, Tommaso Pozzi, Simone Gattarello, Fabio Lombardo, Silvia Coppola and Davide Chiumello Tags: Research Source Type: research