Reply to comment about the Video Classification of Intubation (VCI) score: a new description tool for tracheal intubation using videolaryngoscopy: a pilot study
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - April 29, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence and Short scientific reports Source Type: research

Reply to: Effect of deep neuromuscular blockade on serum cytokines and postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing total hip replacement
No abstract available (Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology)
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - April 23, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence and Short scientific reports Source Type: research

Effect of deep neuromuscular blockade on serum cytokines and postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing total hip replacement: A prospective single-blind randomised controlled trial
No abstract available (Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology)
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - April 23, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence and Short scientific reports Source Type: research

A comparison of intubation performance between male and female medical students in a manikin model
No abstract available (Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology)
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - April 23, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence and Short scientific reports Source Type: research

Anaesthesia residents’ perception of the quality of patient handover: A multicentre, nonrandomised, high-fidelity simulation study
No abstract available (Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology)
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - April 23, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence and Short scientific reports Source Type: research

Coring in parenteral preparations: A safety problem that needs more attention and vigilance
No abstract available (Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology)
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - April 23, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence and Short scientific reports Source Type: research

Assessment of open-source, intermediate and ICU ventilators to face the COVID-19 pandemic: A bench study
No abstract available (Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology)
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - April 23, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence and Short scientific reports Source Type: research

Intensive care medicine must not be a primary discipline in Europe
No abstract available (Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology)
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - April 23, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence and Short scientific reports Source Type: research

Tracheal intubation in the critically ill patient
Tracheal intubation is among the most commonly performed and high-risk procedures in critical care. Indeed, 45% of patients undergoing intubation experience at least one major peri-intubation adverse event, with cardiovascular instability being the most common event reported in 43%, followed by severe hypoxemia in 9% and cardiac arrest in 3% of cases. These peri-intubation adverse events may expose patients to a higher risk of 28-day mortality, and they are more frequently observed with an increasing number of attempts to secure the airway. The higher risk of peri-intubation complications in critically ill patients, compar...
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - April 23, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Intensive care medicine Source Type: research

Incidence, characteristics and predictors of mortality following cardiac arrest in ICUs of a German university hospital: A retrospective cohort study
CONCLUSION Cardiac arrest in ICU is a rare complication with a high mortality and low rate of good neurological outcome. The development of a structured approach to resuscitation should include all available resources of an ICU and adequately consider the complete diagnostic and therapeutic spectra as our results indicate that these are still underused. The development of prediction models of death should take into account cardiac and hepatic comorbidities, continuous renal replacement therapy, SOFA at least 2 before cardiac arrest and bicarbonate level. Further research should concentrate on identifying early predicto...
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - April 23, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Intensive care medicine Source Type: research

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in coronavirus disease 2019: A nationwide cohort analysis of 4279 runs from Germany
CONCLUSION In Germany, a large proportion of elderly patients with COVID-19 were treated with ECMO, with an unacceptably high hospital mortality. Considering these data, the unconditional use of ECMO therapy in COVID-19 must be carefully considered and advanced age should be considered as a relative contraindication. (Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology)
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - April 23, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Intensive care medicine Source Type: research

Postoperative ICU admission following major elective surgery: A nationwide inpatient database study
CONCLUSION This nationwide observational study showed that postoperative ICU admission was associated with improved survival outcomes among patients undergoing three types of cardiac surgery but not among patients undergoing low-risk elective surgery. (Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology)
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - April 23, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Intensive care medicine Source Type: research

A retrospective comparison of COVID-19 and seasonal influenza mortality and outcomes in the ICUs of a French university hospital
BACKGROUND SARS-Cov-2 (COVID-19) has become a major worldwide health concern since its appearance in China at the end of 2019. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the intrinsic mortality and burden of COVID-19 and seasonal influenza pneumonia in ICUs in the city of Lyon, France. DESIGN A retrospective study. SETTING Six ICUs in a single institution in Lyon, France. PATIENTS Consecutive patients admitted to an ICU with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia from 27 February to 4 April 2020 (COVID-19 group) and seasonal influenza pneumonia from 1 November 2015 to 30 April 2019 (influenza group). A total of 350 patients were ...
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - April 23, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Intensive care medicine Source Type: research

Withholding and withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy in 8569 trauma patients: A multicentre, analytical registry study
This study aimed to determine the prevalence of withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy (WLST) decisions in trauma ICU patients, using a large registry. We hypothesised that this prevalence is similar to that of the general population admitted to an ICU. As secondary aims, it sought to describe the trauma patients for whom the decision was made for WLST and the factors associated with this decision. DESIGN This observational study assessed data from 14 French centres listed in the TraumaBaseTM registry. All trauma patients hospitalised for more than 48 h were pro-spectively included. RESULTS Da...
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - April 23, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Intensive care medicine Source Type: research