Experience With Use of ECLS for Refractory Status Asthmaticus in Children
Extracorporeal life support in children with severe refractory status asthmaticus from a single center is compared with international experience from the ELSO registry.
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The Accuracy of Presepsin for Diagnosing Sepsis in Adults
A new study explores the diagnostic potential of presepsin for sepsis in adult patients. Is it a reliable biomarker?
Sepsis Severity Score: An Internationally Derived System
Finally, a pragmatic and parsimonious severity-of-illness scoring system for patients with sepsis.
Recombinant Granulocyte-macrophage CSF in Acute Lung Injury
Is granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor beneficial for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome?
Albumin vs Crystalloid Solutions in Patients With ARDS
In patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome fluid therapy might be necessary, but are colloid therapies equal to crystalloids when it comes to oxygenation and mortality?
Procalcitonin vs CRP for Guiding Antibiotic Therapy in Sepsis
Learn which lab test provides the most efficacious guidance for antibiotic prescription in sepsis.
Intensive Care Unit Admission in COPD
What do we say to COPD patients who get admitted to ICU and why does it matter?
The Effect of Telemedicine in Critically Ill Patients
Does telemedicine have a significant positive impact on clinical outcomes?
Perceptions Related to Falls Among Hospitalized Adults
How willing and able are patients -- when it comes to preventing falls while in the hospital?
Assessment of Anxiety in Intensive Care Patients
Can the Faces Anxiety Scale be used successfully by sick, nonverbal ICU patients, most receiving mechanical ventilation?
Intensive Care Unit Admission in COPD
What do we say to COPD patients who get admitted to ICU and why does it matter?
An Experimental Study in Pigs With Saline Lavage Lung Injury
Do recruitment maneuvers of repeatedly hyperinflating the lungs lead to a decrease of nonaerated lung?
Elevated CK Levels Found in Pneumonia
Some patients presenting with pneumonia have elevated CK levels. What is the pathophysiology behind this, and does this finding have any clinical relevance?
Protocols and Hospital Mortality in Critically Ill Patients
Is healthcare quality being sabotaged by the ongoing flood of clinical protocols?
Stress Disorders in Survivors of Severe Sepsis
Just how long does it take to shake off the stress of a critical illness?
Sepsis Guideline Implementation
Sepsis guidelines are useful in improving outcomes - if they're properly introduced into routine daily practice. Learn simple tactics for success.
Early Mobilization in Mechanically Ventilated ICU Patients
Get up-to-speed on current mobilization practice, strength at ICU discharge and functional recovery in mechanically ventilated ICU patients.
The Accuracy of Presepsin for Diagnosing Sepsis in Adults
A new study explores the diagnostic potential of presepsin for sepsis in adult patients. Is it a reliable biomarker?
Interaction of Vasopressin and Corticosteroids in Septic Shock
What's the real story between vasopressin and corticosteroids in septic shock?
Arterial Catheter for Glucose Control in Critically Ill
Is blood from an arterial catheter safe and effective for glucose monitoring -- in patients on intensive insulin therapy?