Jun 22, 2022

Mental health problems frequently interfere with recovery from mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) but are under-recognised and undertreated. Consistent implementation of clinical practice guidelines f...

Jun 22, 2022

Hospital readmissions are a key determinant of prognosis in elderly patients with heart failure (HF). We investigated their frequency, predictors and prognostic impact using a large administrative dat...

Jun 22, 2022

Increase in left ventricular filling pressure (FP) and diastolic dysfunction are established consequences of progressive aortic stenosis (AS). However, the impact of elevated FP as detected by pretran...

Jun 21, 2022

Although early mobilization of critically ill patients improves functional recovery, it is frequently hampered by tubes, drains, monitoring devices, and muscular weakness. When compared to standard ca...

Jun 21, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to compare hemodynamic instability during continuous, intermittent, and hybrid renal replacement therapy (RRT) in critically ill patients and its relationship with rena...

Jun 21, 2022

By washing CO2  out of the upper airways, high-flow nasal cannulas (HFNC) might improve CO2  elimination. For a study, researchers sought to see how HFNC affected minute ventilation and ventilatory ...

Jun 21, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to accelerate the transition to indication-based chest radiograph (CXR) ordering in intensive care units (ICUs) while maintaining patient safety. A single-center prospe...

Jun 21, 2022

In invasively ventilated COVID-19 patients, researchers investigated the prevalence of hypercapnia and its associations with outcome. A posthoc analysis of a national, multicenter observational study ...

Jun 21, 2022

In ICU patients, low molecular weight heparins (LMWH) were recommended for thromboprophylaxis but frequently failed to achieve adequate peak anti-Xa activity. For a study, researchers compared the pha...

Jun 21, 2022

The role of hypocapnia in the prognosis of cardiogenic acute pulmonary edema (CAPE) was understudied. Researchers sought to determine whether hypocapnia was a risk factor for NIV failure and hospital ...

Jun 21, 2022

For a study, researchers looked into the relationship between early echocardiography performed by a treating physician certified in critical care ultrasound and mortality in ICU patients. The FROG-ICU...

Jun 21, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to investigate the impact of pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) monitoring on cardiogenic shock (CS) survival in light of evidence controversies. The databases MEDLINE, EM...

Jun 21, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to look at the progression of adrenomedullin (ADM) and endothelin-1 (ET-1) levels in patients who had a vasodilatory shock after cardiac surgery and see if there were a...

Jun 21, 2022

Increased respiratory drive and effort were essential features of acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF) and might help predict the need for intubation. For a study, researchers sought to investig...

Jun 21, 2022

Researchers discovered a significant reduction in mean daily sequential organ failure assessment score in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients who received prostacyclin versus placebo in a pilot ...

Jun 21, 2022

In critically ill diabetes patients, relative hypoglycemia (RH) (a drop in glucose ≥30% below pre-admission levels, as measured by HbA1c) was linked to higher mortality than absolute hypoglycemia. F...

Jun 21, 2022

Emerging evidence suggests that minimizing mean perfusion pressure (MPP) deficit during vasopressor therapy for a shock might reduce adverse kidney-related outcomes in the intensive care unit (ICU). I...

Jun 21, 2022

Assessing agreement between simultaneous BP measurements obtained from cuff non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP) and radial arterial invasive blood pressure (AIBP) devices to determine whether systolic ...

Jun 21, 2022

In patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, low tidal volume ventilation (LTVV) was associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome in patients with mortality. For a study, researchers s...

Jun 21, 2022

In patients with Covid-19 acute respiratory failure (ARF), prolonged observation could save lives by avoiding invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) and its associated risks. For a study, researchers s...