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Critical Care is an international open access journal that publishes articles in all areas of intensive care and emergency medicine.
London, UK
Joined July 2013
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💊New in #CriticalCare: New persistent opioid use among ICU survivors after discharge: incidence, predictors, and nationwide cohort analysis https://t.co/m0FCTsLebu
#CritCare #ICU #CohortStudy #Opioid
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Critical Care - Long-term opioid dependence after critical illness is an emerging concern, yet the incidence and predictors of persistent opioid use among intensive care unit (ICU) survivors remain...
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⚕️New in #CriticalCare: Incidence, severity, and predictors of citrate accumulation during continuous kidney replacement therapy in the critically ill https://t.co/xCg4PrpPwm
#CritCare #ICU #KidneyReplacement
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Critical Care - Regional citrate anticoagulation (RCA) is the recommended anticoagulation strategy for continuous kidney replacement therapy (CKRT). However, the safety of RCA in patients with...
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🫀New in #CriticalCare: Association between respiratory-related cortical activation and weaning from mechanical ventilation: a physiological study https://t.co/JUgHhPtHop
#CritCare #ICU #MechnicalVentilation #NeuroRespiratory
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Critical Care - In mechanically ventilated patients, extubation is decided after passing a spontaneous breathing trial (SBT). Supplementary motor area, which can be non-invasively assessed by...
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🫀New in #CriticalCare: Association of hospital-arrival rhythm and ROSC with outcomes after ECPR for OHCA with initial shockable rhythm https://t.co/zLWsznKwnX
#CritCare #ICU #ECPR #OHCA #Cardiac
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🚨Our new companion journal Critical Care: Sepsis and Severe Infection is now open for submissions! Find out more: https://t.co/XGrpudKjAD
#OpenAccess #CriticalCare #ICU #Sepsis #Infection
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🚨New in #CritCare VExUS score: optimizing its use in perioperative and critical care management https://t.co/J4d9TrVA9W
#CriticalCare #ICU #VExUS
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🫀New in #CritCare: Improving decision-making for prehospital Resuscitative Thoracotomy in traumatic cardiac arrest: a data-driven approach https://t.co/7Gxo4uoWkG
#CriticalCare #Cardiac #Resus #ICU #TCA
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🫁New in #CritCareIn a review study focused on Post-ICU clinics examining their adoption in low- and middle-income countries exploring the barriers and facilitators to implement. https://t.co/p4nJVJEJLq
#CriticalCare #PICS #ICU #LMICs #HICs
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Critical Care - Advances in critical care have shifted the focus from survival alone to addressing Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS), which includes persistent physical, cognitive, and...
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🩸Vasopressin in septic shock: promising second-line agent or unfulfilled hope? This review explores its norepinephrine-sparing effects, current evidence gaps, and future research needs—including timing, dosing, and patient selection. #CritCare @jlvincen 🔗 https://t.co/DPp0FmJ6Tk
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Critical Care - The Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) recommends norepinephrine as first-line vasopressor in patients with septic shock. For many years, there has been growing evidence that high...
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🫁New in #CritCare In an experimental model of P-SILI, CPAP improved lung strain rate and diaphragm relaxation vs. oxygen therapy—suggesting biomechanical protection during respiratory effort. @jlvincen 🔗 https://t.co/J4wmcc1psl
#CriticalCare #ARDS #CPAP #P_SILI #ICU
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Critical Care - Strenuous respiratory effort has been proposed as a second hit in severe acute lung injury (ALI), introducing the concept of “patient self-inflicted lung injury”...
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🦷New in #CritCare Oral care reduces bacterial load in intubated ICU patients and may help prevent VAP. This study also found disrupted oral microbiota post-extubation, highlighting the importance of hygiene during ventilation. 🔗 https://t.co/2OMeDcpICp
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Critical Care - Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) after tracheal intubation is a major infectious complication in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), with an incidence of 8–28%....
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🐾New in #CritCare Sepsis from cat/dog contact is rare but serious. The PETSEPSIS study (174 ICU patients) found 24.1% hospital mortality. Risk factors: age, smoking, liver disease, anemia—not pathogen type. 🔗 https://t.co/n2hZg6dHTh
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#CriticalCare #Sepsis #Zoonosis
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Critical Care - Millions of households have cats or dogs as pets, and infections due to bites or scratches are increasing, with the most common pathogens being Pasteurella spp., Bartonella spp.,...
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🧘♂️New in #CritCare The HYPIC trial found that while hypnosis didn’t reduce pain scores, it lowered anxiety, reduced lidocaine use, and decreased nurse stress—highlighting its potential to improve patient and provider experience. @jlvincen 🔗 https://t.co/b5diP26Jx5
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Critical Care - Pain and anxiety are frequent among critically ill patients undergoing unplanned invasive procedures, and pharmacological pain relief is not always possible. Although hypnosis is...
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🧠Review in #CritCare This systematic review and meta-analysis shows that lower MAP thresholds are consistently associated with worse functional outcomes, supporting current guidelines for MAP augmentation—but more high-quality studies are needed. 🔗 https://t.co/88Xm5gLqFS
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Critical Care - Inadequate spinal perfusion in acute spinal cord injury (SCI) can exacerbate secondary injury. While current guidelines recommend maintaining mean arterial pressure...
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🫀New in #CritCare This post-hoc analysis of the ECMO-CS trial suggests that patients with low cardiac index, low SvO₂, or high pCO₂ gap may experience significant mortality reduction with early ECMO initiation. @jlvincen 🔗 https://t.co/TOxxfq0ghD
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Critical Care - Immediate initiation of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has not demonstrated benefit in individuals diagnosed with cardiogenic shock based on the presence of hypotension....
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📋New in J Anesth Analg #CritCare How can hospitals implement AI safely and ethically? This article introduces a checklist-based methodology aligned with the EU AI Act to guide structured, regulation-ready AI adoption in clinical settings. 🔗 https://t.co/FAGHtF4bdO
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Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care - Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming anaesthesia and intensive care medicine, enhancing diagnostic precision, workflow efficiency, and...
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🧠New in #CritCare Can deep learning improve antibiotic timing in sepsis? Findings suggest early antibiotics reduce mortality in probable sepsis—while more lenient timing may be safe in low-risk cases. https://t.co/37yEGhUvg9
#Sepsis #AIinHealthcare #ICU #OpenAccess @jlvincen
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Critical Care - The current Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) guidelines provide recommendations on timing of administering antibiotics in sepsis patients based on probability of sepsis and presence...
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🦠New in #CritCare This multicenter study shows FA-PP offers rapid, accurate diagnostics—but serial testing during treatment didn’t correlate with outcomes. Diagnostic performance remained high throughout. 🔗 https://t.co/ZWYMjvpPYP
#VAP #HAP #ICU #OpenAccess @jlvincen
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Critical Care - Accurate microbiological documentation seems central for managing severe pneumonia. While the FilmArray® Pneumonia + panel (FA-PP) offers rapid pathogen...
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🧬Published with Graphical Abstract in #CritCare This review explores adiponectin’s anti-inflammatory potential, its complex role as a biomarker, and how metabolic agents like GLP-1RAs may modulate its effects. https://t.co/EMiDSjqFDs
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❤️ New in #CritCare This systematic review and meta-analysis reveal poor agreement with reference methods for most CO monitors. Calibrated pulse contour analysis performed best—but trending and precision metrics were rarely assessed. 🔗 https://t.co/sRCcipP6Na
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Critical Care - To evaluate the interchangeability of cardiac output (CO) monitoring devices compared to reference methods in adult ICU patients with septic shock, we systematically searched...
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