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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: Diagnostic performance of the blood urea/creatinine ratio in the diagnosis of occult upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage in the ICU https://t.co/2OHAeh1ved
#CritCare #Creatine #ICU
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😷New in #CriticalCare: The “citrate challenge”: mitigating the risk of citrate accumulation in high-risk patients https://t.co/tSukuNgoSR
#CritCare #RCA #Citrate
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🥼New in #CriticalCare: Sepsis and septic shock case identification from electronic health records: an open-source workflow and comparison of cohorts by criteria https://t.co/pr70OEWKlw
#CritCare #Sepsis #SepticShock
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Critical Care - Deploying clinical criteria to identify patients with sepsis from the electronic health record is challenging. We sought to build an open-source data workflow for sepsis and septic...
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🦠New in #CriticalCare: Lactate regulation may be a key factor in the protection of the intestinal barrier in sepsis under high-altitude hypoxic and hypobaric conditions https://t.co/wbz8oWldv9
#CritCare #Lactate #Sepsis #Hypoxia
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🩸New in #CriticalCare: Crossing the line: blood transfusion thresholds in ECMO https://t.co/rjGRHwVLDN
#CritCare #BloodTransfusion #ECMO
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🧠New in #CriticalCare: Surgery for intracerebral hemorrhage: new evidence and changing perspectives https://t.co/xhAfatBrFJ
#CritCare #ICH #Stroke
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Critical Care - Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) remains the most devastating form of stroke, with limited evidence supporting surgical intervention. Traditional craniotomy has shown no...
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🩺New in #CriticalCare: Severe dengue in adults admitted to intensive care units on réunion island: clinical spectrum, outcomes, and predictors of mortality https://t.co/bcpuOokir2
#CritCare #Dengue #ICU
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Critical Care - Since 2017, Réunion Island has experienced successive dengue epidemics involving the co-circulation of DENV-1 and DENV-2 serotypes, leading to an increased number of severe...
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🧪New in #CriticalCare: Predictive enrichment using biomarkers in studies of critically-ill patients with sepsis: a systematic review https://t.co/6yXFSoEhQM
#CritCare #PredictiveEnrichment #Sepsis
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Critical Care - Sepsis remains one of the most prevalent conditions necessitating admission to intensive care units and is associated with high mortality. Unfortunately, randomized trials examining...
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😷New in #CriticalCare: Advanced non-invasive respiratory support in resource-constrained settings: a narrative review https://t.co/mrgaM7ZPYZ
#CritCare #RespiratorySupport #NarrativeReview
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Critical Care - Advanced non-invasive respiratory support techniques include high flow oxygen, continuous positive airway pressure, and non-invasive ventilation. Given their relative simplicity and...
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🧬New in #CriticalCare: Rethinking post-sepsis syndrome: linking cellular dysfunction to the clinical picture https://t.co/9ejZ7kmQkA
#CritCare #PostSepsisSyndrome #CellularDisfunction
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🫁New in #CriticalCare: Association between controlled mechanical ventilation and systemic inflammation in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: an observational cohort study https://t.co/i8zlYPfyoQ
#CritCare #MechnicalVentilation #Inflammation #AHRF
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Critical Care - In patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, spontaneous breathing efforts may contribute to patient self-inflicted lung injury through increased ventilation inhomogeneity...
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📢#PerioperativeMedicine is seeking an Editor-in-Chief and Deputy Editor! Candidates with backgrounds in anesthesiology or general/internal medicine are encouraged to apply. 🔗EiC: https://t.co/q9Ho1dUOB4 🔗Deputy: https://t.co/iqEXqzbjVh
#CriticalCare #EditorsWanted
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Publishing highly topical clinical research relating to the perioperative care of surgical patients, Perioperative Medicine aims to disseminate the ...
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🫀New in #CriticalCare: Toward optimal mechanical ventilation of the injured lung: the role of expiratory duration https://t.co/usUxkbD7xe
#CritCare #MechnicalVentilation #ExpiratoryDuration
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Critical Care - Positive pressure mechanical ventilation is a life-saving intervention for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), but it can also increase mortality by causing...
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⚕️New in #CriticalCare: Intermediate Care Unit performance being properly assessed? https://t.co/1Amn1xwoZh
#CritCare #ICU #CareUnit
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Critical Care - Intermediate Care Units (ImCU) are worldwide considered as an intermediate setting of care between standard wards and intensive care units (ICU), specifically addressed to...
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🩸New in #CriticalCare: Rethinking hypomagnesemia: diagnostic thresholds and metabolic implications in critical illness https://t.co/hGN9heREJW
#CritCare #MetabolicImplications #CriticalIllness
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🖐️New in #CriticalCare: Handgrip strength association with weaning outcome in mechanically ventilated ICU patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis https://t.co/IGSPNiqcDG
#CritCare #ICU #MechnicalVentilation #SystematicReview
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Critical Care - Weaning from mechanical ventilation is a critical process in the intensive care unit (ICU), and extubation failure remains associated with poor outcomes. ICU-acquired weakness has...
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💪New in #CriticalCare: Persistent inspiratory muscle weakness among extubated patients after prolonged intubation is frequent and can be predicted early by maximal inspiratory pressure measured 12 days after its initial diagnosis https://t.co/ZrRWExY2LV
#CritCare #ICU
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Critical Care - Prolonged mechanical ventilation (MV) frequently results in inspiratory and peripheral muscle weakness, impairing recovery. These conditions can be identified at the bedside using...
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🫁New in #CriticalCare: Acquisition of respiratory surface EMG: a systematic literature review of electrode configurations and methodological reporting https://t.co/92tY3JwQbg
#CritCare #ICU #EMG #ElectrodeConfiguration
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Critical Care - Mechanical ventilation provides life-saving support to patients with respiratory failure, but inadequately tailored settings can lead to respiratory muscle dysfunction and poor...
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🫁New in #CriticalCare: Effectiveness and safety of prolonged prone positioning in adult patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS): a systematic review and meta-analysis https://t.co/vv5TcXEsdp
#CritCare #ICU #ARDS #SystematicReviews
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Critical Care - Prolonged prone positioning (PPP) for ≥ 24 h may enhance outcomes in moderate to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), but may also increase risks...
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🫀New in #CriticalCare: Protocolized natriuresis-guided diuretic therapy in acute heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis https://t.co/UNqagPdIYI
#CritCare #ICU #CardiacCare #SystematicReview
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Critical Care - Volume overload is the primary pathophysiological mechanism underlying signs and symptoms in acute heart failure (AHF). However, evidence-based strategies for optimal loop diuretic...
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