Kids visitations in the ICU. Ten recommendations for child-friendly visiting policies in critical care (00:28:49)
Covert Consciousness (00:17:56)
Prehabilitation in the ICU (00:24:50)
Did you know that preparing patients before an ICU stay can lead to better recovery after? Prehabilitation programmes focus on strengthening physical, cognitive, and metabolic health before critical i...
Post ICU outcomes and follow up (00:28:00)
Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) refers to the prolonged impairment of physical, cognitive, and mental health that can occur after an intensive care stay. Its effects may last for over a decade aft...
Dose Optimisation in the ICU: The Role of TDM and Model-Based Solutions (00:39:27)
A randomised controlled trial of a nurse facilitator to promote communication for family members of critically ill patients (00:22:30)
Admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) can be a challenging experience for patients and their families. Psychological burdens, including symptoms of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress, ...
European Society of Intensive Care Medicine guidelines on end of life and palliative care in the intensive care unit (00:07:36)
The latest guidelines released from the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) are about end-of-life (EOL) and palliative care for critically ill adults! This comprehensive work, develop...
Fluid management and mechanical ventilation strategies (00:23:06)
Mechanical ventilation (MV) can impair gas exchange, destabilise hemodynamics, and injure endothelial cells. Intravenous (IV) fluid therapy helps to restore hemodynamics and ensure adequate distal org...
When and how vasopressors in Sepsis? (00:25:39)
The early initiation of vasopressors, ideally within the first hour of diagnosing septic shock, is emerging as a preferred strategy. This approach offers a multimodal action with potential benefits, i...
Respiratory support in acute exacerbation in COPD (00:21:11)
Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) represent sudden and severe declines in airway function and respiratory symptoms in COPD patients. The clinical presentation of AE...
Multimodal approach to vascular failure in Sepsis (00:19:50)
Septic shock triggers a dangerous drop in blood pressure and restricts blood flow to vital organs, making rapid intervention essential to prevent organ failure. This podcast will explore the power of ...
Landiolol and Organ Failure in Patients With Septic Shock: The STRESS-L Randomized Clinical Trial (00:17:33)
Autonomic dysfunction and tachycardia are strongly linked to poor outcomes in septic shock, contributing to high mortality rates. In the upcoming podcast, we explore whether β-blockade with landiolol ...
Updates on the contemporary management of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (00:22:39)
Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) is a rare but devastating condition, marked by high global rates of fatality and long-term disability. Key factors influencing patient outcomes include early ...
Esophageal pressure: use in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (00:16:56)
Esophageal pressure measurement plays a crucial role in estimating transpulmonary pressure, with both its absolute values and variations being key factors in assessing lung injury from mechanical forc...
Inspiratory muscle training (00:19:49)
Inspiratory muscle training (IMT) aims to enhance the strength and endurance of respiratory muscles. Numerous clinical trials have explored the effectiveness of IMT using various training protocols, d...
TTP Centenary by Takeda (00:05:43)
ARDS Phenotyping: from disease understanding to future bedside perspectives (00:46:23)
To date, no specific pharmacotherapy has proven effective against acute respiratory distress syndrome ARDS. Results on the research domain have been ineffective in human trials, a gap attributed in pa...
Mechanical circulatory support for cardiogenic shock: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and propensity score-matched studies (00:41:49)
Cardiogenic shock accounts for up to 5% of acute heart failure presentations and around 14–16% of patients reported in cardiac intensive care datasets. It complicates up to 15% of all myocardial infar...
N&AHP – ICU diaries (00:20:57)
The communication between families of critically ill patients who manifest prolonged disturbances in the consciousness such as patients under sedation, in a coma, or delirium, and the caregivers becam...
Burned out in ICU professionals (00:13:03)
Professional burnout has been described by WHO as a syndrome conceptualised as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. Intensive care unit (ICU) professionals a...
Inflammatory subphenotypes in patients at risk of ARDS: evidence from the LIPS-A trial (00:21:30)
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) remains a life-threatening syndrome, resulting in high morbidity and mortality. In ARDS patients and mechanically ventilated critically ill patients, two dis...
Brain ultrasound for the general intensivist (00:16:04)
Cerebral ultrasound is a developing point-of-care tool for intensivists and emergency physicians, with an important role in diagnosing acute intracranial pathology. The use of transcranial Doppler has...
Phenotyping and endotyping patients to optimally set nutrition targets (00:47:42)
Nutrition plays a vital role in the management of critically ill patients, and a tailored approach based on patient assessment, nutritional requirements, and clinical status is essential for optimisin...
Uncovering heterogeneity in sepsis: a comparative analysis of subphenotypes (00:19:01)
Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to an infection. Despite progress in the understanding of sepsis pathophysiology, no specific treatment has proven...
ECMO PAL: using deep neural networks for survival prediction in venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (00:11:39)
VA-ECMO outcome scores have been previously developed and used extensively for risk adjustment, patient prognostication, and quality control across time and centres. The limitation of such scores is t...
