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Biomarkers in Sepsis
This article describes the application of existing and emerging biomarkers in the diagnosis and management of sepsis and pneumonia. Introduction: The Need for Biomarkers in Sepsis Sepsis is defined as a dysregulated host response to infection that results in life threatening organ dysfunction. It carries an estimated...
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Biomarkers of Infection in the Intensive Care Unit
Biomarkers are an area of rapid discovery in critical care medicine today. They have the potential to improve our ability to identify and manage patients at increased risk of organ failure and death. This article provides an overview of biomarkers of infection in the intensive care unit. The heterogeneity of sepsis makes its identification...
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Biomarkers in Sepsis - Present and Future
A biomarker defines a measurable indicator of a patient's medical situation that can be measured precisely and accurately. Biomarkers provide value for diagnosis, prognosis, early disease detection, risk stratification, suitable treatment (theragnostic), and trial improvement for patients with sepsis or presumed sepsis. Introduction...
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The Footprints of a Gigantic Hound – Biomarkers in Intensive Care
Biomarkers hint at the pathophysiology behind a clinical entity, leading to better treatments. Access to biomarker testing may improve drug discovery in clinical trials, responses at the bedside and personalised patient management. The human body is a construct of chemical fires – each with a characteristic smoke signal. The smoke signals...
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The Role of the Paediatrician in the Coordination Centre
Since 2017, the Medical Emergency System of Catalonia has included a paediatrician specialised in critical care at its coordination centre. Their duties are to manage the coordination of interhospital transfers and provide telephone support for paediatric and neonatal emergencies. Here we present our experience and the challenges that we have encountered....
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New German Law: Ex-post Triage Criminalised
What will be the consequences of the new German law of criminalising ex-post triage? Will it result in more legal disputes, ethical dilemmas and preventable deaths? Or will it achieve its goal? As the COVID-19 pandemic hit mankind, many healthcare systems worldwide faced a widely unprecedented shortage of personnel, pharmaceuticals, equipment...
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From the Other Side: Humanising Critical Medicine
Support in intensive care has undergone unprecedented development, with proven technology and protocols, but at the same time, it constitutes an environment that often makes empathy and humanisation difficult. This article reviews current concepts of care for critically ill patients from the point of view of health providers who were also patients...
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Biomarkers
Biomarkers are quantifiable indicators of physiological or pathological processes in the body. They can be more effectively utilised in intensive care by improving standardised protocols for biomarker testing and interpretation. Join our panellists as they discuss the use of Biomarkers in critical care and where and how biomarkers can provide valuable...
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POCUS in Critical Care Physiotherapy: Give Me Sight Beyond Sight
An overview of the main ultrasonographic tools that allow physiotherapists to improve their evaluation in the critical patient, described through the mnemonic PHISIO. Introduction Ultrasound is considered to be the fifth pillar of the physical examination to provide and improve patient care (Narula et al. 2018). In critically ill patients,...
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ICU Management & Practice 2022 Author Index
Adel A 56 https://iii.hm/1ey6 Algethamy H 188 https://iii.hm/1i0p Alpert EA 96 https://iii.hm/1eyk Altman M 40 https://iii.hm/1ek3 Ambriz-Alarcón MA 78 https://iii.hm/1eyc Balaguer M 136 https://iii.hm/1g6p Bartock JL 88 https://iii.hm/1eyg &nb
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