Although the administration of fluid is the first treatment considered in almost all cases of
circulatory failure, this therapeutic option poses two essential problems: the increase in …

During septic shock, fluid therapy is aimed at increasing cardiac output and improving tissue
oxygenation, but it poses two problems: it has inconsistent and transient efficacy, and it has …

Background Reducing the burden of death due to infection is an urgent global public health
priority. Previous studies have estimated the number of deaths associated with drug …

Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF), which was described relatively recently (2013), is a
severe form of acutely decompensated cirrhosis characterised by the existence of organ …

Importance The Sepsis Prediction Model (SPM) is a proprietary decision support tool
created by Epic Systems; it generates a predicting sepsis score (PSS). The model has not …

Abstract Treatment of circulatory shock in critically ill patients requires management of blood
pressure using invasive monitoring, but uncertainty remains as to optimal individual blood …

Surviving critical illness does not always equate to recovery, with its aftermath frequently
complicated by post-intensive care syndrome (PICS). This syndrome consists of a collection …

Purpose Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) are the most frequent infectious
complication in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). We aim to report the …

OBJECTIVES: The multifaceted long-term impairments resulting from critical illness and
COVID-19 require interdisciplinary management approaches in the recovery phase of …

Background Fluid responsiveness is a crucial concept in the management of critically ill
patients, guiding fluid resuscitation to optimize hemodynamics while avoiding fluid overload …