The demographic shift, together with financial constraint, justify a re-evaluation of the
trajectory of care of very old critically ill patients (VIP), defined as older than 80 years. We …

Background Intensive care survivors suffer chronic and potentially life-changing physical,
psychosocial and cognitive sequelae, and supporting recovery is an international priority. As …

Importance Oxygen supplementation is a cornerstone treatment in pediatric critical care.
Accumulating evidence suggests that overzealous use of oxygen, leading to hyperoxia, is …

Purpose The purpose is to explore triggers for moral distress, constraints preventing
physicians from doing the right thing and ensuing consequences in making decisions for …

Background It is crucial to rapidly identify sepsis so that adequate treatment may be initiated.
Accordingly, the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) and the quick SOFA (qSOFA) …

Very old (aged≥ 80 years) adults constitute an increasing proportion of the global
population. Currently, this subgroup of patients represents an important percentage of …

ICUs are an essential but expensive part of all modern hospitals. With increasingly limited
healthcare funding, methods to reduce expenditure without negatively influencing patient …

Background. The diversity in formats of Intermediate Care Units (IMCUs) makes it difficult to
compare data from different settings. The purpose of this article was to describe and quantify …

Following a major disaster, hospitals must promptly rearrange their organization and
treatment procedures to deal with the sudden arrival of a high number of injured people to …

Objectives: To determine whether Telemedicine intervention can affect hospital mortality,
length of stay, and direct costs for progressive care unit patients. Design: Retrospective …