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How we use ultrasound to support clinical decisions on fluid administration in critical ill patients
đ©ș How Ultrasound Guides Fluid Administration in Critical Illness Abstract: Intravenous fluids are among the most frequently used therapies in critical care but must be considered drugs, carrying both benefits and risks. Critical care ultrasound (CCUS)âthrough echocardiography (CCE), lung ultrasound...
đ« Respiratory Management of Critically Ill Pneumocystis Pneumonia Patients Reizine F, Stiegler V, LĂ©cuyer R, Tessoulin B, Gallais M, Camou F, Morio F, Cady A, Gabriel F, Canet E, Raffi F, Boutoille D, Issa N, Gaborit B, and the PRONOCYSTIS Study Group. Ann Intensive Care. 2025;15:114...
đ« Lung EIT in Positioning, Weaning, and Chest Physiotherapy: A Narrative Review Abstract: Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a bedside, radiation-free imaging modality that measures ventilation and, with some techniques, perfusion. While most ICU studies have focused on ARDS and PEEP...
đ« NAVA vs PSV in Obese ICU Patients: First Evidence of Safety and Benefit Abstract: This randomized crossover study is the first to test Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist (NAVA) in critically ill obese patients. Twenty-one ventilated patients (10 obese, 11 non-obese) underwent 30 minutes of NAVA...
𧏠Biomarkers to Guide Sepsis Management: The Next Frontier Abstract: Sepsis remains a leading global cause of mortality and morbidity. This review highlights how biomarkersâfrom inflammatory mediators to endothelial and immune markersâare increasingly being used to guide key elements of sepsis...
đ§ Hyperoxia in Acute Brain Injury: Friend or Foe? Abstract: This commentary responds to Romero-GarcĂa et al.âs meta-analysis linking arterial hyperoxemia (PaOâ elevation) to worse neurological outcomes in acute brain injury (ABI). The authors argue that equating hyperoxemia with cellular hyperoxia...