The Stroke Foundation is a national charity that partners with the community to prevent, treat and beat stroke. We stand alongside
stroke survivors and their families, healthcare professionals and researchers. We build community awareness and foster new thinking and
innovative treatments. We support surv...
The aim of this Intensive Care Medicine Rapid Practice Guideline (ICM‑RPG) was to formulate evidence‑based guidance for the use of dexmedetomidine for sedation in invasively mechanically ventilated adults in the intensive care unit (ICU). We adhered to the methodology for trustworthy clinical practic...
A clinical summary of this KDP was published in the Journal of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic .
Nosocomial pneumonia (HAP - Hospital Acquired Pneumonia and VAP - Ventilator Associated Pneumonia) is the second most common nosocomial infection, and even the most common in patients in intens...
Laroia, Archana;
Donnelly, Edwin;
Henry, Travis;
Berry, Mark;
Boiselle, Phillip;
Kuzniewski, Christopher;
Maldonado, Fabien;
Olsen, Kathryn;
Raptis, Constatine;
Shim, Kyungran;
Wu, Carol;
Kanne, Jeffrey.
Chest radiography is the most frequent and primary imaging modality in the intensive care unit (ICU), given its portability, rapid image acquisition, and availability of immediate information on the bedside preview. Due to the severity of underlying disease and frequent need of placement of monitoring de...
Timsit, Jean-François;
Baleine, Julien;
Bernard, Louis;
Calvino-Gunther, Silvia;
Darmon, Michael;
Dellamonica, Jean;
Desruennes, Eric;
Leone, Marc;
Lepape, Alain;
Leroy, Olivier;
Lucet, Jean-Christophe;
Merchaoui, Zied;
Mimoz, Olivier;
Misset, Benoit;
Parienti, Jean-Jacques;
Quenot, Jean-Pierre;
Roch, Antoine;
Schmidt, Matthieu;
Slama, Michel;
Souweine, Bertrand;
Zahar, Jean-Ralph;
Zingg, Walter;
Bodet-Contentin, Laetitia;
Maxime, Virginie.
The French Society of Intensive Care Medicine (SRLF), jointly with the French-Speaking Group of Paediatric Emer‑
gency Rooms and Intensive Care Units (GFRUP) and the French-Speaking Association of Paediatric Surgical Inten‑
sivists (ADARPEF), worked out guidelines for the management of central venous...
Esta guía de práctica clínica provee recomendaciones informadas por la evidencia para la identificación de marcadores y factores de riesgo de mortalidad de los pacientes críticos, control de la infección, recolección de muestras, cuidado de soporte (ventilatorio y hemodinámico), tratamiento farma...
This clinical practice guideline provides evidence-informed recommendations for infection control, specimen collection, supportive care, pharmacological treatment, and prevention of complications.
The recommendations are directed to all health care staff who deal with patients in emergency departments an...
Esta guía de práctica clínica provee recomendaciones informadas en la evidencia para el control de la infección, recolección de muestras, cuidado de soporte, tratamiento farmacológico y prevención de complicaciones.
Las recomendaciones están dirigidas a todo el personal de salud que atiende a los...
Generar recomendaciones basadas en la mejor evidencia disponible acerca del
manejo de personas con lesión medular producto de un politraumatismo grave en la Unidad de
Paciente Crítico. Personas con lesión medular producto de un politraumatismo
grave que reciben atención en el nivel terciario de salud...
Mechanical ventilation is life-saving for patients with acute respiratory insufficiency. In a German prevalence study, 13.6% of patients in intensive care units received mechanical ventilation for more than 12 hours; 20% of these patients received mechanical ventilation as treatment for acute respiratory...
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation/nursing,
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation/instrumentation,
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation/methods,
Respiration, Artificial/instrumentation,
Respiration, Artificial/nursing,
Respiration, Artificial/methods,
Respiratory Insufficiency/prevention & control,
Respiratory Insufficiency/nursing,
Intensive Care Units/organization & administration,
Ventilator Weaning/instrumentation,
Ventilator Weaning/nursing
