Hyung Kook Kim,Ali Al-Khafaji
Hyung Kook Kim
Purpose of review: This article provides an overview of intestinal transplantation, focusing on perioperative management and the recognition and treatment of complications in the intensive care unit. The review aims to up...
Julia Josephine Henneman,James David van Oppen
Julia Josephine Henneman
Purpose of review: Our population is ageing and this is driving rising emergency department (ED) attendances and critical care use. Frailty, not age, is the key predictor of outcomes and brings complex, multidimensional n...
Arun Jose,Jean M Elwing
Arun Jose
Purpose: Portopulmonary hypertension (PoPH) and hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) are two pulmonary vascular diseases, that occur in the context of liver disease, with high morbidity and mortality. The mechanistic link betwe...
Xixian Liao,Guoyi Gao
Xixian Liao
Purpose of review: Advances in critical care have improved survival rates after severe brain injuries, yet many patients experience prolonged disorders of consciousness, resulting in significant care burdens and ethical c...
Heterogeneity of acute traumatic brain injured patients: how to identify phenotypes and tailor specific treatment [0.03%]
急性脑损伤患者的异质性：如何识别表型并制定个性化治疗方案
Katerina Negri,Marianna Di Feliciantonio,Tommaso Zoerle
Katerina Negri
Purpose of review: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a highly heterogeneous disease. Description of relevant phenotypes and endotypes could be essential for patient characterization, identification of pathobiological mechan...
Point-of-care ultrasound in the modern era of emergency medicine: a narrative review of the recent literature [0.03%]
当代急诊医学中的床旁超声波检查：近期文献综述式研究
Nick Mani,Sampreeth Rao,Daniel J Kim
Nick Mani
Purpose of review: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has transformed emergency medicine by providing a noninvasive, accessible, repeatable, efficient, and cost-effective imaging tool to the bedside. This article is a narra...
Jesse T T McLaren,José Nunes de Alencar,Stephen W Smith
Jesse T T McLaren
Purpose of review: To summarize the emerging paradigm of acute coronary occlusion myocardial infarction (OMI), with a practical overview of clinical assessment, ECG advances, and the role of bedside echocardiography and t...
Philippe Meersseman,Alexander Wilmer,Lies Langouche
Philippe Meersseman
Purpose of review: Liver dysfunction is a frequent yet underrecognized feature of critical illness, affecting up to 20-40% of ICU patients. Even mild abnormalities in liver function tests are associated with increased mor...
Annika Reintam Blaser,Dumitru Casian,Inès Lakbar
Annika Reintam Blaser
Purpose of review: Acute mesenteric ischaemia is an uncommon but often fatal condition frequently requiring intensive care management. This review discusses the multidisciplinary management of subtypes of acute mesenteric...
Randall M Chesnut
Randall M Chesnut
Purpose of review: The vast majority of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients are managed in regions of low resources. Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring is, therefore, uncommon. There is insufficient literatur...