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Post-intensive care syndrome screening: a French multicentre survey
BackgroundPost-intensive care syndrome (PICS), defined as physical, cognitive, and mental-health symptoms persisting long after intensive-care-unit...
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Ten actions to achieve gender equity among intensivists: the French Society of Intensive Care (FICS) model
In our recent survey, we aimed to collect information on perceived inequity as well as professional and personal fulfillment among women intensivists...
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Ethical issues encountered by French intensive care unit caregivers during the first COVID-19 outbreak
PurposeWe aimed to describe the ethical issues encountered by health care workers during the first COVID-19 outbreak in French intensive care units...
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Sanitary safety of the 2021 French Intensive Care Society medical conference: a case/control study
BackgroundIn-person mass gathering events (MGE) are returning after a period of restrictions, yet few prospective scientific evaluations of their...
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Pneumocystis pneumonia in French intensive care units in 2013–2019: mortality and immunocompromised conditions
PurposeThe recent epidemiology of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission and the associated spectrum of...
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Insulin therapy and blood glucose management in critically ill patients: a 1-day cross-sectional observational study in 69 French intensive care units
BackgroundHyperglycaemia is common in critically ill patients, but blood glucose and insulin management may differ widely among intensive care units...
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Pneumocystis pneumonia in intensive care: clinical spectrum, prophylaxis patterns, antibiotic treatment delay impact, and role of corticosteroids. A French multicentre prospective cohort study
PurposeSevere Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) requiring intensive care has been the subject of few prospective studies. It is unclear whether...
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Cardiac arrest in the perioperative period: a consensus guideline for identification, treatment, and prevention from the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care and the European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery
IntroductionCardiac arrest in the operating room is a rare but potentially life-threatening event with mortality rates of more than 50%. Contributing...
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Compliance with antibiotic therapy guidelines in french paediatric intensive care units: a multicentre observational study
BackgroundBacterial infections (BIs) are widespread in ICUs. The aims of this study were to assess compliance with antibiotic recommendations and...
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Intensive end-of-life care in acute leukemia from a French national hospital database study (2017–2018)
BackgroundA better understanding of how the care of acute leukemia patients is managed in the last days of life would help clinicians and health...
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Inadequate intensive care physician supply in France: a point-prevalence prospective study
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of intensive care units (ICUs) and their organization in healthcare systems. However,...
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Admission criteria and management of critical care patients in a pandemic context: position of the Ethics Commission of the French Intensive Care Society, update of April 2021
Intensive care unit professionals have experience in critical care and its proportionality, collegial decision-making, withholding or withdrawal of...
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Antimicrobial stewardship programs in European pediatric intensive care units: an international survey of practices
Antibiotic therapy represents one of the most common interventions in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs). This study aims to describe current...
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Beta-lactam dosing during continuous renal replacement therapy: a survey of practices in french intensive care units
BackgroundLittle information is available on current practice in beta-lactam dosing during continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT). Optimized...
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Thoracic epidural analgesia in intensive care unit patients with acute pancreatitis: the EPIPAN multicenter randomized controlled trial
BackgroundFindings from preclinical studies and one pilot clinical trial suggest potential benefits of epidural analgesia in acute pancreatitis. We...
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Management of hematological patients requiring emergency chemotherapy in the intensive care unit
Hematological malignancies may require rapid-onset treatment because of their short doubling time, notably observed in acute leukemias and specific...
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Improving the intensive care experience from the perspectives of different stakeholders
The intensive care unit (ICU) is a complex environment where patients, family members and healthcare professionals have their own personal...
