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Broad use of processed EEG: ready for prime time yet?
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Technologies for monitoring organ function are rapidly advancing, aiding physicians in the care of patients in both operating rooms (ORs) and intensive care units (ICUs). Some of these emerging, minimally or n...
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Open AccessPublisher Correction to: Critical Illness Weakness, Polyneuropathy and Myopathy: Diagnosis, treatment, and long‑term outcomes
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Open AccessCritical Illness Weakness, Polyneuropathy and Myopathy: Diagnosis, treatment, and long-term outcomes
Severe weakness associated with critical illness (CIW) is common. This narrative review summarizes the latest scientific insights and proposes a guide for clinicians to optimize the diagnosis and management of...
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Open AccessProcessed Electroencephalogram-Based Monitoring to Guide Sedation in Critically Ill Adult Patients: Recommendations from an International Expert Panel-Based Consensus
The use of processed electroencephalography (pEEG) for depth of sedation (DOS) monitoring is increasing in anesthesia; however, how to use of this type of monitoring for critical care adult patients within the...
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Evaluation and application of ultra-low-frequency pressure reactivity index in pediatric traumatic brain injury patients
While clinical practice suggests that knowing the cerebral autoregulation (CA) status of traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients is crucial in assessing the best treatment, evidence in pediatric TBI (pTBI) is li...
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Processed EEG monitoring in critical care: a black swan or a shining star?
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Open AccessTranscranial Doppler as a screening test to exclude intracranial hypertension in brain-injured patients: the IMPRESSIT-2 prospective multicenter international study
Alternative noninvasive methods capable of excluding intracranial hypertension through use of transcranial Doppler (ICPtcd) in situations where invasive methods cannot be used or are not available would be useful...
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The Infected and Septic Patient
Sepsis is defined as life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection that occurs when activation of immune system exceeds the burden of the local environment. Due to its ...
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The Minimal, Intermediate, and Advanced Skills: How to Boost Your Competencies
The use of intensive care ultrasound has become a daily practice for disease diagnosis and for the assessment of therapeutic response to treatments, which can all be performed at the patient’s bedside. This al...
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Emergency Department and Prehospital Brain US as Part of POCUS and US Multiorgan Evaluation
The increasing availability of highly portable ultrasound equipment and the diffusion of brain ultrasonography (BUS) competence within neurocritical care are offering to research and clinical practice the oppo...
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Brain Ultrasonography Consensus on Skill Recommendations and Competence Levels Within the Critical Care Setting
To report a consensus on the different competency levels for the elaboration of skill recommendations in performing brain ultrasonography within the neurocritical care setting.
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Open AccessEssential Noninvasive Multimodality Neuromonitoring for the Critically Ill Patient
This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2020. Other selected articles can be found online at https://www.biomedcentral.com/coll...
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Daptomycin Plasma and CSF Levels in Patients with Healthcare-Associated Meningitis
There are currently few data concerning the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) penetration of daptomycin in patients with healthcare-associated meningitis. This study aims (1) to better characterize the pharmacokinetic...
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Open AccessThe accuracy of transcranial Doppler in excluding intracranial hypertension following acute brain injury: a multicenter prospective pilot study
Untimely diagnosis of intracranial hypertension may lead to delays in therapy and worsening of outcome. Transcranial Doppler (TCD) detects variations in cerebral blood flow velocity which may correlate with in...
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Quality of reporting of randomized controlled trials published in Intensive Care Medicine from 2001 to 2010
To evaluate the methodological quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published in Intensive Care Medicine from 2001 to 2010, and to compare it with a previous review of RCTs published from 1975 to 2000.
