Nonrespiratory Critical Care Section
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Post-intensive care syndrome: Beyond the ICU
As we shift from a survival-focused paradigm to one that embraces recovery and restoration, addressing PICS must become a routine component of ICU care.
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Viscoelastic testing in sepsis-induced coagulopathy
SIC is a common ICU complication that clinicians are starting to identify in patients earlier through point-of-care viscoelastic testing such as rotational thromboelastometry and thromboelastography.
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Advancements in nutritional management for critically ill patients
Nutrition plays an important role in the management and recovery of critically ill patients admitted to the ICU. Major guidelines recommend that critically ill patients should receive 1.2 to 2.0 […]
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Complexity of hemodynamic assessment in patients with cirrhosis and septic shock
In patients with decompensated cirrhosis, there are multiple intrahepatic and extrahepatic factors contributing to hemodynamic alterations at baseline, including endothelial cell dysfunction, hepatic stellate cell activation promoting increase in vasoconstrictors, […]
