Publisher Copyright: © 2025. The Author(s).; PURPOSE: Intensive care unit (ICU) strain is associated with increased mortality. Most strain metrics focus on 'simple' measures such as bed occupancy or admission rates. There is limited data on mitigation strategies, such as procedure teams or staff well-being services on strain, or the impact of increased patient-to-nurse ratios and non-ICU trained nurses working ...
© 2024. The Author(s).; BACKGROUND: Premorbid conditions influence the outcome of acutely ill adult patients aged 80 years and over who are admitted to the ICU. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of such premorbid conditions on 6 month survival. METHODS: Prospective cohort study in 242 ICUs from 22 countries including patients 80 years or above, admitted over a 6 months period to an ICU betwee...
Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2024.; The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) has developed evidence-based recommendations and expert opinions about end-of-life (EoL) and palliative care for critically ill adults to optimize patient-centered care, improving outcomes of relatives, and supporting intensive care unit (ICU) staff in delivering compassionate and effective EoL and palliative car...
Background: Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) has been commonly used to treat acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19. In this study we aimed to compare outcomes of older critically ill patients treated with NIV before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: We analysed a merged cohort of older adults admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) due to respiratory failure. Patients were enrolled into one of two pr...
Funding: he support of the study in France by a grant from Fondation Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris Pour la Recherche is greatly appreciated. In Norway, the study was supported by a grant from Health Region West. In addition, EOSCsecretariat.eu provided support and has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Programme call H2020-INFRAEOSC-05-2018-2019, grant agreement number 831644. This work ...
Funding Information: AE, FD, GDP, LG, VG, AJ, JK, AL, JM, SNM, MO, MP, MC declare no conflicts of interest. MG reports speaking fees from Baxter and Philips. TDC is supported by Research Foundation Flanders (Grant nr G085920N). MA reports Research Grant from GE, Honoraria from Fisher and Paykel, Pfizer, Orion and Gilead. GC reports grants, personal fees as Speakers’ Bureau Member and Advisory Board Member from ...
Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s).; In the original version of this article, the given and family names of Kristina Fuest, Tobias Lahmer, Johannes Herrmann, Patrick Meybohm, Nikolaos Markou, Georgia Vasileiadou were incorrectly structured. The Publisher apologises for this mistake.
Funding European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. ACM is supported by a Clinician Scientist Fellowship from the Medical Research Council (MR/V006118/1).; BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic presented major challenges for critical care facilities worldwide. Infections which develop alongside or subsequent to viral pneumonitis are a challenge under sporadic and pandemic conditions; however, data have suggested t...
Funding Information: COVIP study did not have any funding. Publication of this article was funded by the Priority Research Area qLife under the program “Excellence Initiative – Research University” at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow (06/IDUB/2019/94). Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s).; Background: Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is a promising alternative to invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) w...