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🫁🫀 Pulmonary artery pressure assessed by catheterization & its concordance/transthoracic echocardiographic estimates: 🇨🇴 Data from multicenter cohort of patients with pulmonary hypertension in Colombia; ➡️ Retrospective study ➡️ 633 pts criticalcarescience.org/article/pulmon… #ICU #FOAMed

💉 Are sedation practices different for patients intubated in the #ED compared to the #ICU? ➡️ Retrospective cohort study comparing sedation practices between ED & ICU pts 🔹 264 pts included (95 ED vs. 169 ICU); See the results at: criticalcarescience.org/wp-content/upl… #FOAMed #FoaMcc

📚 Translation, cross-cultural adaptation & clinimetric evaluation of the Chelsea Critical Care Physical Assessment (CPAx) for Brazilian Portuguese: 🔹 ⬆️content validity index (CVI 0.91); 🔹 Excellent interrater reliability (ICC 0.997) #FoaMed #ICU criticalcarescience.org/article/brazil…

🔵Message from our Editor-in-chief 🔹Advancing for Growth, Quality, & Global Visibility in 2025 We are proud to announce 🔑updates that mark a new phase for CCS: ➡️ New visual identity ➡️ Expanded Editorial Board ➡️ Updated Author Guidelines criticalcarescience.org #ICU #FOAMed

🏠 Home care after #ICU discharge: a global perspective on challenges & opportunities ⬆️readmission rates & long-term disabilities after ICU discharge; 🔹Home visits & follow-up calls ⬇️ readmissions & improve outcomes criticalcarescience.org/article/home-c… #FOAMed FOAMcc Critical Care Reviews

📺 CPR in 🇧🇷 medical television shows: a descriptive & quality assessment study ➡️Analysis of 59 CPR scenes from 3 🇧🇷 medical TV shows; ➡️ Major deviations from ACLS guidelines were common: delayed CPR, incorrect defibrillation, poor airway management criticalcarescience.org/article/cardio…

🦠 Improving sepsis outcomes in 🇧🇷 Strategies & initiatives ➡️ ILAS - Instituto Latino Americano de Sepse has led initiatives focused on awareness, education & quality of care ✅ In this viewpoint, authors discuss recent strategies & initiatives aimed at ⬇️ burden of #sepsis criticalcarescience.org/article/improv…

BRICnet: shaping landscape of #ICU research in 🇧🇷 & beyond 🔹Founded in 2007, has become a leading clin research network in ICU; ➡️ 71 publications ➡️ 15 RCTs & 14 obs.studies ➡️ Strategic partnerships w/ international networks like ANZICS, CCCTG, ESICM criticalcarescience.org/article/brazil…

🕯️ The legacy of Prof. Rinaldo Bellomo for critical care & scientific publishing ➡️Special Editorial ➡️ A pioneer, mentor, & visionary in #ICU medicine ➡️ His legacy continues to inspire a more inclusive, ambitious &collaborative ICU community criticalcarescience.org/wp-content/upl…

❗️Our letter regarding editorial "Closing #ICU knowledge gap: the importance of publications from LMIC” is published Critical Care Science ✔️ L. Nelson Sanchez-Pinto, MD, MBI & I we emphasized Pediatric #sepsis as a good example of the critical care knowledge gap approached at that editorial. #PedsICU

🧠 Bayesian analysis in #clinicaltrials: how does it differ from the traditional approach? Bayesian analysis is being used w/ increasing frequency in #ICU research & brings advantages/disadvantages compared to traditional Frequentist techniques #Review criticalcarescience.org/article/unders…

🏥 Can general intermediate care units (IMCUs) improve #ICU efficiency & patient safety? 🔹 IMCUs fill the gap between wards & ICUs 🔹 Reduce readmissions & optimize patient allocation 🔹 Improve comfort, allow family presence & enhance monitoring. criticalcarescience.org/article/genera…

🤖 Can artificial intelligence improve prediction of postoperative complications #ICU patients? 🔹 #AI models integrate perioperative data to identify at-risk patients 🔹 Applications include AKI, sepsis, mortality, ICU admission &more. criticalcarescience.org/article/artifi… #ICU #PedsICU

💧 Should fluid therapy in #ICU pts be shorter & more strategic? 🔹 Excessive fluid resuscitation=worse outcomes; 🔹#ROSE model & deresuscitation strategies aim to balance perfusion+ 💧 overload; 🔹Tools like US & bioimpedance can guide safe fluid removal criticalcarescience.org/article/fluid-…

🫁 Can 1 h of positive pressure ventilation post SBT reduce extubation failure? 🔹Multicenter feasibility #RCT in 🇧🇷 w/65 #ICU pts 🔹 Pts ventilated >72h were randomized after successful SBT; 🔹 Extub failure in 7 d: 28.1% (interv.) vs. 42.4% (control) criticalcarescience.org/wp-content/upl…

🔎 Have we truly advanced in #GenderEquity in critical care medicine? ➡️ Women remain underrepresented in leadership, authorship,grant awards ➡️ Initiatives exist, but structural barriers & workplace culture continue to limit progress criticalcarescience.org/article/gender… #ICU #PedsICU

🦠 Do 🇧🇷pediatricians recognize #sepsis & septic shock accurately? 🇧🇷 355 physicians 🔹 Most participants relied on SIRS-based criteria, intuition & clinical signs for diagnosis 🔹 Only 31.3% & 30% correctly identified sepsis & severe sepsis #PedsICU criticalcarescience.org/article/uncove…

🧒🏼 How is ped #palliative extubation in 🇧🇷 #PedsICU ? ➡️ Case series w/ 27 children (5 d–10 y) in a tertiary PICU ➡️ Main indications: neurological impairment & IMV weaning failure ➡️ Family presence & shared decision-making were part of most cases criticalcarescience.org/article/practi…

Gracias a Critical Care Science por permitirnos compartir con el mundo la experiencia de SATI 😏

🧠 organ dysfunction has been incorporated into the core definition of pediatric #sepsis ❗️Pediatric delirium (PD) is a clear manifestation of 🧠dysfunction, but PSS focuses only on GCS/pupils & omits PD Viewpoint 📝: criticalcarescience.org/wp-content/upl… #PedsICU #pediatricDelirium #CCS