Prof. Manu L.N.G. Malbrain, MD, PhD
belgium | ICU / Critical Care & Emergency Medicine
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Positions
ICU Director Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Brussels (UZB)
Jette, Belgium
Professor Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
Brussels, Belgium
Key areas of interest and research
Social profiles
Featured in HealthManagement.org
2020 14 Sep
The Future of Critical Care: The Human Capital
This article will focus on the non-clinical, human aspects of critical care, namely the patient and the ICU team. The modern concepts of humanising ICU care, the healing environment and future-proofing the ICU team will be discussed. Introduction...
2020 19 May
Thoughts on COVID-19 from the International Fluid Academy
An overview of what has been published on fluid strategies in COVID-19, guidelines available and reflections on personal practice. Introduction The global COVID-19 pandemic has sharply focused the attention of the world onto critical...
2020 15 Jan
The Future of Critical Care Ultrasound (CCUS)
Critical Care Ultrasound (CCUS) has progressed by leaps and bounds, and will continue to push boundaries, with techniques being modified to suit evolving clinical needs and new applications. Introduction With roots traceable to sonar technology...
2019 24 Jan
Abdominal point-of-care ultrasound in critical care
The secrets of the abdomen Overview of abdominal point-of-care ultrasound use in the ICU, potential diagnoses and findings common to the critical care patient population. The use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in critical care as a diagnostic...
2012 14 Jul
Fluid Overload is Not Only of Cosmetic Concern
(Part II): results from a meta-analysis and practical approach Co-authors Colin Cordemans, MD Intensive Care Unit ZNA Stuivenberg Antwerp, Belgium Niels van Regenmortel, MD Intensive Care Unit ZNA Stuivenberg Antwerp, Belgium Introduction...
2018 16 Oct
It is time for improved fluid stewardship
A conceptual framework for developing institutional programmes and guidelines to enhance fluid stewardship (especially in the intensive care unit [ICU] environment), an activity that includes appropriate selection, dosing, duration, de-escalation, and...
2016 27 Sep
Update on Intra-Abdominal Hypertension
Knowledge of intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) and abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) is crucial for successful treatment of critically ill patients, whether medical or surgical, young or old (Kirkpatrick et al. 2013). Today we understand that IAH...
2015 29 Sep
Fluid Resuscitation in Burns
What Is New? Following a severe burn injury, an overwhelming systemic inflammatory response with capillary leak syndrome is initiated, resulting in a combined hypovolaemic and septic shock (Malbrain et al. 2014a). Numerous articles regarding burn...
2014 24 Sep
The Role for Bio-Electrical Impedance Analysis in Critically Ill Patients
The impact of a positive fluid balance on morbidity and mortality has been well established. However, little is known about how to monitor fluid status and fluid overload. This article discusses the different parameters related to bio-electrical impedance...
2009 21 Sep
The Polycompartment Syndrome
Part Two: From cardiac to thoracic - the other compartment syndrome In the last issue of ICU Management, we featured PART ONE of this article, which discussed Pelvic Compartment Syndrome, Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (ACS) and intra-abdominal...
2009 21 Jun
The Polycompartment Syndrome
Part One: Pathophysiology and Pressure Measurement of Pelvic and Abdominal Compartment Syndromes Introduction A Compartment Syndrome (CS) exists when the increased pressure in a closed anatomic space threatens the viability of surrounding tissue....
2013 02 Oct
Fluids and Nutrition in Acute Kidney Injury
This article focuses on the impact of fluid and nutrition administration on kidney function. It discusses the deleterious effects of accumulating fluid overload leading to kidney oedema and worsening kidney function, and provides advice on how to adapt...
2013 14 Mar
How to Understand Organ-Organ Interactions
A Compartment Syndrome (CS) is Defined as Increased Pressure in a Closed anatomic space which threatens the viability of enclosed and surrounding tissue (Malbrain et al. 2006). Within the body there are four major compartments: the head,...
2015 26 May
Zoom On: Manu Malbrain, Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen
Dr. Manu Malbrain is the medical hospital director of the ZNA " Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen " Stuivenberg and ZNA St-Erasmus hospitals in Antwerp, Belgium since 2013. He is the manager and director of the Medical and Surgical ICU, the High Care Burn...
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I-I-I with Prof. Manu Malbrain on key points in fluid management from HealthManagement.org on Vimeo.
I-I-I with Prof. Manu Malbrain on key points in fluid management
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