Search Tag: #ISICEM24
2024 22 Mar
Sharon Einav-Bromiker from Tel Aviv, Israel, delivered a thought-provoking session @ISICEM, exploring the conflict between evidence-based medicine and personalised medicine. She acknowledged the complexity of the topic and aimed to challenge conventional perspectives. While evidence-based medicine provides a sense of certainty, it may not be as...Read more
2024 22 Mar
The environmental impact of ICUs was in focus at ISICEM 2024. Nicole Hunfeld, a hospital pharmacist at Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands, emphasised the need for a sustainable medication process, particularly noting the heightened waste production during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is an overwhelming level of plastic waste in the...Read more
2024 21 Mar
Dr Marlies Ostermann from Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in London presented a tutorial at ISICEM 2024, highlighting the historical disparities and inequalities faced by different sexes in the ICU. These challenges encompass lower ICU admission rates, variations in medical care provision, inadequate personalisation, limited representation...Read more
2024 21 Mar
In an interesting session today at #ISICEM24, Dr Annika Reintam Blaser, an intensivist at Lucerne Cantonal Hospital in Switzerland, discussed future research on optimising feeding for critically ill patients. She highlighted the accumulating evidence over the past 15 years suggesting that feeding might have harmful effects on critically ill patients....Read more
2024 19 Mar
Findings presented at #ISICEM24 show that novel host transcriptomic signatures specific for bacterial and viral infection in children evaluated for sepsis can identify dysregulated host response leading to organ dysfunction. The goal of the study was to create gene expression signatures in children with bacterial or viral infections to predict...Read more
2024 19 Mar
New findings were presented at ISICEM 2024 evaluating a machine learning model to predict individualised treatment effects using two temporally and geographically distinct clincial trials of lower vs higher oxygen targets in critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation. Mechanical ventilation involves titrating the fraction...Read more
2024 19 Mar
Findings from a systematic review on early mobilisation were presetned at #ISICEM24. The findings were just published in Lancet Respiratory Medicine. Recent clinical practice guidelines have incorporated mobilisation during critical illness. Yet, findings from a significant randomised trial and systematic review suggest a higher likelihood...Read more
2024 19 Mar
Findings from the HOT-COVID Randomised Clinical Trial, just published in JAMA, were presented at #ISICEM24. COVID-19 pneumonia often leads to hypoxaemic respiratory failure, necessitating high levels of supplemental oxygen and intensive care. Previous recommendations suggested maintaining peripheral oxygen saturation (Spo2) between 90% and...Read more
2024 19 Mar
The 43rd International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (ISICEM) opened today in Brussels. The Congress will feature over 600 presentations in the next four days, covering a wide array of topics and providing valuable insights to contribute to the mission of advancing critical care worldwide. As highlighted...Read more