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- Unmet Needs in PICS: Are We Measuring What Matters?
This episode of ESICM Talk discusses the unmet needs in Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS), questioning if current measurement approaches align with patient and family priorities for recovery. It covers challenges in assessing physical, c…
- Current state of AI in health and healthcare
This episode of ESICM Talk features Prof. Derek Angus discussing the current state of AI in health and healthcare. He explores the challenges of integrating AI into clinical practice and its potential impact on the healthcare workforce in…
- Healthcare crisis: can innovation be the answer?
This episode explores the role of innovation in transforming intensive care. Prof. Maurizio Cecconi and Dr. Massimiliano Greco discuss addressing healthcare challenges such as workforce shortages and sustainability pressures through meanin…
- Redefining Precision Nutrition: Where Science Meets the patient’s bedside
This ESICM Talk episode explores precision nutrition in intensive care, discussing how research can be translated into practical approaches. It features Prof. Kenneth B. Christopher, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral…
- Why does renal recovery from AKI matter to us intensivists?
This ESICM Talk episode explores why renal recovery from AKI is important for intensivists. The discussion covers different patterns of renal recovery, factors influencing recovery, and how ICU management strategies may impact kidney outco…
- Kids visitations in the ICU. Ten recommendations for child-friendly visiting policies in critical care
This episode of ESICM Talk focuses on child-friendly visiting policies in critical care. It presents ten recommendations regarding kids visitations in the ICU.
- Covert Consciousness
This episode from ESICM Talk discusses covert consciousness.
- Prehabilitation in the ICU
This episode discusses prehabilitation programs designed to prepare patients before an ICU stay. It explores how strengthening physical, cognitive, and metabolic health can lead to better recovery and smoother rehabilitation post-discharge.
- Post ICU outcomes and follow up
This episode of ESICM Talk discusses Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS), focusing on its prolonged impairment of physical, cognitive, and mental health following an intensive care stay. Dr. Anne-Francoise Rousseau explores key questions a…
- Dose Optimisation in the ICU: The Role of TDM and Model-Based Solutions
This episode of ESICM Talk explores dose optimisation in the ICU. It covers the role of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) and model-based solutions.
- A randomised controlled trial of a nurse facilitator to promote communication for family members of critically ill patients
This episode discusses a randomized controlled trial that evaluated the role of a nurse facilitator in promoting communication for family members of critically ill patients. The study aimed to improve outcomes for patients’ families during…
- European Society of Intensive Care Medicine guidelines on end of life and palliative care in the intensive care unit
This episode of ESICM Talk discusses the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) guidelines on end-of-life and palliative care in the intensive care unit. The comprehensive work was developed by an international, multi-discipli…
- Fluid management and mechanical ventilation strategies
This episode discusses the interplay between fluid management and mechanical ventilation. It examines how intravenous fluid therapy and different fluid strategies can affect gas exchange, hemodynamics, and the risk of organ damage in criti…
- When and how vasopressors in Sepsis?
This episode explores the early initiation of vasopressors in septic shock. It covers the timing and administration of vasopressors and their potential benefits.
- Respiratory support in acute exacerbation in COPD
This episode discusses acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD). It covers treatment approaches that are tailored to the severity of the disease.
- Multimodal approach to vascular failure in Sepsis
This podcast discusses a multimodal treatment approach for vascular failure in sepsis. It focuses on combining tailored medications, precise dosing, and supportive therapies to amplify the body’s response to vasopressors and prevent organ…
- Landiolol and Organ Failure in Patients With Septic Shock: The STRESS-L Randomized Clinical Trial
This ESICM Talk episode explores the STRESS-L Randomized Clinical Trial. The trial investigates if landiolol can reduce organ failure in critically ill patients with tachycardia and septic shock.
- Updates on the contemporary management of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage
This podcast episode from ESICM Talk features Dr. Chiara Robba and Dr. Laura Galarza discussing the contemporary management of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. They cover epidemiology, treatment strategies, and the identification and ma…
- Esophageal pressure: use in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure
This episode discusses the use of esophageal pressure measurement in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. It covers the role of esophageal pressure in estimating transpulmonary pressure and assessing lung injury during ventilation, as well…
- Inspiratory muscle training
This episode discusses inspiratory muscle training (IMT), its effectiveness, and the challenges of its adoption in clinical practice. The role of IMT in pulmonary rehabilitation following respiratory failure is explored with Professor Bern…
- TTP Centenary by Takeda
This episode of ESICM Talk discusses TTP Centenary by Takeda.
- ARDS Phenotyping: from disease understanding to future bedside perspectives
Dr. Pratik Sinha discusses ARDS phenotyping, addressing clinical and biological heterogeneity to improve treatment response. He emphasizes a precision medicine approach for understanding ARDS from disease understanding to future bedside pe…
- Mechanical circulatory support for cardiogenic shock: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and propensity score-matched studies
This podcast discusses mechanical circulatory support for cardiogenic shock. It presents a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and propensity score-matched studies to compare outcomes of different devices and identify the…
- N&AHP – ICU diaries
This episode explores the use of ICU diaries to improve communication between families, caregivers, and critically ill patients. The discussion focuses on how these diaries can help patients who experience prolonged disturbances in conscio…
- Burned out in ICU professionals
This episode discusses professional burnout in ICU professionals, a condition resulting from chronic workplace stress. It covers the prevalence, outcomes, ethical implications, and management strategies of burnout with Dr. Michalsen.
- Inflammatory subphenotypes in patients at risk of ARDS: evidence from the LIPS-A trial
This podcast episode explores the identification of inflammatory subphenotypes in patients at risk of ARDS, as studied in the LIPS-A trial. It discusses how early identification of these subphenotypes could aid in predicting prognosis and…
- Brain ultrasound for the general intensivist
This episode of ESICM Talk discusses the use of cerebral ultrasound, including transcranial Doppler, as a point-of-care tool for intensivists and emergency physicians. Dr. Bertuetti is interviewed on the topic of brain ultrasound for gener…
- Phenotyping and endotyping patients to optimally set nutrition targets
This ESICM Talk episode explores phenotyping and endotyping critically ill patients to set optimal nutrition targets. The discussion covers the clinical use and limitations of these concepts for tailored nutrition interventions.
- Uncovering heterogeneity in sepsis: a comparative analysis of subphenotypes
This episode discusses the heterogeneity in sepsis, examining various proposed subphenotypes. It delves into a study comparing different sepsis subtyping methods, focusing on their concordance, outcomes, and biological pathways in critical…
- ECMO PAL: using deep neural networks for survival prediction in venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
This ESICM Talk episode discusses ECMO PAL, an AI-driven tool that uses deep neural networks to predict in-hospital mortality for VA-ECMO patients. The tool was developed using a large international patient cohort and is based on pre-ECMO…
- Towards model-informed precision dosing of piperacillin: multicenter systematic external evaluation of pharmacokinetic models in critically ill adults with a focus on Bayesian forecasting
This episode evaluates the predictive performance of existing piperacillin population pharmacokinetic models using an external multicenter dataset. The discussion focuses on model selection for model-informed precision dosing in critically…
- Green ICU - Environmental Sustainability in intensive care
This episode of ESICM Talk explores the concept of a "Green ICU" and its importance in healthcare. It discusses how hospitals can reduce their environmental impact through sustainable practices, benefiting both the environment and patient…
- Diving into ARDS with Prof. Gattinoni. From the new guidelines to bedside applied physiology.
This episode of ESICM Talk features Professor Gattinoni discussing Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). The conversation covers new guidelines, definitions, phenotyping, and respiratory support strategies related to ARDS.
- Sepsis-associated acute kidney injury in the intensive care unit. A multicenter observational study
This podcast episode from ESICM Talk focuses on sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (SA-AKI) in the ICU. It covers a multicenter observational study that investigated the incidence, patient characteristics, timing, trajectory, treatment,…
- Patient Transportation in Critical Care: introduction to our ACE course
This ESICM Talk episode provides an introduction to the ACE course on patient transportation in critical care. It covers various aspects of transporting critically ill patients, including prehospital, interfacility, and intrahospital trans…
- Interprofessional teamwork in ICU
This episode discusses the importance of interprofessional teamwork in Intensive Care Units (ICU). It explores how effective teamwork can lead to better patient outcomes and help staff cope with burnout. The speakers are Andreas Xyrichis a…
- Artesunate treatment in severely injured patients with traumatic haemorrhage
This episode of ESICM Talk presents results from the TOP-ART randomised clinical trial. The study investigated the safety and efficacy of early artesunate administration in severely injured patients experiencing traumatic haemorrhage and i…
- Life after sepsis in adult and paediatric patients
This episode discusses the long-term effects of sepsis in adult and paediatric patients. Experts explain the challenges faced by sepsis survivors, such as new symptoms, disability, and worsening chronic health conditions.
- Severe meningoencephalitis in the ICU: results from the EURECA study
This episode of ESICM Talk discusses the results of the EURECA study, which characterized the clinical presentation, etiologies, and outcomes in adult patients with severe meningoencephalitis requiring ICU care.
- Diabetes mellitus in old critically ill COVID-19 patients
This episode of ESICM Talk examines the association between diabetes mellitus and disease severity and outcome in critically ill COVID-19 patients. It details a multicenter international prospective cohort study investigating the impact of…
- Results from the TAME trial
This episode discusses the TAME trial, which studied the effects of targeted mild hypercapnia versus normocapnia on neurological outcomes in adults with coma after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The hypothesis, methodology, and findings a…
- Guidelines for the management of severe community-acquired pneumonia
This podcast episode discusses the new guidelines for the management of severe community-acquired pneumonia (sCAP) in adult patients. It covers effective treatments and management strategies for this condition.
- Permissive azotemia during AKI enables more rapid renal recovery and less renal fibrosis
Dr. Lakhmir S. Chawla proposes that a uremic milieu may enhance renal recovery and decrease kidney fibrosis in acute kidney injury (AKI). This episode explores his hypothesis and calls for a clinical trial of permissive azotemia in critica…
- How to manage coagulopathies in critically ill patients
This episode of ESICM Talk focuses on the management of coagulopathies in critically ill patients. It differentiates between hemorrhagic and thrombotic coagulopathies based on their clinical phenotypes, pathogenesis, and treatment approach…
- End of Life Care concepts in intensive care
This podcast episode from ESICM discusses end-of-life care concepts in intensive care. It covers shifting the focus of care to symptom control, comfort, dignity, and quality of life for terminally ill patients. Speakers include Julie Benbe…
- Machine-learning-derived sepsis bundle of care
This episode discusses a study that used machine learning to identify a prioritized subset of Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines. The goal was to minimize 28-day all-cause mortality in sepsis patients by focusing on recommendations appli…
- How to use biomarkers of infection or sepsis at the bedside
This episode of ESICM Talk features Dr. Povoa, who discusses the use of biomarkers for infection and sepsis at the bedside. The discussion is based on a recently published narrative review that provides current data on the clinical utility…
- MIPD of beta-lactam antibiotics and ciprofloxacin in critically ill patients
Drs. Ewoldt and Abdulla discuss model-informed precision dosing (MIPD) of beta-lactam antibiotics and ciprofloxacin in critically ill patients. They present a multicenter randomized clinical trial conducted in 8 Dutch hospitals, which inve…
- Management of severe bronchiolitis in infants <12 months old admitted to paediatric ICU
This episode of ESICM Talk focuses on the management of severe bronchiolitis in infants under 12 months admitted to pediatric intensive care units. Dr. Milési presents guidelines for this condition, which is a common lung infection in youn…
- Clustering analysis of geriatric and acute characteristics in very old patients on ICU admission
This ESICM Talk episode focuses on a study that used clustering analysis to examine the heterogeneity of very old patients admitted to the ICU. The research investigated how acute and geriatric characteristics on admission result in distin…