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In a multicenter Korean sepsis cohort, early RBC transfusions were frequent and driven by illness severity. No overall 60‑day mortality difference was seen after propensity matching, but transfusion was associated with harm at hemoglobin ≥1
A large prospective Dutch cohort reports 36% five-year survival after ECMO with generally satisfactory health-related quality of life (median EQ-5D 0.82) but ongoing problems with pain, mobility, activities, and work capacity.
A national retrospective cohort of 129,375 mechanically ventilated children in Japan found most received care on general wards and that ward care was associated with higher in-hospital mortality than ICU care after propensity matching (6.4%
In the TARTARE-2S trial, a tissue-perfusion–guided resuscitation strategy that permitted lower MAP (50–65 mm Hg) did not increase days alive with normalized lactate and without vasopressors at 30 days versus standard-of-care MAP-guided trea
A randomized trial in 156 emergency acute-abdomen patients found phenylephrine and norepinephrine produced similar postoperative RAAS changes and complication rates; norepinephrine produced an early renin rise, while high preoperative renin
In a 497,185‑patient registry study, frailty (CFS ≥5) was common and associated with substantially higher in‑hospital mortality across all severities of acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF). The relationship between PaO2/FiO2 and deat
A national survey of 111 emergency medicine trainees identifies limited exposure to surgical critical care, institutional and geographic factors, and program characteristics (ECMO, multidisciplinary teams) as key modifiable drivers of low E
In the NEUROTHERM randomized pharmacodynamic trial, a single IV dose of paracetamol reduced intracerebral temperature by a mean 0.6°C in febrile brain‑injured patients and kept temperatures <38.5°C for a median 3.6 hours versus virtually
A nationwide Japanese cohort study of 2.28 million ICU admissions finds that hospitals with intermediate care units (IMCUs) had modestly lower ICU and in-hospital mortality, fewer readmissions, shorter ICU stays, and higher ICU throughput w
A systematic review and meta-analysis finds that real‑time automated clinical deterioration alert systems reduce in‑hospital cardiac arrests and may shorten ICU stay, but mortality benefits are uncertain and higher‑quality trials are needed
In a double‑blind RCT of 99 febrile brain‑injured patients with intracerebral thermal probes, a single IV dose of paracetamol reduced mean cerebral temperature by 0.6°C versus placebo and kept cerebral temperature <38.5°C for a median 3.
A 2007–2019 National Trauma Data Bank analysis found ARDS incidence among ventilated trauma patients fell substantially, yet ARDS remained independently associated with increased 30‑day mortality and crude ARDS mortality rose to nearly 30%.
A parsimonious discharge‑subtype algorithm applied to CLOVERS trial survivors stratified patients by 3‑month mortality and 12‑month functional outcomes, offering a pragmatic tool to target post‑hospital recovery resources.
A 2025 systematic review of nurse-led ICU family communication interventions found modest improvement in communication quality (SMD 0.26) and reduced hospital LOS (~3.9 days), but limited effects on psychological distress, satisfaction, ICU
A systematic mapping of SCCM’s C2D2 to the OMOP Common Data Model shows technical feasibility but requires targeted OMOP extensions for ventilator parameters, composite scores, temporal precision, and specialized ICU constructs.
A prospective multicenter cohort of 704 adults on venoarterial ECMO found neurologic complications in 12% and that these events were associated with a 17% absolute increase in death or new disability at 6 months, driven mainly by higher mor
A meta-analysis of 14 matched-control studies (n=1,058,109) finds that survivors of in-hospital AKI face higher long-term mortality, greater subsequent dialysis need, and elevated risk of CKD versus matched controls.
A multidisciplinary SCCM task force used a modified Delphi process to define 541 core knowledge and procedural items every adult intensivist should know or perform, proposing a shared framework to harmonize training and certification across
A mediation analysis of the randomized ECLS‑SHOCK trial found that VA‑ECMO increased moderate–severe bleeding and vascular complications but these events did not statistically mediate 30‑day mortality in patients with acute myocardial infar
In the LEVOECMO randomized trial (n=205), early levosimendan did not reduce time to successful VA‑ECMO weaning or improve 60‑day mortality versus placebo; ventricular arrhythmias were more frequent with levosimendan.
