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  1. The COVID-19 pandemic has led highly developed healthcare systems to the brink of collapse due to the large numbers of patients being admitted into hospitals. One of the potential prognostic indicators in pati...

    Authors: Christian Jung, Hans Flaatten, Jesper Fjølner, Raphael Romano Bruno, Bernhard Wernly, Antonio Artigas, Bernardo Bollen Pinto, Joerg C. Schefold, Georg Wolff, Malte Kelm, Michael Beil, Sigal Sviri, Peter Vernon van Heerden, Wojciech Szczeklik, Miroslaw Czuczwar, Muhammed Elhadi…

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:149

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  2. Analyses of blood biomarkers involved in the host response to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral infection can reveal distinct biological pathways and inform development and tes...

    Authors: Pavan K. Bhatraju, Eric D. Morrell, Leila Zelnick, Neha A. Sathe, Xin-Ya Chai, Sana S. Sakr, Sharon K. Sahi, Anthony Sader, Dawn M. Lum, Ted Liu, Neall Koetje, Ashley Garay, Elizabeth Barnes, Jonathan Lawson, Gail Cromer, Mary K. Bray…

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:148

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  3. There is a large gender gap in critical care medicine with women underrepresented, particularly in positions of leadership. Yet gender diversity better reflects the current critical care community and has mult...

    Authors: Jean-Louis Vincent, Nicole P. Juffermans, Karen E. A. Burns, V. Marco Ranieri, Chryssa Pourzitaki and Francesca Rubulotta

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:147

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  4. It is unclear whether vasopressors can be safely administered through a peripheral intravenous (PIV). Systematic review and meta-analysis methodology was used to examine the incidence of local anatomic adverse...

    Authors: Victoria S. Owen, Brianna K. Rosgen, Stephana J. Cherak, Andre Ferland, Henry T. Stelfox, Kirsten M. Fiest and Daniel J. Niven

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:146

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  7. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Mathieu Blot, Marine Jacquier, Ludwig-Serge Aho Glele, Guillaume Beltramo, Maxime Nguyen, Philippe Bonniaud, Sebastien Prin, Pascal Andreu, Belaid Bouhemad, Jean-Baptiste Bour, Christine Binquet, Lionel Piroth, Jean-Paul Pais de Barros, David Masson, Jean-Pierre Quenot and Pierre-Emmanuel Charles

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:143

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in Critical Care 2020 24:632

  8. Pain assessment in brain-injured patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) is challenging and existing scales may not be representative of behavioral reactions expressed by this specific group. This study aime...

    Authors: Céline Gélinas, Mélanie Bérubé, Kathleen A. Puntillo, Madalina Boitor, Melissa Richard-Lalonde, Francis Bernard, Virginie Williams, Aaron M. Joffe, Craig Steiner, Rebekah Marsh, Louise Rose, Craig M. Dale, Darina M. Tsoller, Manon Choinière and David L. Streiner

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:142

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  9. Intensive care unit (ICU) physicians have extended the minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) to deliver and monitor long-term volatile sedation in critically ill patients. There is limited evidence of MAC’s rel...

    Authors: Adrian-Iustin Georgevici, Theodoros Kyprianou, Jennifer Herzog-Niescery, Livia Procopiuc, Sivakkanan Loganathan, Thomas Peter Weber and Martin Bellgardt

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:141

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  10. Since the onset of the pandemic, only few studies focused on longitudinal immune monitoring in critically ill COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) whereas their hospital stay may l...

    Authors: Fabienne Venet, Martin Cour, Thomas Rimmelé, Sebastien Viel, Hodane Yonis, Remy Coudereau, Camille Amaz, Paul Abraham, Céline Monard, Jean-Sebastien Casalegno, Karen Brengel-Pesce, Anne-Claire Lukaszewicz, Laurent Argaud and Guillaume Monneret

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:140

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  15. High-flow nasal cannula oxygenation (HFNC) and noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NPPV) possibly decrease tracheal reintubation rates better than conventional oxygen therapy (COT); however, few large-s...

    Authors: Hideto Yasuda, Hiromu Okano, Takuya Mayumi, Chihiro Narita, Yu Onodera, Masaki Nakane and Nobuaki Shime

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:135

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  16. Teleultrasound provides an effective solution to problems that arise from limited medical resources, a lack of local expertise, and scenarios where the risk of infection is high. This study aims to explore the...

    Authors: Shaobo Duan, Luwen Liu, Yongqing Chen, Long Yang, Ye Zhang, Shuaiyang Wang, Liuwei Hao and Lianzhong Zhang

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:134

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  17. 2-Deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) is an advanced imaging technique that can be used to examine the whole body for an infection focus in a single ...

    Authors: Jordy P. Pijl, Mark Londema, Thomas C. Kwee, Maarten W. N. Nijsten, Riemer H. J. A. Slart, Rudi A. J. O. Dierckx, Peter H. J. van der Voort, Andor W. J. M. Glaudemans and Janesh Pillay

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:133

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  20. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Mailis Maes, Ellen Higginson, Joana Pereira-Dias, Martin D. Curran, Surendra Parmar, Fahad Khokhar, Delphine Cuchet-Lourenço, Janine Lux, Sapna Sharma-Hajela, Benjamin Ravenhill, Islam Hamed, Laura Heales, Razeen Mahroof, Amelia Soderholm, Sally Forrest, Sushmita Sridhar…

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:130

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    The original article was published in Critical Care 2021 25:25

  22. Limited data are available on the use of prone position in intubated, invasively ventilated patients with Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19). Aim of this study is to investigate the use and effect of prone posi...

    Authors: Thomas Langer, Matteo Brioni, Amedeo Guzzardella, Eleonora Carlesso, Luca Cabrini, Gianpaolo Castelli, Francesca Dalla Corte, Edoardo De Robertis, Martina Favarato, Andrea Forastieri, Clarissa Forlini, Massimo Girardis, Domenico Luca Grieco, Lucia Mirabella, Valentina Noseda, Paola Previtali…

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:128

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  23. Hemorrhagic events remain a major concern in patients under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support. We tested the association between anticoagulation levels and hemorrhagic events under ECMO using ...

    Authors: Richard Descamps, Mouhamed D. Moussa, Emmanuel Besnier, Marc-Olivier Fischer, Sébastien Preau, Fabienne Tamion, Cédric Daubin, Nicolas Cousin, André Vincentelli, Julien Goutay and Damien Du Cheyron

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:127

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  25. Pulmonary artery thermodilution is the clinical reference method for cardiac output monitoring. Because both continuous and intermittent pulmonary artery thermodilution are used in clinical practice it is impo...

    Authors: Karim Kouz, Frederic Michard, Alina Bergholz, Christina Vokuhl, Luisa Briesenick, Phillip Hoppe, Moritz Flick, Gerhard Schön and Bernd Saugel

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:125

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  28. The possible benefits associated with corticosteroid treatment in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients are not fully known. We conducted an updated meta-analysis to assess the effect of corticos...

    Authors: Ping Lin, Yuean Zhao, Xiaoqian Li, Faming Jiang and Zongan Liang

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:122

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  29. Although several international guidelines recommend early over late intubation of patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), this issue is still controversial. We aimed to investigate the effect...

    Authors: Eleni Papoutsi, Vassilis G. Giannakoulis, Eleni Xourgia, Christina Routsi, Anastasia Kotanidou and Ilias I. Siempos

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:121

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  32. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Keyvan Razazi, Romain Arrestier, Anne Fleur Haudebourg, Brice Benelli, Guillaume Carteaux, Jean‑Winoc Decousser, Slim Fourati, Paul Louis Woerther, Frederic Schlemmer, Anais Charles-Nelson, Francoise Botterel, Nicolas de Prost and Armand Mekontso Dessap

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:118

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in Critical Care 2020 24:699

  33. Medical emergency teams (MET) are mostly led by physicians. Some hospitals are currently using nurse practitioners (NP) to lead MET calls. These are no studies comparing clinical outcomes between these two car...

    Authors: Sachin Gupta, Mayurathan Balachandran, Gaby Bolton, Naomi Pratt, Jo Molloy, Eldho Paul and Ravindranath Tiruvoipati

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:117

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  35. The mortality of critically ill patients with COVID-19 is high, particularly among those receiving mechanical ventilation (MV). Despite the high number of patients treated worldwide, data on respiratory mechan...

    Authors: Giacomo Grasselli, Emanuele Cattaneo, Gaetano Florio, Mariachiara Ippolito, Alberto Zanella, Andrea Cortegiani, Jianbo Huang, Antonio Pesenti and Sharon Einav

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:115

    Content type: Review

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  36. A recent randomised trial showed that recombinant thrombomodulin did not benefit patients who had sepsis with coagulopathy and organ dysfunction. Several recent studies suggested presence of clinical phenotype...

    Authors: Daisuke Kudo, Tadahiro Goto, Ryo Uchimido, Mineji Hayakawa, Kazuma Yamakawa, Toshikazu Abe, Atsushi Shiraishi and Shigeki Kushimoto

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:114

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  37. Septic shock is characterized by breakdown of the endothelial glycocalyx and endothelial damage, contributing to fluid extravasation, organ failure and death. Albumin has shown benefit in septic shock patients...

    Authors: Arianna Piotti, Deborah Novelli, Jennifer Marie Theresia Anna Meessen, Daniela Ferlicca, Sara Coppolecchia, Antonella Marino, Giovanni Salati, Monica Savioli, Giacomo Grasselli, Giacomo Bellani, Antonio Pesenti, Serge Masson, Pietro Caironi, Luciano Gattinoni, Marco Gobbi, Claudia Fracasso…

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:113

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  38. The availability of handheld, noninvasive sublingual video-microscopes allows for visualization of the microcirculation in critically ill patients. Recent studies demonstrate that reduced numbers of blood-perf...

    Authors: Alexandros Rovas, Jan Sackarnd, Jan Rossaint, Stefanie Kampmeier, Hermann Pavenstädt, Hans Vink and Philipp Kümpers

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:112

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  39. In COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), the effectiveness of ventilatory rescue strategies remains uncertain, with controversial efficacy on systemic oxygenation and no data avail...

    Authors: Chiara Robba, Lorenzo Ball, Denise Battaglini, Danilo Cardim, Emanuela Moncalvo, Iole Brunetti, Matteo Bassetti, Daniele R. Giacobbe, Antonio Vena, Nicolò Patroniti, Patricia R. M. Rocco, Basil F. Matta and Paolo Pelosi

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:111

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  40. In patients ventilated with tidal volume (Vt) < 8 mL/kg, pulse pressure variation (PPV) and, likely, the variation of distensibility of the inferior vena cava diameter (IVCDV) are unable to detect preload respons...

    Authors: Temistocle Taccheri, Francesco Gavelli, Jean-Louis Teboul, Rui Shi and Xavier Monnet

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:110

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  41. Galectin-3 (Gal-3) is a pleiotropic glycan-binding protein shown to be involved in sepsis and acute kidney injury (AKI). However, its role has never been elucidated in sepsis-associated AKI (S-AKI). We aimed t...

    Authors: Haibing Sun, Huiping Jiang, Amity Eliaz, John A. Kellum, Zhiyong Peng and Isaac Eliaz

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:109

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  42. Intensive care survivors often experience post-intensive care sequelae, which are frequently gathered together under the term “post-intensive care syndrome” (PICS). The consequences of PICS on quality of life,...

    Authors: Anne-Françoise Rousseau, Hallie C. Prescott, Stephen J. Brett, Björn Weiss, Elie Azoulay, Jacques Creteur, Nicola Latronico, Catherine L. Hough, Steffen Weber-Carstens, Jean-Louis Vincent and Jean-Charles Preiser

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:108

    Content type: Viewpoint

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  43. Single- (SL) and double-lumen (DL) catheters are used in clinical practice for veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-V ECMO) therapy. However, information is lacking regarding the effects of the c...

    Authors: Roberto Lorusso, Mirko Belliato, Michael Mazzeffi, Michele Di Mauro, Fabio Silvio Taccone, Orlando Parise, Ayat Albanawi, Veena Nandwani, Paul McCarthy, Zachary Kon, Jay Menaker, Daniel M. Johnson, Sandro Gelsomino and Daniel Herr

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:107

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  44. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused unprecedented pressure on healthcare system globally. Lack of high-quality evidence on the respiratory management of COVID-19-related acute respiratory f...

    Authors: Prashant Nasa, Elie Azoulay, Ashish K. Khanna, Ravi Jain, Sachin Gupta, Yash Javeri, Deven Juneja, Pradeep Rangappa, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan, Waleed Alhazzani, Massimo Antonelli, Yaseen M. Arabi, Jan Bakker, Laurent J. Brochard, Adam M. Deane, Bin Du…

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:106

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  47. Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with blood–brain barrier (BBB) disruption and a subsequent neuroinflammatory process. We aimed to perform a multiplex screening of brain enriched and inflammat...

    Authors: Caroline Lindblad, Elisa Pin, David Just, Faiez Al Nimer, Peter Nilsson, Bo-Michael Bellander, Mikael Svensson, Fredrik Piehl and Eric Peter Thelin

    Citation: Critical Care 2021 25:103

    Content type: Research

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