Intensive Care Medicine - Editor's picks

Stay updated! Explore the Editor-in-Chief's curated selection of the most impactful articles from ICM each month.

March

British societies guideline on the management of emergencies in implantable left ventricular assist device recipients in transplant centres - Conference Reports and Expert Panel (this opens in a new tab)

Invasive Fungal Diseases in Adult Patients in Intensive Care Unit (FUNDICU): 2024 consensus definitions from ESGCIP, EFISG, ESICM, ECMM, MSGERC, ISAC, and ISHAM - Conference Reports and Expert Panel (this opens in a new tab)

Hypotension during intensive care stay and mortality and morbidity: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Systematic review (this opens in a new tab)

February

Dyspnoea in acutely ill mechanically ventilated adult patients: an ERS/ESICM statement - Conference Reports and Expert panel (this opens in a new tab)

The trajectory of very old critically ill patients (this opens in a new tab)

Effect of aggressive vs conservative screening and confirmatory test on time to extubation among patients at low or intermediate risk: a randomized clinical trial (this opens in a new tab)

January

Status epilepticus in the ICU: a critical review (this opens in a new tab)

Selective digestive tract decontamination in critically ill adults with acute brain injuries: a Post-Hoc analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial (this opens in a new tab)

The predictive value of highly malignant EEG patterns after cardiac arrest: evaluation of the ERC-ESICM recommendations (this opens in a new tab)