Issue 2/2020
Special Issue on severe infections in the critically ill
Content (26 Articles)
Severe flu management: a point of view
Antoni Torres, Ignacio-Martin- Loeches, Wendy Sligl, Nelson Lee
Post-operative abdominal infections: epidemiology, operational definitions, and outcomes
Matteo Bassetti, Christian Eckmann, Daniele Roberto Giacobbe, Massimo Sartelli, Philippe Montravers
Extra-cardiac endovascular infections in the critically ill
Kerina J. Denny, Anand Kumar, Jean-Francois Timsit, Kevin B. Laupland
ECLS-associated infections in adults: what we know and what we don’t yet know
Darryl Abrams, Giacomo Grasselli, Matthieu Schmidt, Thomas Mueller, Daniel Brodie
Critical care management of infectious meningitis and encephalitis
Geert Meyfroidt, Pedro Kurtz, Romain Sonneville
Missed vaccinations and critical care admission: all you may wish to know or rediscover—a narrative review
Laure F. Pittet, Mohamed Abbas, Claire-Anne Siegrist, Didier Pittet
Clostridioides difficile (formerly Clostridium difficile) infection in the critically ill: an expert statement
Massimo Antonelli, Ignacio Martin-Loeches, George Dimopoulos, Antonio Gasbarrini, Maria Sole Vallecoccia
Antimicrobial-associated harm in critical care: a narrative review
Nishkantha Arulkumaran, Matthew Routledge, Sanmarié Schlebusch, Jeffrey Lipman, Andrew Conway Morris
Antimicrobial de-escalation as part of antimicrobial stewardship in intensive care: no simple answers to simple questions—a viewpoint of experts
Jan J. De Waele, Jeroen Schouten, Bojana Beovic, Alexis Tabah, Marc Leone
Antimicrobial de-escalation in critically ill patients: a position statement from a task force of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) and European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Critically Ill Patients Study Group (ESGCIP)
Alexis Tabah, Matteo Bassetti, Marin H. Kollef, Jean-Ralph Zahar, José-Artur Paiva, Jean-Francois Timsit, Jason A. Roberts, Jeroen Schouten, Helen Giamarellou, Jordi Rello, Jan De Waele, Andrew F. Shorr, Marc Leone, Garyphallia Poulakou, Pieter Depuydt, Jose Garnacho-Montero
Bloodstream infections in critically ill patients: an expert statement
Jean-François Timsit, Etienne Ruppé, François Barbier, Alexis Tabah, Matteo Bassetti
Treatment of Ebola-related critical illness
Peter Kiiza, S. Mullin, K. Teo, N. K. J. Adhikari, R. A. Fowler
Diagnosis of severe respiratory infections in immunocompromised patients
Elie Azoulay, Lene Russell, Andry Van de Louw, Victoria Metaxa, Philippe Bauer, Pedro Povoa, José Garnacho Montero, Ignacio Martin Loeches, Sangeeta Mehta, Kathryn Puxty, Peter Schellongowski, Jordi Rello, Djamel Mokart, Virginie Lemiale, Adrien Mirouse
Critical care management of adults with community-acquired severe respiratory viral infection
Yaseen M. Arabi, Robert Fowler, Frederick G. Hayden
Management of HIV-infected patients in the intensive care unit
François Barbier, Mervin Mer, Piotr Szychowiak, Robert F. Miller, Éric Mariotte, Lionel Galicier, Lila Bouadma, Pierre Tattevin, Élie Azoulay
Selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) in critically ill patients: a narrative review
Bastiaan H. J. Wittekamp, Evelien A. N. Oostdijk, Brian H. Cuthbertson, Christian Brun-Buisson, Marc J. M. Bonten
Understanding resistance in Pseudomonas
George Dimopoulos, Murat Akova, Jordi Rello, Garyphalia Poulakou
Understanding resistance in enterococcal infections
Jordi Rello, Laura Campogiani, Vandana Kalwaje Eshwara
Back into the wild: how resistant pathogens become susceptible again?
Solen Kernéis, Sandrine Valade, Paul-Louis Woerther
Antibiotic prophylaxis in the ICU: to be or not to be administered for patients undergoing procedures?
Ignacio Martin-Loeches, Marc Leone, Sharon Einav
The zero-VAP sophistry and controversies surrounding prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia
Sebastiano Maria Colombo, Andrea Catalina Palomeque, Gianluigi Li Bassi
A microbiologist consultant should attend daily ICU rounds
J. Schouten, G. De Angelis, J. J. De Waele
Clinical management of sepsis can be improved by artificial intelligence: yes
Matthieu Komorowski
Clinical management of sepsis can be improved by artificial intelligence: no
José Garnacho-Montero, Ignacio Martín-Loeches
Diffuse varicella zoster virus reactivation in critically ill immunocompromised patient
Jolan Malherbe, Jeanne Iachkine, Damien du Cheyron, Xavier Valette