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View article: Evaluation of clinical research priorities in Asian intensive care units (ERA-ICU)
Evaluation of clinical research priorities in Asian intensive care units (ERA-ICU) Open
Background Practice and delivery of critical care in Asia varies according to healthcare structure, income setting, and cultural factors. Identifying research priorities specific to ICU patients and healthcare workers in Asia is needed to …
View article: Nurse-Led Community Fall Prevention Program: A Singapore Experience
Nurse-Led Community Fall Prevention Program: A Singapore Experience Open
Background: Falls and fall-related injuries are common among older adults. It can lead to severe physical and psychological consequences and incur significant healthcare cost. Falls prevention and screening is the key to an essential holis…
View article: Limitation of life-sustaining treatments in Asian ICUs: theory versus practice
Limitation of life-sustaining treatments in Asian ICUs: theory versus practice Open
View article: An Assessment of an Inpatient Robotic Nurse Assistant: A Mixed-Method Study
An Assessment of an Inpatient Robotic Nurse Assistant: A Mixed-Method Study Open
View article: Oxygenation Indices in Adult COVID ARDS Patients
Oxygenation Indices in Adult COVID ARDS Patients Open
How to cite this article: Palanidurai S, Phua J, Mukhopadhyay A. Oxygenation Indices in Adult COVID ARDS Patients. Indian J Crit Care Med 2024;28(9):887-888.
View article: Predictors and outcomes of withholding and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments in intensive care units in Singapore: a multicentre observational study
Predictors and outcomes of withholding and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments in intensive care units in Singapore: a multicentre observational study Open
Background Clinical practice guidelines on limitation of life-sustaining treatments (LST) in the intensive care unit (ICU), in the form of withholding or withdrawal of LST, state that there is no ethical difference between the two. Such st…
View article: Assessing caregiver burden in advanced kidney disease: protocol for a systematic review of the measurement properties of instruments and tools
Assessing caregiver burden in advanced kidney disease: protocol for a systematic review of the measurement properties of instruments and tools Open
Introduction Caregiver burden is a significant issue in the care of patients with advanced kidney disease. Its assessment is crucial for evaluating the needs of caregivers and for the development of interventions to support them. Several i…
View article: Prognostic evaluation of quick sequential organ failure assessment score in ICU patients with sepsis across different income settings
Prognostic evaluation of quick sequential organ failure assessment score in ICU patients with sepsis across different income settings Open
View article: Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction in a patient with Weil’s disease
Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction in a patient with Weil’s disease Open
Dear Sir, A 33-year-old Chinese man with no known past medical history or previous medications presented with a 7-day history of unrelenting fever. He worked as a driver with occupational exposure to rodents in the warehouse of his workpla…
View article: Critical care bed capacity in Asian countries and regions before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational study
Critical care bed capacity in Asian countries and regions before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational study Open
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View article: Value the patient as a person: Answering the call for a person-centred model of care
Value the patient as a person: Answering the call for a person-centred model of care Open
There has been a change in patients’ attitudes towards healthcare professionals in recent decades, coupled with an increasingly evident shift in the care paradigm. In 2015, the World Health Organization released a framework of care that re…
View article: The Global Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Ready for Prime Time?
The Global Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Ready for Prime Time? Open
View article: Letter from Singapore
Letter from Singapore Open
Singapore, the ‘Lion City’ is an island city-state, home to a rich multi-cultural population. This multi-ethnic mix offers unique opportunities to inform clinical care and research across the wider Asian sub-continent. The Singapore Thorac…
View article: Association of anticoagulation use during continuous kidney replacement therapy and 90-day outcomes: A multicentre study
Association of anticoagulation use during continuous kidney replacement therapy and 90-day outcomes: A multicentre study Open
Introduction: Anticoagulation is recommended during continuous kidney replacement therapy (CKRT) to prolong the filter lifespan for optimal filter performance. We aimed to evaluate the effect of anticoagulation during CKRT on dialysis depe…
View article: Integrating Generative AI in Healthcare Organisations: Opportunities, Challenges, and Deployment Strategies (Preprint)
Integrating Generative AI in Healthcare Organisations: Opportunities, Challenges, and Deployment Strategies (Preprint) Open
UNSTRUCTURED The recent advent of large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, has revolutionised the world of AI and brought the vast potential of generative AI to the fore of many sectors, including healthcare. In this commentary, we …
View article: Re-examining the roles of generalists and specialists in healthcare
Re-examining the roles of generalists and specialists in healthcare Open
Increasing workload and case complexity of a multimorbid ageing population have catalysed primary care transformation for general practitioners to meet these challenges. There is also a need to re-examine the role of hospital specialists a…
View article: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) Score for predicting mortality in patients with sepsis in Vietnamese intensive care units: a multicentre, cross-sectional study
Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) Score for predicting mortality in patients with sepsis in Vietnamese intensive care units: a multicentre, cross-sectional study Open
Objectives To compare the accuracy of the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) and Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) Scores in predicting mortality among intensive care unit (ICU) patients with sepsis in a…
View article: Correction: Expanding the utility of the ROX index among patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure
Correction: Expanding the utility of the ROX index among patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure Open
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View article: Systematized and efficient: organization of critical care in the future
Systematized and efficient: organization of critical care in the future Open
View article: Could treatment with immunomodulatory agents targeting IL-1, IL-6, or JAK signalling improve outcomes in patients with severe influenza pneumonia? A systematic and narrative review
Could treatment with immunomodulatory agents targeting IL-1, IL-6, or JAK signalling improve outcomes in patients with severe influenza pneumonia? A systematic and narrative review Open
Background: Influenza is a global cause of morbidity and mortality and a significant risk for a future pandemic infection. Host hyperinflammation, similar to that seen in COVID-19, may occur in response to influenza virus pneumonia, with J…
View article: Predictive validity of the quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) score for the mortality in patients with sepsis in Vietnamese intensive care units
Predictive validity of the quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) score for the mortality in patients with sepsis in Vietnamese intensive care units Open
Background The simple scoring systems for predicting the outcome of sepsis in intensive care units (ICUs) are few, especially for limited-resource settings. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of the quick Sequential (Seps…
View article: The research environment of critical care in three Asian countries: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey
The research environment of critical care in three Asian countries: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey Open
Although inadequate research support for intensivists can be one major reason of the poor research productivity, no study has investigated the current research environment in critical care medicine in Asia. The objective of this study was …
View article: Development of a quality indicator set to measure and improve quality of ICU care in low- and middle-income countries
Development of a quality indicator set to measure and improve quality of ICU care in low- and middle-income countries Open
This consensus exercise provides a common set of indicators to support benchmarking and quality improvement programs for critical care populations in LMICs.
View article: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score for predicting mortality in patients with sepsis in Vietnamese intensive care units: A multicentre, cross-sectional study
Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score for predicting mortality in patients with sepsis in Vietnamese intensive care units: A multicentre, cross-sectional study Open
Objectives To compare the accuracy of the SOFA and APACHE II scores in predicting mortality among ICU patients with sepsis in an LMIC. Design A multicentre, cross-sectional study. Setting A total of 15 adult ICUs throughout Vietnam. Partic…
View article: Expanding the utility of the ROX index among patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure
Expanding the utility of the ROX index among patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure Open
Background Delaying intubation in patients who fail high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) may result in increased mortality. The ROX index has been validated to predict HFNC failure among pneumonia patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failur…
View article: One-Bed-One-Team—Does an Integrated General Hospital Inpatient Model Improve Care Outcomes and Productivity: An Observational Study
One-Bed-One-Team—Does an Integrated General Hospital Inpatient Model Improve Care Outcomes and Productivity: An Observational Study Open
Introduction With the increasing complexity of healthcare problems worldwide, the demand for better-coordinated care delivery is on the rise. However, current hospital-based practices remain largely disease-centric and specialist-driven, r…
View article: Infection control in the intensive care unit: expert consensus statements for SARS-CoV-2 using a Delphi method
Infection control in the intensive care unit: expert consensus statements for SARS-CoV-2 using a Delphi method Open
View article: The story of critical care in Asia: a narrative review
The story of critical care in Asia: a narrative review Open
View article: Association between lung compliance phenotypes and mortality inCOVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome
Association between lung compliance phenotypes and mortality inCOVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome Open
Introduction: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in COVID-19 is associated with a high mortality rate, though outcomes of the different lung compliance phenotypes are unclear. We aimed to measure lung compliance and examine other f…
View article: Factors relating to mortality in septic patients in Vietnamese intensive care units from a subgroup analysis of MOSAICS II study
Factors relating to mortality in septic patients in Vietnamese intensive care units from a subgroup analysis of MOSAICS II study Open