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Conundrums in Critical Care: Past, Present and Future
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Conundrums in Critical Care: Past, Present and Future

A special issue of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144). This special issue belongs to the section "Intensive Care/ Anesthesiology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 2350

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Salim Surani

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Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
Interests: critical care; quality improvement; pulmonary hypertension; IPF; sleep medicine; sepsis
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Dr. Syed Anjum Khan

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Mayo Clinic Health System, Mankato, MN, USA
Interests: critical care; quality improvement; leadership; sepsis; respiratory failure
Dr. Iqbal Ratnani

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Houston Methodist Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston, TX, USA
Interests: critical care; education; PI; ECMO; sepsis; cardiovascular critical care

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues, 

Critical care has evolved exponentially in the last 60 years. In 1850, during the Crimean War, nurses created an area near their station for critically injured soldiers. This may well have been the beginning of critical care.

During World War II, shock units were created to treat critically ill patients.

The greatest discovery in critical care may have been the iron lung during the polio epidemic, followed by the development of mechanical ventilators in the 1960s.

Monitoring techniques were developed, and nurses, respiratory therapists, and physicians were trained specifically in the management of multiorgan failures, leading to evolution of intensive care units.

The inception of intensive care units was the harbinger of coordinated and protocolized care models. These protocols have mostly been successful; however, some controversies have existed.

Fluid resuscitation, treatment with steroids, glycemic control, and early mobility have transcended over the years and have later been questioned by their restrictive aspects.

In this Special Issue, we will discuss this controversy and focus on what the future brings for critical care practices.

Dr. Salim Surani
Dr. Syed Anjum Khan
Dr. Iqbal Ratnani
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • critical care
  • ICU
  • ICU future
  • ICU history
  • education
  • sepsis
  • mechanical ventilator
  • fluid balance
  • glycemic control
  • staff shortage
  • ICU matrix
  • antibiotic stewardship
  • controversies in medicine
  • burnout

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Comparing Long-Term Prognosis in Chronic Critically Ill Patients: A Case Series Study of Medical versus Surgical Sepsis
by Benjamin Mancini, Jiabin Liu, Abigail Samuelsen, Judie A. Howrylak, Lisa Schultz and Anthony S. Bonavia
Medicina 2023, 59(9), 1617; https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina59091617 - 7 Sep 2023
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Background and Objectives: Chronic critical illness (CCI) is a syndrome characterized by persistent organ dysfunction that requires critical care therapy for ≥14 days. Sepsis and respiratory failure constitute the two primary causes of CCI. A better understanding of this patient population and their [...] Read more.
Background and Objectives: Chronic critical illness (CCI) is a syndrome characterized by persistent organ dysfunction that requires critical care therapy for ≥14 days. Sepsis and respiratory failure constitute the two primary causes of CCI. A better understanding of this patient population and their clinical course may help to risk-stratify them early during hospitalization. Our objective was to identify whether the source of sepsis (medical versus surgical) affected clinical trajectory and prognosis in patients developing CCI. Materials and Methods: We describe a cohort of patients having acute respiratory failure and sepsis and requiring critical care therapy in the medical (MICU) or surgical (SICU) critical care units for ≥14 days. Given the relative infrequency of CCI, we use a case series design to examine mortality, functional status, and place of residence (home versus non-home) at one year following their index hospitalization. Results: In medical patients developing CCI (n = 31), the severity of initial organ dysfunction, by SOFA score, was significantly associated with the development of CCI (p = 0.002). Surgical patients with CCI (n = 7) experienced significantly more ventilator-free days within the first 30 days following sepsis onset (p = 0.004), as well as less organ dysfunction at day 14 post-sepsis (p < 0.0001). However, one-year mortality, one-year functional status, and residency at home were not statistically different between cohorts. Moreover, 57% of surgical patients and 26% of medical patients who developed CCI were living at home for one year following their index hospitalization (p = 0.11). Conclusions: While surgical patients who develop sepsis-related CCI experience more favorable 30-day outcomes as compared with medical patients, long-term outcomes do not differ significantly between groups. This suggests that reversing established organ dysfunction and functional disability, regardless of etiology, is more challenging compared to preventing these complications at an earlier stage. Full article
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