Successful Use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for the Treatment of Cardiogenic Shock due to Scorpion Envenomation by Amine Tarmiz, Imene Mgarrech, Chokri Kortas, Sofiane Jerbi

“…Despite adequate management at the emergency department and intensive care unit, the patient’s hemodynamic status worsened rapidly, justifying his transfer to our department for ventricular mechanical assistance by venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. …”
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Home Respiratory Polygraphy to Detect Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome after Supracricoid Partial Laryngectomy by Rosa Hernández-Sandemetrio, Natsuki Oishi, Tomás Chavero, Rafael Navarro, Isabel López, Enrique Zapater

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Drug-Induced Thrombocytopenia following a Transvaginal Oocyte Retrieval for In Vitro Fertilization by Ioanna A. Comstock, Michelle Longmire, Richard H. Aster, Amin A. Milki

“…The patient was admitted to the intensive care unit for resuscitation with blood products. …”
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The effectiveness of dexamethasone as a combination therapy for COVID-19 by Namazi Nader

“…Recent studies have shown that dexamethasone, a corticosteroid, can reduce the rate of COVID-19-related mortality in the intensive care unit by 35 % for patients who are on mechanical ventilation. …”
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Anesthetic Management for Emergent Repair of Tracheoinnominate Fistula by Vinayak Nadar, Ratan K. Banik

“…The patient’s bleeding was stopped, the fistula was repaired, and she was transferred back to the intensive care unit, but she died several days later due to multi-organ failure.…”
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Pneumomediastinum and Bilateral Pneumothoraces Causing Respiratory Failure after Thyroid Surgery by Michael Koeppen, Benjamin Scott, Joseph Morabito, Matthew Fiegel, Tobias Eckle

“…Despite early treatment with bilateral chest tubes and no evidence of a tracheal perforation, the patient developed severe respiratory failure after extubation on the intensive care unit. Because pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum might be more common than reported, and considering increasing cases of thyroid surgery, staff should remain vigilant of pulmonary complications after thyroid surgery.…”
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Levetiracetam versus Phenobarbitone in Neonatal Seizures - An Open label Randomized Controlled Trial by Nikhil D Kulkarni, Suman Rao P N, B Lakshmi Parvathi, Swarnarekha Bhat

“…An open-label parallel randomized controlled trial RCT was conducted in a neonatal intensive care unit NICU in IndiaResultsnbspSeizure cessation rates were 70 in the levetiracetam group and 66.6 in the phenobarbitone group with no statistically significant difference P 0.83.ConclusionnbspLevetiracetam and phenobarbitone demonstrated comparable efficacy and safety in managing neonatal seizures. …”
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An open window: the crucial role of the gut-brain axis in neurodevelopmental outcomes post-neurocritical illness by Victoria Ronan

“…Among patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit, approximately 10% are discharged with a new functional morbidity. …”
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Airway Compromise due to Retropharyngeal Emphysema–A Rare Complication of an Extravasated Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheter by Ana Licina

“…She had developed voice changes, difficulty swallowing, shortness of breath with a fever and increased respiratory rate in intensive care unit 12 days after a double liver and kidney transplantation. …”
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Patient and Family Experience: Targets for Improvements in Care and Communication in the ICU by Caitlin A. LaGrotte PsyD, MEd, Caitlin Baldwin DO, Krystal Hunter PhD, MBA, Emily Damuth MD, Nancy Loperfido BS, Tatheer Moosavi BA, Pearl Parker BA, Nitin Puri MD

“…This process improvement project sought to further explore the experience of patients and family members within an intensive care unit (ICU) hospital setting to develop specific interventions that can be executed to provide better patient-centered outcome. …”
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Decreased plasma gelsolin in the COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome by Gunturk Inayet, Seydel Gonul Seyda, Yazici Cevat, Topaloglu Ulas Serkan, Eren Esma, Yuksel Recep Civan

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Common Atrium: A Rare Cause of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure by K. M. Karaye, S. A. Balarabe, M. M. Yakasai, I. M. Suleiman, H. Saidu, Aimé Bonny

“…The silent course of the disease for decades as well as the diagnostic and management pitfalls of this case illustrates the importance of early detection by echocardiography and urgent appropriate treatment in intensive care settings to limit the poor prognosis of the condition.…”
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Future Directions and Molecular Basis of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia by Kubra Aykac, Yasemin Ozsurekci, Sevgen Tanir Basaranoglu

“…Moreover VAP is the second most common hospital-acquired infection in pediatric intensive care units. Although it is still not well understood, understanding molecular pathogenesis is essential for preventing and treating pneumonia. …”
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Accidental Intravenous Administration of Simethicone in a 4-Year-Old Patient: A Case Report by Agnė Lozovskytė, Gabija Laubner Sakalauskienė, Robertas Badaras

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Impact of Congenital Heart Disease on Brain Development and Neurodevelopmental Outcome by Mary T. Donofrio, An N. Massaro

“…Advances in cardiac surgical techniques and perioperative intensive care have led to improved survival in babies with congenital heart disease (CHD). …”
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Clinical Challenges and Surgical Interventions in Managing Neck Hematoma After Cervical Spine Fusion: A Case Report by Parimal Rana, Justin Turcotte, Sohail Zaidi

“…The patient was transferred to the intensive care unit and extubated on postoperative day 5 with a stable wound and no residual bleeding. …”
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Type II Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy Secondary to Malaria by Alastair David Bezzina, Jeremy Spiteri Bailey, Isaac Bertuello

“…The patient complained of bilateral blurring of vision after being removed off sedation whilst at the intensive care unit. Subsequent examination revealed bilateral retinal haemorrhages, cotton-wool spots, and foveal pigmentary changes in keeping malarial retinopathy. …”
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Digital Ischemia in an Extreme Preterm Infant Treated with Nitroglycerin Patch by Mansour Al Qurashi, Abdulaziz Al-Khotani, Farzeen Mohtisham, Eman AlRaddadi, Heba AlShaikh, Alqassem Y. Hakami, Syed Sameer Aga

“…Ischemic limb lesions occasionally occur in neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care units. Known risk factors include the placement of arterial catheters, arterial punctures to obtain blood samples, and the use of vasoactive/vasopressor medications for hypotension. …”
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Intra-Abdominal Hemorrhagic Catastrophe due to Large Subserous Myomatous Capsular Venous Rupture by Tamilselvi Sethupathy, Madhankumar Madathupalayam, Krithika Arun Prasad

“…The patient presented with abdominal pain and worsening anemia within a span of hours and hypotension, tachycardia, and tachypnoea needing urgent surgical intervention and blood transfusion and intensive care support is relatively rare. Though every effort to know the exact cause of intraperitoneal hemorrhage in this patient was taken, the rarer diagnosis of capsular venous rupture was not identified prior to surgical intervention. …”
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Infectious Endocarditis Presenting as Intracranial Hemorrhage in a Patient Admitted for Lumbar Radiculopathy by David Ethan Kahn, Kristine O'Phelan, Ross Bullock

“…Infectious endocarditis is frequently found in the neurologic intensive care unit and may rarely be the cause of intracranial hemorrhage. …”
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