Abstract Many patients are admitted to intensive care unit for acute intoxication, serious complication of overdose or withdrawal symptoms of illicit drugs. Acute withdrawal of
Abstract Introduction: The optimal role of neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBA) in the management of ventilated ICU patients remains controversial. Guidelines suggest they should be reserved
Abstract Background: Early nutritional support in critical illness is important. There exists a debate about whether and when to initiate enteral nutrition as opposed to
Abstract Objective: Treatment with recombinant human activated protein C (APC) decreases mortality in patients with severe sepsis, mainly by faster resolving cardiorespiratory failure. Whether the
Sepsis is a complex clinical syndrome that results from an infection-triggered systemic inflammatory response. (1) Due to the large amount of invasive procedures performed nowadays,