Albumin is a prognostic marker for COVID-19 infection
Since the first reported coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) case in Wuhan on December 31, 2019, more than 2 years is still going on. Outbreaks have
Since the first reported coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) case in Wuhan on December 31, 2019, more than 2 years is still going on. Outbreaks have
Dear Readers and Authors, Critical Care and Shock started as a peer-reviewed journal in 1998 by Dr. Iqbal Mustafa, together with several colleagues, with
A number of beneficial (corticosteroids and remdesivir), and potentially beneficial therapies, exist for the treatment of COVID-19. What is not widely appreciated is that patients
Who would think that I would consider myself an expert on an illness, that I knew almost nothing about 4 months ago?
In the last 50 years, medicine in intensive care units has focused in improving quality and safety processes involved in the attention of critically ill
Who knows more about a disease than the one who suffers it? That’s the repeated phrase that my anatomy teacher used to say everyday while
The use of therapeutic hypothermia (TH) in critical care medicine is no longer a rarity. (1-3) This technique is no longer an urban myth. A
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,
Years ago, I remember vividly reading an article by the
late Dr. Roger Bone, where he described his emotions and
experience with his illness. I was quite captivated by
such description that I though, eventually I would write a
similar piece. However, to my surprise, over the past weeks
I have encountered an unprecedented feeling towards the
practice of medicine that involved caring for one of my best
friends.