Ceri Lynch, Cheney J G Drew, Sarah Gill, Ceri Battle, Kim Smallman
{"title":"Critical illness and recovery-learning from the shared experience of survivors and their families: A qualitative study.","authors":"Ceri Lynch, Cheney J G Drew, Sarah Gill, Ceri Battle, Kim Smallman","doi":"10.1177/17511437251372020","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17511437251372020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Improved survival from critical illness in recent years has led to an increase in patients with Post Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS). Routine, dedicated, specific and individualised assessment, rehabilitation and follow-up after critical care discharge is recommended but is currently inadequate in the UK. The aim of this study was to explore patients' and family members' experiences of a critical care admission, focussing on recovery and rehabilitation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>As part of an intervention development programme, a series of iterative focus groups with survivors of critical illness and their family members was held. Parallel groups with staff involved in the care and rehabilitation of critically ill patients were also conducted. Participants mapped out their recovery journey identifying key moments and challenges and shared their recommendations for recovery and rehabilitation. Brokered dialogue was used to enable patient and staff groups to ask and answer questions of each other. Data analysis was completed using reflexive thematic coding.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Thirty-four participants attended the focus groups, with 28 attending the first two groups discussed in this paper. Using the experiences described by the participants, three overarching themes were identified; fear, helplessness and frustration. Participants also reported both short and longer-term consequences of ICU admission and shared their priorities and advice for recovery and rehabilitation.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Critical care admission is a traumatic experience for patients and family members. Our data highlights patients' needs for ongoing, holistic support during a stay in critical care and beyond.</p>","PeriodicalId":39161,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Intensive Care Society","volume":" ","pages":"155-164"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12476367/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145193389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aaron D'Sa, Robert Tobin, Luigi Camporota, Thearina de Beer, Dan Harvey, Richard Innes, Prashanth Nandhabalan, Victoria Metaxa
{"title":"Critical care and the law - pertinent cases from 2024.","authors":"Aaron D'Sa, Robert Tobin, Luigi Camporota, Thearina de Beer, Dan Harvey, Richard Innes, Prashanth Nandhabalan, Victoria Metaxa","doi":"10.1177/17511437251367221","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17511437251367221","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This review by the Legal and Ethical Advisory Group (LEAG) follows the 2023 summary, reviewing the important legal cases and Prevention of Future Deaths reports (PFDs) ruled or issued in 2024 that are pertinent to Intensive Care Medicine. The legal cases include Human Rights cases, Clinical Negligence cases, and rulings of the Court of Protection. Not all of the cases relate to events which have occurred in Intensive Care, however the rulings will have a bearing on Intensive Care practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":39161,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Intensive Care Society","volume":" ","pages":"496-501"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12463870/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145187018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Robert McDonald, Jo-Anne Fowles, Robert Gatherer, Francisca Caetano
{"title":"Right ventricular injury during VV-ECMO for severe ARDS: Does time matter?","authors":"Robert McDonald, Jo-Anne Fowles, Robert Gatherer, Francisca Caetano","doi":"10.1177/17511437251374821","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17511437251374821","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Right ventricular injury (RVI) is a frequent complication during veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) for severe respiratory failure. In this single-centre retrospective cohort of 40 patients, RVI was observed in 63%, being associated with increased ICU mortality. RVI at admission was more common in younger patients and those with shorter intubation periods pre-cannulation. RVI developing during VV-ECMO was associated with longer ECMO support, ICU stay, and a trend towards higher mortality. The timing of RVI likely reflects different pathophysiology, having different clinical implications. Improved monitoring of right ventricular function during VV-ECMO may enable earlier detection and intervention, potentially improving outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":39161,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Intensive Care Society","volume":" ","pages":"82-84"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12460273/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145186960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Barriers to accreditation in point-of-care echocardiography for critical care: A Scottish perspective.","authors":"Helen French, Christopher Leddy, Philip McCall","doi":"10.1177/17511437251365176","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17511437251365176","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Point-of-care echocardiography accreditation is not mandated within the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FICM) training curriculum, yet it is commonly utilised to aid clinical decision making in the intensive care unit. We designed a survey to assess barriers to accreditation in point-of-care echocardiography across Scottish critical care units. The majority (70.1%) of respondents were unaccredited, with the most common barrier (<i>n</i> = 102) being 'lack of time with a mentor for supervised scanning'. This was amplified by the fact that only 25% of mentors received job planned time for scanning. Men were over-represented in those with accreditation, accounting for 61.4% of accredited clinicians, despite making up 51.0% of all respondents. In contrast, women represented 62.5% of unaccredited individuals who had undertaken at least one attempt at the process. We did not find a difference with other protected characteristics. This survey suggests that targeted support locally for those struggling to complete the process could address some of these concerns, and that further work needs to be taken to identify and address gender inequity in point of care echocardiography accreditation.</p>","PeriodicalId":39161,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Intensive Care Society","volume":" ","pages":"85-89"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12460262/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145186926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Graziela Müller, Manoela Bonato Zocoli, Jéssica Magnante, Geovana Teo Zamprogna, Silvano Altair do Nascimento, Gustavo Bruno Rático, Ewan C Goligher, Antuani Rafael Baptistella
{"title":"Lower non-invasive estimated P<sub>mus</sub> predicts extubation failure in mechanically ventilated ICU patients.","authors":"Graziela Müller, Manoela Bonato Zocoli, Jéssica Magnante, Geovana Teo Zamprogna, Silvano Altair do Nascimento, Gustavo Bruno Rático, Ewan C Goligher, Antuani Rafael Baptistella","doi":"10.1177/17511437251377989","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17511437251377989","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We evaluated whether non-invasive estimated inspiratory muscle pressure (P<sub>mus</sub>) predicts extubation outcomes in ICU patients. Estimated P<sub>mus</sub>, reflecting the pressure generated by respiratory muscles, was measured before and after the spontaneous breathing trial (SBT). Lower pre-SBT estimated P<sub>mus</sub> (<4.1 cmH₂O) and post-SBT (<4.4 cmH₂O) were associated with extubation failure (AUC ≈ 0.73). P0.1 and dynamic transpulmonary pressure (P<sub>L,dyn</sub>) showed no significant association. Estimated P<sub>mus</sub> offers a simple bedside method to assess inspiratory muscle strength and may help identify patients at risk of extubation failure. Further multicenter studies are needed to validate these findings.</p>","PeriodicalId":39161,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Intensive Care Society","volume":" ","pages":"523-525"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12440903/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145087587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Daytime only or time restricted feeding in critically ill patients: A scoping review.","authors":"Jessie Welbourne, Rory Heath, Daniel Martin","doi":"10.1177/17511437251369307","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17511437251369307","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>A scoping review was performed to understand the extent and type of published evidence in relation to restricting feeding of critically ill patients to the daytime only, with a nighttime fasting period.</p><p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Time-restricted feeding has been shown to be beneficial to long-term health. Critically ill patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) are traditionally fed continuously. The potential benefits or harms of daytime only feeding in the critically ill are unknown.</p><p><strong>Inclusion criteria: </strong>Studies of critically ill patients, cared for in any critical care environment, where feeding was stopped for a minimum of 6 h overnight, with any primary outcome, were included.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using the JBI framework, a search of OVID Embase, OVID Medline, CINHAL, PROSPERO, The Cochrane database and Web of Science was performed in July 2023.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fourteen studies that included 868 participants, published between 1989 and 2023 met the inclusion criteria and were reported on. The patient cohorts were from general or mixed ICUs, and neurosurgical and paediatric cohorts. Feed was either administered by bolus, in cyclic patterns or continuously. The overnight fasting times ranged from 6 to 12 h, with reported primary outcomes of feed intolerance, nutritional delivery, ketosis, gastric pH, ventilator associated pneumonia and circadian rhythms. Daytime only feeding was found to increase ketosis and lower gastric acidity.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Daytime only feeding in the critically ill has been reported, but details of its potential harms or benefits are limited by inconsistently defined outcomes and study small sample sizes.</p>","PeriodicalId":39161,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Intensive Care Society","volume":" ","pages":"513-522"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12425950/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145065712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annie Rylance, Tom Syratt, Lauren Townsend, Ned Gilbert-Kawai
{"title":"PROMOTE: A patient-centred poster to support engagement in post-operative recovery - A quality improvement initiative.","authors":"Annie Rylance, Tom Syratt, Lauren Townsend, Ned Gilbert-Kawai","doi":"10.1177/17511437251372019","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17511437251372019","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programmes are well established across many surgical specialties. Successful implementation requires both multidisciplinary engagement and active patient participation. At our hospital, many patients were unaware they had a role in their recovery. To improve education, we developed a poster highlighting seven key elements using the acronym PROMOTE: Pain relief, Respiratory exercises, Own clothes, Mobilisation, Oral hygiene, Taking away attachments, and Eating and drinking. Feedback from patients in the post-operative critical care unit showed the resource was well received, easily understood, and most wished they had received it pre-operatively to help manage expectations and reduce anxiety.</p>","PeriodicalId":39161,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Intensive Care Society","volume":" ","pages":"526-528"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12423079/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145065769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amel Kchaou, Nada Kotti, Feriel Dhouib, Anouar Hrairi, Wafa Ben Messaoud, Ahmed Trigui, Mounira Hajjaji, Kaouthar Jmal Hammami
{"title":"Promoting resilience to prevent burnout and secondary traumatic stress among intensive care units' nurses.","authors":"Amel Kchaou, Nada Kotti, Feriel Dhouib, Anouar Hrairi, Wafa Ben Messaoud, Ahmed Trigui, Mounira Hajjaji, Kaouthar Jmal Hammami","doi":"10.1177/17511437251357121","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17511437251357121","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aimed to: (a) determine the levels of burnout, secondary traumatic stress, and compassion satisfaction among intensive care unit nurses at the university hospital in Sfax, Tunisia, and (b) explore the relationship between resilience and the three dimensions of professional quality of life in this nursing specialty.</p><p><strong>Design and methods: </strong>This was a descriptive and predictive study using validated self-reporting instruments: Professional Quality of Life Scale version 5 and Brief Resilience Scale. Multiple regression using stepwise solution was employed to explore the relationship between resilience and the three dimensions of professional quality of life (burnout (BO), compassion satisfaction (CS), and secondary traumatic stress (STS)). Statistical significance was set at <i>p</i> < 0.05.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results revealed that 61.3%, 63.2%, and 47.2% of ICU nurses were in the moderate range for BO, CS, and STS, respectively. Resilience score was the critical predictor contributing to Professional Quality of Life subscales scores: Burnout (β = -0.26, <i>p</i> = 0.001), secondary traumatic stress (β = -0.23, <i>p</i> = 0.001) scores were negatively predicted by resilience score. However, CS score was positively predicted by resilience score (β = 0.28, <i>p</i> = 0.002).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The current study's findings support the argument for the development of training programs to promote psychological resilience among ICU nurses in order to improve the quality of professional life.</p>","PeriodicalId":39161,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Intensive Care Society","volume":" ","pages":"479-484"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12417468/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145041555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bicarbonate therapy: Resuscitating an old remedy with new evidence.","authors":"Nimra Khan","doi":"10.1177/17511437251363764","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17511437251363764","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39161,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Intensive Care Society","volume":" ","pages":"17511437251363764"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12405193/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145001499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ned Gilbert-Kawai, Jonathan Walker, Alison Hall, Julie Patrick-Heselton, Peter Hampshire
{"title":"Lessons learnt from moving an intensive care unit into a new hospital.","authors":"Ned Gilbert-Kawai, Jonathan Walker, Alison Hall, Julie Patrick-Heselton, Peter Hampshire","doi":"10.1177/17511437251330745","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17511437251330745","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 2022, the Royal Liverpool University Hospital moved premises. As part of the move, the patients from its existing Critical Care Unit (consisting of an independent Intensive Care Unit, a High Dependency Unit and a Post-Operative Critical Care Unit), had to be transferred from the old hospital to an entirely new one. Whilst relocation of an Intensive Care Unit, its critically ill patients, staff and equipment has undoubtedly happened elsewhere in the past, very little has been written about such an undertaking. On each occasion, therefore, the teams facing this task may be starting afresh without the benefit of knowing what problems others have previously encountered and how they solved them. In an attempt to highlight some of the modifiable risks, this article serves to explain some of the planning we undertook prior to our move (i.e. forward planning), and reflects on some of the lessons learnt in the process.</p>","PeriodicalId":39161,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Intensive Care Society","volume":" ","pages":"386-395"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12399587/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144993941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}