In these Covid-19 times we’ve all become accustomed to TV coverage of critical care facilities. To the casual viewer there’s the upsetting sight of a patient undergoing therapy of the…
AKI in COVID19: Haemodynamic Monitoring simply must be good practice
COVID19 patients suffer what was at first a largely unpredicted increase in Acute Kidney Injury. That’s perhaps old news by now. But scientists are still trying to more fully understand…
Haemodynamic Monitors are not all the same: Why this Matters
Grisly scenes from COVID-19 critical care will be etched into our memories forever. And through the fog of the front line, through the despair and devastating reality, much will have…
Haemodynamics, Haemodynamics, Haemodynamics: Critical Care’s New Mantra?
Saying it three times seems to cut through… whether it was the old “education education education” or the WHO’s rather more recent “Test, Test, Test.” So here’s a new mantra…
Hot-off-the-Press Intensive Care Management of COVID-19: Recommendations
‘Management of Acute Respiratory Failure and Haemodynamics is key’ April 6th saw the publication in The Lancet of an overview of the broad challenges faced by the ICU community in…
Haemodynamic Monitoring in Critical COVID-19 Patients: One Constant in a Changing Picture
In times to come, COVID-19 may well have proved to be an invaluable, however unwelcome, source of therapeutic certainty. Today’s scenario is one of unprecedented demand and often trial-and-error pioneering….
New COVID-19 Guidance implies Haemodynamic Monitoring in Patients with Underlying Cardiac Conditions
COVID-19 presents a challenge of unprecedented proportion to the healthcare professions. Furthermore it’s a rapidly evolving picture, with daily updates detailing recent findings and new therapeutic approaches. One such has been…
Oesophageal Doppler ideal for ventilated patients
When it comes to optimising the treatment of ventilated COVID-19 patients in critical care, clinicians are looking under every rock to find the best therapeutic approach. One key element is…
COVID 19: Fluid Management Support
In the UK the COVID 19 epidemic means the NHS is facing unprecedented disruption over the coming months. As a result many hospitals have requested that all non-essential supplier visits…
Meta-analysis Reinforces the Message: Perioperative Fluid Management Improves Renal Perfusion
Published in the journal Critical Care last summer, authors Giglio et al have updated their previous meta-analysis to clarify the clinical impact of Goal-Directed Therapy (GDT) on Acute Kidney Injury…
