Pub Date : 2026-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2025.502347
Francisco Esteve Urbano , Gemma Vía Clavero , Carlos González López , Paola Cárdenas Campos , Herminia Torrado Santos , Rosa María Granada Vicente , Rafael Justel García
Objective
To evaluate the impact of a multisensory environmental intervention designed to simulate and synchronize physiological circadian rhythms on the incidence of delirium and other clinical outcomes in critically ill patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU).
Design
Pre-post quasi-experimental study without randomization, conducted between September 2023 and June 2024.
Setting
Adult Intensive Care Unit in a tertiary university hospital.
Patients
538 consecutive patients were included: 251 during the control period and 287 after implementation of the intervention.
Intervention
Installation of the SHX® environmental stimulation system, which provides programmed transitions of light, image, and sound simulating sunrise and sunset, aimed at supporting circadian synchronization.
Main outcome variables
Incidence of delirium (assessed using the CAM-ICU tool), levels of sedation-agitation (RASS scale), and daily consumption of sedative drugs per day of ICU stay.
Results
A non-significant reduction in the incidence of delirium was observed (14.3% vs. 9.1%; p = 0.075), along with a significant redistribution in sedation-agitation levels (p < 0.001) and a significant decrease in daily midazolam consumption per day of stay (9.6 mg vs. 3.8 mg; p = 0.019).
Conclusions
The implementation of a multisensory environment synchronized with the circadian rhythm was associated with improvements in delirium-related outcomes, sedation-agitation profiles, and benzodiazepine use. These findings support the use of non-pharmacological environmental interventions as complementary tools in the prevention of ICU delirium.
目的评估模拟和同步生理昼夜节律的多感官环境干预对重症监护病房(ICU)重症患者谵妄发生率和其他临床结局的影响。设计:2023年9月至2024年6月,无随机分组的前后准实验研究。在某三级大学医院设置成人重症监护室。连续纳入538例患者:对照组251例,干预实施后287例。干预:安装SHX®环境刺激系统,提供模拟日出和日落的程序化光、图像和声音转换,旨在支持昼夜节律同步。主要结局变量:谵妄发生率(使用CAM-ICU工具评估)、镇静-躁动水平(RASS量表)和每天在ICU住院期间镇静药物的每日消耗量。结果谵妄发生率无显著降低(14.3% vs. 9.1%, p = 0.075),镇静-躁动水平有显著的再分布(p < 0.001),每日咪达唑仑每日消耗量显著降低(9.6 mg vs. 3.8 mg, p = 0.019)。结论:与昼夜节律同步的多感官环境的实施与谵妄相关结局、镇静-躁动特征和苯二氮卓类药物使用的改善有关。这些发现支持使用非药物环境干预作为预防ICU谵妄的补充工具。
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Pub Date : 2026-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2025.502300
Rodrigo Albillos-Almaraz , Salvador Balboa-Palomino , Eva María Pérez-Cabo
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Pub Date : 2026-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2025.502294
Rafael González Cortés , Martí Pons Òdena , Mirella Gaboli , María Angeles García-Teresa
Prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) in paediatric intensive care (PICU) is increasing due to health advances and ethical criteria favouring the survival of chronically ill children. These patients require resources, generate high family demand and present a high risk of complications and mortality. Among the most frequent underlying pathologies are chronic respiratory diseases, neuromuscular diseases, prematurity, bronchopulmonary dysplasia and heart disease, with oncological pathology emerging in recent years.
In PICU, PMV is mainly performed by invasive MV with an endotracheal or tracheostomy tube (TQ), with non-invasive ventilation (NIV) being less frequent. Successful weaning from MV requires strategies aimed at identifying and correcting factors that alter the balance between respiratory system load and respiratory work capacity. Both TQ and NIV can facilitate ventilatory weaning or be solutions for long-term ventilation. There is no defined optimal time to perform TQ in children; this decision should be individualised on a risk-benefit basis. TQ tends to be delayed in children much longer than in adults. One-piece cannulae are used in paediatrics; in addition, if there is clinical stability and the possibility of connection to a home ventilator, uncuffed cannulae should be prioritised because of their better tolerance and safety. Home ventilation allows for a return to the home environment, improving quality of life and favouring neurodevelopment. However, institutional support can be insufficient to cope with the high responsibility and burden assumed by families.
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Pub Date : 2026-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2025.502259
Susana Arias-Rivera , Fernando Frutos-Vivar , María Nieves Moro-Tejedor , María Mar Sánchez-Sánchez , Emilia Romero-de San Pío , Yeray Gabriel Santana-Padilla , Gemma Via-Clavero , María del Rosario Villar-Redondo , María Jesús Frade-Mera , Mónica Juncos Gozalo , Elisabet Gallart-Vivé , Marta Raurell-Torredà , Grupo FRAIL-Es-UCI
Objective
To evaluate the validity and sensitivity to change of the FRAIL-Spain scale in critically ill adult patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) in Spain.
Design
Descriptive, observational, prospective, multicenter, metric in nature.
The prevalence of frailty at ICU admission, among the 493 patients in the cohort, was 23.9%. Multivariate risk factors for frailty were age and hospital admissions in the year prior to the current admission. Being independent, having a stable partner, and good physical quality of life are protective factors for frailty. Frailty is associated with greater resource utilization, increased mortality, and a higher likelihood of discharge to a long-stay facility. The effect size of the observed change was moderate-large (d = .850).
Conclusions
The FRAIL-Spain model shows good convergent validity with age, dependency, marital status, comorbidities, perceived physical quality of life, and hospitalization in an acute care facility in the previous year. It has good predictive validity for ICU-acquired weakness, alterations in glycemic control and resource use, hospital discharge, and mortality. It is sensitive for detecting changes in frailty.
{"title":"Validez de la escala FRAIL-España en pacientes críticos","authors":"Susana Arias-Rivera , Fernando Frutos-Vivar , María Nieves Moro-Tejedor , María Mar Sánchez-Sánchez , Emilia Romero-de San Pío , Yeray Gabriel Santana-Padilla , Gemma Via-Clavero , María del Rosario Villar-Redondo , María Jesús Frade-Mera , Mónica Juncos Gozalo , Elisabet Gallart-Vivé , Marta Raurell-Torredà , Grupo FRAIL-Es-UCI","doi":"10.1016/j.medin.2025.502259","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.medin.2025.502259","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To evaluate the validity and sensitivity to change of the FRAIL-Spain scale in critically ill adult patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) in Spain.</div></div><div><h3>Design</h3><div>Descriptive, observational, prospective, multicenter, metric in nature.</div></div><div><h3>Setting</h3><div>ICUs in Spain.</div></div><div><h3>Patients</h3><div>Patients ><!--> <!-->18<!--> <!-->years old with ICU stay ><!--> <!-->48<!--> <!-->hours.</div></div><div><h3>Interventions</h3><div>None.</div></div><div><h3>Main variables of interest</h3><div>Frailty (FRAIL-Spain), sociodemographic characteristics, dependency, ICU stay clinical variables, stay, mortality, destination at discharge.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The prevalence of frailty at ICU admission, among the 493 patients in the cohort, was 23.9%. Multivariate risk factors for frailty were age and hospital admissions in the year prior to the current admission. Being independent, having a stable partner, and good physical quality of life are protective factors for frailty. Frailty is associated with greater resource utilization, increased mortality, and a higher likelihood of discharge to a long-stay facility. The effect size of the observed change was moderate-large (d<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->.850).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The FRAIL-Spain model shows good convergent validity with age, dependency, marital status, comorbidities, perceived physical quality of life, and hospitalization in an acute care facility in the previous year. It has good predictive validity for ICU-acquired weakness, alterations in glycemic control and resource use, hospital discharge, and mortality. It is sensitive for detecting changes in frailty.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49268,"journal":{"name":"Medicina Intensiva","volume":"50 1","pages":"Article 502259"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145886157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2025.502254
Eric Mayor-Vázquez , Elena Cuenca Fito , Pilar Marcos-Neira , Cándido Díaz-Lagares , Carme Gomila-Sintes , Noelia Albalá , Alejandra García-Roche , Pedro Castro
In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of patients affected by oncohematologic diseases in developed countries due to the improved survival rates and quality of life. This increase has generated a greater need for care in intensive care units (ICU), mainly due to complications related to immunosuppression, treatment toxicity or complications derived from cancer itself. Immunotherapy has transformed cancer treatment, but it can cause serious side effects such as cytokine release syndrome and hemophagocytic syndrome, which often require ICU admission. This review seeks to expand knowledge and management strategies for these complications in the ICU.
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Pub Date : 2026-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2025.502232
Eugenia Anabel Liger Borja, Jose Joaquín Cortina Gomez, Gabriela Carolina El Ashkar Palacios
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Pub Date : 2026-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2025.502290
Yueqi Wang , Yan Cui , Moxuan Han , Donghui Yue
{"title":"Enhancing methodological rigor in mechanical insufflation-exsufflation weaning studies: Commentary on patient selection, long-term outcomes, and psychological assessment","authors":"Yueqi Wang , Yan Cui , Moxuan Han , Donghui Yue","doi":"10.1016/j.medin.2025.502290","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.medin.2025.502290","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49268,"journal":{"name":"Medicina Intensiva","volume":"50 1","pages":"Article 502290"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145886165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2025.502258
Yukang Dong , Guiyun Li , Jiangquan Fu , Rui Huang , Huan Yao , Jingni Wang , Ying Wang , Feng Shen
Objective
This study aims to evaluate the association of time‑weighted average mechanical power normalized to compliance (TWA-MPCRS) with all-cause mortality to determine its value as a prognostic tool in intensive care patients.
Design
Retrospective observational study.
Setting
Intensive care unit (ICU).
Patients or participants
4387 first-time ICU-admitted patients in the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care (MIMIC) IV.
Interventions
None.
Main variables of interest
TWA-MPCRS, ICU mortality and in-hospital mortality.
Results
Participants' mean age was 61.4 ± 16.9 years and the median [IQR] baseline TWA-MPCRS was 0.3 (0.2, 0.6) J/min/mL/cmH2O. When TWA-MPCRS was divided into quintiles (with quintile 1 representing the lowest values), after adjusting for covariates, the odds ratios [95% confidence intervals (CIs)] for ICU mortality were 1.49 (95% CI: 1.15–1.94), 1.67 (95% CI: 1.29–2.16), 1.79 (95% CI: 1.37–2.33), and 3.96 (95% CI: 3.01–5.21) for quintiles 2, 3, 4, and 5 respectively, with quintile 1 as reference. Similar results were found for hospital mortality.
Conclusion
Higher TWA-MPCRS is associated with poor clinical outcomes in critically ill patients. Higher TWA-MPCRS can lead to a higher mortality among ICU and in-hospital patients.
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