Pub Date : 2025-06-30eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.62675/2965-2774.20250211
Roberta Esteves Vieira de Castro, Yu Kawai, Daniela Nasu Monteiro Medeiros, Arnaldo Prata-Barbosa, Neelima Marupudi
{"title":"The relevance of including delirium in the assessment of sepsis-associated neurological disorders that cause changes in consciousness or confusion.","authors":"Roberta Esteves Vieira de Castro, Yu Kawai, Daniela Nasu Monteiro Medeiros, Arnaldo Prata-Barbosa, Neelima Marupudi","doi":"10.62675/2965-2774.20250211","DOIUrl":"10.62675/2965-2774.20250211","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72721,"journal":{"name":"Critical care science","volume":"37 ","pages":"e20250211"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12266825/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144562145","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}
Pub Date : 2025-06-20eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.62675/2965-2774.20250118
Bruna Brandao Barreto, Lisa Burry, Dimitri Gusmao-Flores
{"title":"Target trial emulation on dexmedetomidine for critically ill patients: all that glitters is not gold.","authors":"Bruna Brandao Barreto, Lisa Burry, Dimitri Gusmao-Flores","doi":"10.62675/2965-2774.20250118","DOIUrl":"10.62675/2965-2774.20250118","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72721,"journal":{"name":"Critical care science","volume":"37 ","pages":"e20250118"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12266819/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144499685","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}
Pub Date : 2025-06-20eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.62675/2965-2774.20250025
Vanessa Moll, Ashish K Khanna, Piyush Mathur
{"title":"Artificial intelligence for the prediction of postoperative complications in the critically ill.","authors":"Vanessa Moll, Ashish K Khanna, Piyush Mathur","doi":"10.62675/2965-2774.20250025","DOIUrl":"10.62675/2965-2774.20250025","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72721,"journal":{"name":"Critical care science","volume":"37 ","pages":"e20250025"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12266812/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144499683","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}
Pub Date : 2025-06-20eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.62675/2965-2774.20250284
Juliana Carvalho Ferreira, Adriano José Pereira, Alexandre Biasi Cavalcanti, Antonio Paulo Nassar Junior, Ary Serpa Neto, Bruno Adler Maccagnan Pinheiro Besen, Bruno Martins Tomazini, Cassiano Teixeira, Felipe Dal-Pizzol, Fernando Augusto Bozza, Fernando Godinho Zampieri, Flávia Ribeiro Machado, Glauco Adrieno Westphal, Israel Silva Maia, Leandro Utino Taniguchi, Luciano Cesar Pontes Azevedo, Marcio Soares, Otavio Ranzani, Pedro Vitale Mendes, Rafael Barberena Moraes, Regis Goulart Rosa, Rodrigo Santos Biondi, Suzana Margarete Lobo, Thiago Costa Lisboa, Viviane Cordeiro Veiga, Wagner Luis Nedel, Jorge Ibrain Figueira Salluh, André Miguel Japiassú, Bruno do Valle Pinheiro, Cássia Righy, Cíntia Magalhães Carvalho Grion, Eduardo Leite Vieira Costa, Fernando José da Silva Ramos, Flávio Geraldo Rezende de Freitas, João Gabriel Rosa Ramos, Luiz Marcelo Sá Malbouisson, Márcio Manozzo Boniatti, Pedro Kurtz, Roberta Muriel Longo Roepke, Thiago Domingos Corrêa, Vandack Alencar Nobre Júnior
Critical illnesses such as sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome lead to millions of deaths globally, with a higher burden in low- and middle-income countries. Conducting multicentric clinical studies is essential to help minimize the burden of critical illnesses, particularly in areas where their impact is greater. However, conducting large-scale multicentric studies is challenging, and most large multicentric studies in critical care are from high-income countries, which limits their relevance in other contexts. This highlights the need for collaborative research networks in low- and middle-income countries to better address local needs. The Brazilian Research in Intensive Care Network (BRICNet) was created by a group of intensivists and researchers in 2007 and is dedicated to being the leading organization in Brazil for conducting collaborative clinical research to improve care for critically ill patients. BRICNet focuses on investigator-initiated and collaborative studies relevant to global intensive care, with a special emphasis on Brazilian context. Its mission includes advancing research methodology, scientific writing, and conducting large-scale multicenter studies to fill knowledge gaps in critical care. Since its creation, the network has published 71 articles, including 15 randomized controlled trials and 14 observational studies, many of them in collaboration with major Brazilian institutions and international networks. This review aims to critically assess the achievements of BRICNet, highlighting its high-impact publications, international partnerships, and capacity building, which have significantly contributed to the field of intensive care. Looking ahead, we also identify barriers and solutions for sustainable growth.
{"title":"Brazilian Research in Intensive Care Network (BRICNet): shaping the landscape of critical care research in Brazil and beyond.","authors":"Juliana Carvalho Ferreira, Adriano José Pereira, Alexandre Biasi Cavalcanti, Antonio Paulo Nassar Junior, Ary Serpa Neto, Bruno Adler Maccagnan Pinheiro Besen, Bruno Martins Tomazini, Cassiano Teixeira, Felipe Dal-Pizzol, Fernando Augusto Bozza, Fernando Godinho Zampieri, Flávia Ribeiro Machado, Glauco Adrieno Westphal, Israel Silva Maia, Leandro Utino Taniguchi, Luciano Cesar Pontes Azevedo, Marcio Soares, Otavio Ranzani, Pedro Vitale Mendes, Rafael Barberena Moraes, Regis Goulart Rosa, Rodrigo Santos Biondi, Suzana Margarete Lobo, Thiago Costa Lisboa, Viviane Cordeiro Veiga, Wagner Luis Nedel, Jorge Ibrain Figueira Salluh, André Miguel Japiassú, Bruno do Valle Pinheiro, Cássia Righy, Cíntia Magalhães Carvalho Grion, Eduardo Leite Vieira Costa, Fernando José da Silva Ramos, Flávio Geraldo Rezende de Freitas, João Gabriel Rosa Ramos, Luiz Marcelo Sá Malbouisson, Márcio Manozzo Boniatti, Pedro Kurtz, Roberta Muriel Longo Roepke, Thiago Domingos Corrêa, Vandack Alencar Nobre Júnior","doi":"10.62675/2965-2774.20250284","DOIUrl":"10.62675/2965-2774.20250284","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Critical illnesses such as sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome lead to millions of deaths globally, with a higher burden in low- and middle-income countries. Conducting multicentric clinical studies is essential to help minimize the burden of critical illnesses, particularly in areas where their impact is greater. However, conducting large-scale multicentric studies is challenging, and most large multicentric studies in critical care are from high-income countries, which limits their relevance in other contexts. This highlights the need for collaborative research networks in low- and middle-income countries to better address local needs. The Brazilian Research in Intensive Care Network (BRICNet) was created by a group of intensivists and researchers in 2007 and is dedicated to being the leading organization in Brazil for conducting collaborative clinical research to improve care for critically ill patients. BRICNet focuses on investigator-initiated and collaborative studies relevant to global intensive care, with a special emphasis on Brazilian context. Its mission includes advancing research methodology, scientific writing, and conducting large-scale multicenter studies to fill knowledge gaps in critical care. Since its creation, the network has published 71 articles, including 15 randomized controlled trials and 14 observational studies, many of them in collaboration with major Brazilian institutions and international networks. This review aims to critically assess the achievements of BRICNet, highlighting its high-impact publications, international partnerships, and capacity building, which have significantly contributed to the field of intensive care. Looking ahead, we also identify barriers and solutions for sustainable growth.</p>","PeriodicalId":72721,"journal":{"name":"Critical care science","volume":"37 ","pages":"e20250284"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12266831/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144499684","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}
Pub Date : 2025-06-20eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.62675/2965-2774.20250179
Ary Serpa Neto, Jorge Ibrain Figueira Salluh
{"title":"The legacy of Prof Rinaldo Bellomo for critical care and scientific publication: an editorial tribute from Critical Care Science.","authors":"Ary Serpa Neto, Jorge Ibrain Figueira Salluh","doi":"10.62675/2965-2774.20250179","DOIUrl":"10.62675/2965-2774.20250179","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72721,"journal":{"name":"Critical care science","volume":"37 ","pages":"e20250179"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12266817/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144499686","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}
Pub Date : 2025-06-16eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.62675/2965-2774.20250313
Daniela Carla de Souza, Regis Goulart Rosa, Reinaldo Salomão, Flávia Ribeiro Machado
{"title":"Improving the outcomes of sepsis in Brazil: strategies and initiatives.","authors":"Daniela Carla de Souza, Regis Goulart Rosa, Reinaldo Salomão, Flávia Ribeiro Machado","doi":"10.62675/2965-2774.20250313","DOIUrl":"10.62675/2965-2774.20250313","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72721,"journal":{"name":"Critical care science","volume":"37 ","pages":"e20250313"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12266810/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144327905","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}
Pub Date : 2025-06-16eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.62675/2965-2774.20250027
Rohan Magoon
{"title":"To: Science over language: a plea to consider language bias in scientific publishing.","authors":"Rohan Magoon","doi":"10.62675/2965-2774.20250027","DOIUrl":"10.62675/2965-2774.20250027","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72721,"journal":{"name":"Critical care science","volume":"37 ","pages":"e20250027"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12266814/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144327959","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}
Pub Date : 2025-06-16eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.62675/2965-2774.20250228
Eduardo Messias Hirano Padrao, Fernando Onuchic, Monaliza de Almeida Castro, Ariadne Peres Silva Swarovsky, Augusto Barreto do Amaral Neto, Felippe Lazar Neto, Luciano César Pontes Azevedo, Fernando Godinho Zampieri, Caio de Assis Moura Tavares
Objective: To assess the accuracy of Brazilian television depictions of cardiopulmonary arrest, their management, and outcomes and to compare the observed outcomes with prior data from observational studies.
Methods: Investigators screened episodes, identified cardiac arrest scenes, collected relevant information, and assessed outcomes. Cardiac arrest scenes were then analyzed using the American Heart Association guidelines. The primary outcome was survival with favorable neurologic outcomes. Secondary outcomes were the return of spontaneous circulation and the number of Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support deviations in each event.
Results: Fifty-nine cardiac arrests were included in the study. Death occurred in 55.9% of patients, and return of spontaneous circulation was obtained in 54.2%. Survival rate was 44.1%, and 42.4% of the patients had favorable neurologic outcomes. Adherence to Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support guidelines did not demonstrate a significant impact on survival with favorable neurological outcomes, as evidenced by comparable odds ratios (0.86 [95%CI 0.22 - 2.36] for 3 - 5 deviations and 0.69 [95%CI 0.07 - 5.93] for ≥ 6 deviations using 0 - 2 deviations as reference). Television shows depicted a significantly higher proportion of favorable outcomes than real-world Brazilian cohorts for out-of-hospital and in-hospital scenarios (50% versus 20.5%, p = 0.107; and 43.3% versus 17.4%, p < 0.0001, respectively).
Conclusion: In Brazilian television shows, the portrayal of cardiopulmonary resuscitation is inaccurate and tends to overstate the likelihood of favorable outcomes following cardiac arrests.
目的:评估巴西电视对心肺骤停、处理和结果的描述的准确性,并将观察到的结果与观察性研究的先前数据进行比较。方法:研究人员筛选发作,确定心脏骤停场景,收集相关信息,并评估结果。然后使用美国心脏协会的指南对心脏骤停场景进行分析。主要终点是神经系统预后良好的生存期。次要结果是自发循环的恢复和每个事件中高级心血管生命支持偏差的数量。结果:59例心脏骤停纳入研究。55.9%的患者死亡,54.2%的患者恢复了自然循环。生存率为44.1%,42.4%的患者神经系统预后良好。坚持高级心血管生命支持指南并未显示出对神经系统预后有利的生存有显著影响,可比较的比值比(以0 - 2偏差为参考,3 - 5偏差为0.86 [95%CI 0.22 - 2.36],≥6偏差为0.69 [95%CI 0.07 - 5.93])证明了这一点。在院外和院内情况下,电视节目所描绘的有利结果比例明显高于现实世界中的巴西队列(50%对20.5%,p = 0.107;43.3% vs 17.4%, p < 0.0001)。结论:在巴西的电视节目中,心肺复苏的描述是不准确的,并且倾向于夸大心脏骤停后有利结果的可能性。
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Pub Date : 2025-06-16eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.62675/2965-2774.20250279
Carla Alexandra Scorza, Fulvio Alexandre Scorza, Josef Finsterer
{"title":"To: Identification of distinct phenotypes and improving prognosis using metabolic biomarkers in COVID-19 patients.","authors":"Carla Alexandra Scorza, Fulvio Alexandre Scorza, Josef Finsterer","doi":"10.62675/2965-2774.20250279","DOIUrl":"10.62675/2965-2774.20250279","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72721,"journal":{"name":"Critical care science","volume":"37 ","pages":"e20250279"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12266823/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144327958","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}
Pub Date : 2025-06-16eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.62675/2965-2774.20250026
Vanessa Soares Lanziotti, Lazaro Nelson Sanchez-Pinto
{"title":"To: Closing the critical care knowledge gap: the importance of publications from low-income and middle-income countries.","authors":"Vanessa Soares Lanziotti, Lazaro Nelson Sanchez-Pinto","doi":"10.62675/2965-2774.20250026","DOIUrl":"10.62675/2965-2774.20250026","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72721,"journal":{"name":"Critical care science","volume":"37 ","pages":"e20250026"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12266826/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144327906","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}