Pub Date : 2026-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.medine.2025.502263
Cinta Millan-Gutierrez , Maria Gil-Arrieta , María Luisa Martínez , Juan Miguel Goyeneche , Maria Dolores Bosque , Francesc Marcano-Fernandez
Objective
To determine what proportion of oral presentations from congresses of the Spanish Society of Intensive care Medicine, Critical care, and Coronary Units (SEMICYUC) are subsequently published in scientific journals.
Design
Observational descriptive study based on the analysis of oral presentations accepted at SEMICYUC congresses every other year from 2013 to 2021, both inclusive.
Setting
National SEMICYUC congresses.
Participants
Abstracts of oral presentations accepted at SEMICYUC congresses every other year from 2013 to 2021.
Main outcome measures
The proportion of published oral presentations is the main outcome. Other outcome measures are time to publication, intensive care subspecialty, journal impact factor and quartile, methodological and design characteristics and funding.
Results
A total of 250 oral presentations were analyzed of which 81 (32.4%) resulted in a publication. "Infection" category had the highest number of oral presentations (64 presentations) and the highest number of published studies (30 publications). Randomized clinical trials (66.7%) and quasi-experimental studies (62.5%) result in the highest publication rates (p = 0,015). The average journal impact factor is 5.8 (range: 1.2–44.4).
Conclusions
Most abstracts presented as oral presentations at SEMICYUC congresses do not reach publication. Although only 32.4% of these are published, they appear in journals with an average impact factor of 5.8.
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Pub Date : 2026-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.medine.2025.502314
Diana Adrião , Marco Pozzi , Silvia Mongodi
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Pub Date : 2026-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.medine.2025.502300
Rodrigo Albillos-Almaraz , Salvador Balboa-Palomino , Eva María Pérez-Cabo
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Pub Date : 2026-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.medine.2025.502313
Mateo Porres-Aguilar , Guillermo Cueto-Robledo
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Pub Date : 2026-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.medine.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 = .075), along with a significant redistribution in sedation-agitation levels (P < .001) and a significant decrease in daily midazolam consumption per day of stay (9.6 mg vs. 3.8 mg; P = .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月进行无随机分组的前后准实验研究。环境:三级大学医院的成人重症监护室。患者:连续纳入538例患者:对照组251例,干预实施后287例。干预措施:安装SHX®环境刺激系统,该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),以及每天在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 = )。075),以及镇静-躁动水平的显著重新分布(P 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.medine.2025.502350
Susana Reyes-Domínguez , Ana Abril-Molina , Raúl Montero-Yéboles , Vicente Modesto i Alapont
Pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome (PARDS) is the clinical expression of severe non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema.
The agreed-upon definition shares common criteria with those for adults, but also includes differences determined by the particular characteristics inherent to pediatric patients. The definition of PARDS does not require bilateral infiltrates on the chest X-ray; hypoxemia can be identified non-invasively using the blood oxygen saturation/fraction of inspired oxygen (S/F) ratio; it is stratified into two groups (mild-moderate and severe) after a stabilization period of at least 4 h; and the oxygenation index and the oxygenation-saturation ratio are used in intubated patients.
Optimized respiratory support settings should prevent lung injury and allow for early identification of patients requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). This article seeks to conduct a critical analysis of PARS. A precise diagnosis of this syndrome remains challenging.
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Pub Date : 2026-01-31DOI: 10.1016/j.medine.2026.502390
Patricia Escudero-Acha, Rodrigo Albillos-Almaraz, Miguel Pajares Calvo, José Antonio Fernández-Ratero
{"title":"Hemodynamic monitoring in shock: from essentials to advanced approaches.","authors":"Patricia Escudero-Acha, Rodrigo Albillos-Almaraz, Miguel Pajares Calvo, José Antonio Fernández-Ratero","doi":"10.1016/j.medine.2026.502390","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medine.2026.502390","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94139,"journal":{"name":"Medicina intensiva","volume":" ","pages":"502390"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146101237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-31DOI: 10.1016/j.medine.2026.502394
Mesut Engin, Ufuk Aydın, Yusuf Ata
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