International Journal of Anesthesia and Critical Care

Commentary Open Access

Therapeutic Values of Ketamine for COVID-19-Cared Patients: An Expert’s Point of View

Avi A. Weinbroum

Ketamine has long been used in the field of anesthesia [1]. Its rapid and long-acting analgesic effects associated with its dissociative properties have also established its use in prehospital and emergency department patients.

Research Article Open Access

Gender Disparities in Outcomes Following Pulmonary Embolism Treatment in the Intensive Care Unit; A Multi-center Retrospective Cohort Study

Reubeni E. Mkama , Jin Peng , Yan Zhou , Tingfa Zhou , Jinyun Du , Guozhong Pang , Min Si , Yuan Li , Weidong Qin , Xiaomei Chen

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blockage of blood flow in the pulmonary artery bed that can result in a life-threatening and potentially reversible right ventricular failure [1]. PE remains one of the leading causes of poor prognosis and death, particularly when a shock or right ventricular failure occurs [2]. According to studies, PE is generally manifested in a nonspecific manner

Review Article Open Access

Evolving Policies and Practices for Organ Recovery and Non- Lung Organ Transplantation in Candidates Recovering from COVID-2019 - A Review

Yehuda Raveh , Rodrigo Vianna , Alghidak Salama , Ramona Nicolau-Raducu

The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic affected Solid-Organ transplantation (SOT) policies and practices worldwide. The medical sector had to adapt to overwhelming concerns regarding patient care, infection-control, healthcare workers’ safety, and limited healthcare resources. Transplant-

Research Article Open Access

The Impact of Fluid Resuscitation Timeliness in Geriatric Patients with Sepsis: A Single Center Retrospective Cohort Study

Zed Omar Seedat , Kevin Itty , Prashank S. Neupane , Katherine D. Reano , David L. Waldburg, , Christopher M. Gebara , Samer Fahmy , Michael A. DeDonno , Sachin S. Sule

Sepsis is a key driver of worldwide mortality, representing close to 20% of global deaths in 2017 [1]. Approximately half of patients hospitalized with sepsis are 65 years and older [2]. Delivery of 30ml/kg of crystalloid fluid bolus within three hours of diagnosing sepsis remains a cornerstone of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC)

Short Communication Open Access

Middle Interscalene Block (Alemanno’s Technique): Some Considerations Thirty Years Later

Fernando Alemanno

In the last century, starting from 1911 (Kulenkampff) [1], more than twenty upper limb blocking techniques had been described, each of these blocks with its owns strengths and weaknesses (complications). Personally, in the early 80s I still applied Kulenkampff’s supraclavicular technique modified by Moore [2]; in one week I had had two