Contribution of Open Access Databases to Intensive Care Medicine Research: Scoping Review.

Background: Intensive care units (ICUs) handle the most critical patients with a high risk of mortality. Due to those conditions, close monitoring is necessary and therefore, a large volume of data is collected. Collaborative ventures have enabled the emergence of large open access databases, leading to numerous publications in the field.

Social Media Usage for Medical Education and Smartphone Addiction Among Medical Students: National Web-Based Survey.

Background: Social media (SoMe) have taken a major place in the medical field, and younger generations are increasingly using them as their primary source to find information.

Objective: This study aimed to describe the use of SoMe for medical education among French medical students and assess the prevalence of smartphone addiction in this population.

Methods: A cross-sectional web-based survey was conducted among French medical students (second to sixth year of study).

Examining the impact of sleep deprivation on medical reasoning's performance among anaesthesiology residents and doctors: a prospective study.

Background: Working long consecutive hours' is common for anaesthesia and critical care physicians. It is associated with impaired medical reasoning's performance of anaesthesiology and serious medical errors. However, no study has yet investigated the impact of working long consecutive hours' on medical reasoning.

Impact of anesthesia drugs on digestive motility measurements in humans: A systematic review.

Background And Purpose: Measurement of gastro-intestinal motility is increasingly performed under general anesthesia during endoscopic or surgical procedures. The aim of the present study was to review the impact of different anesthetic agents on digestive motility measurements in humans.

Methods: This systematic review was performed using the Medline-Pubmed and Web of Science databases.

Association between volume of lung damage and endoplasmic reticulum stress expression among severe COVID-19 ICU patients.

Introduction: Links have been established between SARS-CoV-2 and endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS). However, the relationships between inflammation, ERS, and the volume of organ damage are not well known in humans. The aim of this study was to explore whether ERS explains lung damage volume (LDV) among COVID-19 patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU).

Improving the genetic stability of bacterial growth control for long-term bioproduction.

Using microorganisms for bioproduction requires the reorientation of metabolic fluxes from biomass synthesis to the production of compounds of interest. We previously engineered a synthetic growth switch in Escherichia coli based on inducible expression of the β- and β'-subunits of RNA polymerase. Depending on the level of induction, the cells stop growing or grow at a rate close to that of the wild-type strain.

An evaluation of intensive care nurses' performance of indirect calorimetry measurements.

Background: Indirect calorimetry (IC) is the gold standard to monitor energy expenditure in critically ill patients. In several intensive care units (ICUs), nurses are responsible for carrying out the measurements.

Aim: The aim of this study was to assess nurses' perception of their involvement in IC.

Comparison of Two Dexmedetomidine Administration Strategies on the Incidence of Postoperative Respiratory Complications: A Retrospective, Inverse Probability of Treatment Weighted Study.

Randomized controlled trials have shown a higher risk of postoperative hypoxemia and delayed extubation with opioid-free anesthesia (OFA), compared with opioid anesthesia. The practice of OFA is not standardized. The objective of this study is to investigate the association between the dexmedetomidine administration protocol used and the occurrence of postoperative respiratory complications.

Soluble TREM-1 plasma levels are associated with acute kidney injury, acute atrial fibrillation and prolonged ICU stay after cardiac surgery- a proof-concept study.

Background: Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) during cardiac surgery leads to deleterious systemic inflammation. We hypothesized that TREM-1, a myeloid receptor shed after activation, drives systemic inflammation during CPB.

Methods: Prospective observational bi-centric study.

Impact of anesthetics on pyloric characteristics measured using the EndoFLIP® system in patients with gastroparesis.

Background: Pyloric distensibility has been reported as a predictive measure in gastroparesis. Measures can be obtained either during endoscopy under anesthesia or in unsedated patients. However, the impact of anesthetic drugs on the results of pyloric characteristics remains unknown.

Evaluation of Medical Confidentiality Breaches on Twitter Among Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Health Care Workers.

Background: With the generalization of social network use by health care workers, we observe the emergence of breaches in medical confidentiality. Our objective was to determine, among anesthesiology and intensive care health care workers, the rate of medical confidentiality breaches among professional tweets.

Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of public Twitter data available through the official Twitter application program interface.

Erector Spinae Plane Block versus Paravertebral Block after Thoracic Surgery for Lung Cancer: A Propensity Score Study.

Introduction: The prevention of respiratory complications is a major issue after thoracic surgery for lung cancer, and requires adequate post-operative pain management. The erector spinae plane block (ESPB) may decrease post-operative pain. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of ESPB on pain after video or robot-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS or RATS).

Gender differences in professional social networks use among critical care researchers.

Background: Recent studies highlight that female anaesthesiology researchers have lower visibility on professional social networks (PSNs) than male researchers.

Objective: The objective of this work was to compare the use of PSNs between women and men in critical care research.

Methods: We included the first/last authors (FAs/LAs) among the most frequently cited articles in 2018 and 2019 in three critical care journals (Intensive Care Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, and Critical Care).

Paravertebral block combined with serratus anterior plane block after video-assisted thoracic surgery: a prospective randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: Adequate pain management after thoracoscopic surgery is a major issue in the prevention of respiratory complications. The combination of the paravertebral block (PVB) with the serratus anterior plane block (SAPB) may decrease postoperative pain. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of the combination of PVB and SAPB on the consumption of morphine and pain after video- or robot-assisted thoracic surgery.

Effect of opioid-free anesthesia on post-operative period in cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy: a propensity score matched study.

Background: Postoperative pain after cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS-HIPEC) is important. It appears essential to reduce postoperative pain and morphine consumption.

Methods: Retrospective study in a university hospital comparing patient benefiting from CRS-HIPEC under opioid-free anesthesia (OFA; dexmedetomidine) to those anesthetized with opioid anesthesia (OA; remifentanil) using a propensity score matching method.

Point-of-Care Viscoelastic Hemostatic Assays in Cardiac Surgery Patients: Comparison of Thromboelastography 6S, Thromboelastometry Sigma, and Quantra.

Objectives: Viscoelastic tests allow a reduction in blood product transfusion. Three modern devices are currently available (rotational thromboelastometry [ROTEM] sigma, thromboelastography [TEG] 6S, and Quantra). No study has compared the performances of these 3 devices simultaneously.

Effect of mechanical ventilation during cardiopulmonary bypass on end-expiratory lung volume in the perioperative period of cardiac surgery: an observational study.

Background: Many studies explored the impact of ventilation during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) period with conflicting results. Functional residual capacity or End Expiratory Lung Volume (EELV) may be disturbed after cardiac surgery but the specific effects of CPB have not been studied. Our objective was to compare the effect of two ventilation strategies during CPB on EELV.

Women's visibility at European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism congresses from 2011 to 2019: Is the floor yours?

Purpose: Participating in international conferences is an essential way to promote scholarly work. We aimed to assess the trend of women's visibility at the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) congress by describing the evolution of the proportion of women speakers between 2011 and 2019.

Materials And Methods: This is a retrospective study including public data obtained from the 2011, 2015, and 2019 ESPEN congresses.