analysis of gas dependent redistribution kinetics in bimetallic Au-Pd nanoparticles.

The catalytic and plasmonic properties of bimetallic gold-palladium (Au-Pd) nanoparticles (NPs) critically depend on the distribution of the Au and Pd atoms inside the nanoparticle bulk and at the surface. Under operating conditions, the atomic distribution is highly dynamic. Analyzing gas induced redistribution kinetics at operating temperatures is therefore key in designing and understanding the behavior of Au-Pd nanoparticles for applications in thermal and light-driven catalysis, but requires advanced characterization strategies.

Discrepancy Between Functional Outcomes and Perceived Health post-ICU: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Rationale: Despite functional impairments, ICU survivors can perceive their quality of life as acceptable.

Objectives: To investigate discrepancies between calculated health, based on self-reported physical, mental and cognitive functioning, and perceived health one year after ICU admission.

Methods: Data from an ongoing prospective multicenter cohort study, MONITOR-IC, were used.

Health care providers' perceptions of family participation in essential care in the intensive care unit: A qualitative study.

Background: Family participation in essential care may benefit patients and relatives.

Aims: To examine the needs, perceptions and preferences of health care providers about family participation in essential care in the adult intensive care unit.

Study Design: A qualitative descriptive study using inductive thematic analysis.

Reducing administrative burden by implementing a core set of quality indicators in the ICU: a multicentre longitudinal intervention study.

Background: The number of quality indicators for which clinicians need to record data is increasing. For many indicators, there are concerns about their efficacy. This study aimed to determine whether working with only a consensus-based core set of quality indicators in the intensive care unit (ICU) reduces the time spent on documenting performance data and administrative burden of ICU professionals, and if this is associated with more joy in work without impacting the quality of ICU care.

Clinical phenotyping uncovers heterogeneous associations between corticosteroid treatment and survival in critically ill COVID-19 patients.

Purpose: Disease heterogeneity in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may render the current one-size-fits-all treatment approach suboptimal. We aimed to identify and immunologically characterize clinical phenotypes among critically ill COVID-19 patients, and to assess heterogeneity of corticosteroid treatment effect.

Methods: We applied consensus k-means clustering on 21 clinical parameters obtained within 24 h after admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) from 13,279 COVID-19 patients admitted to 82 Dutch ICUs from February 2020 to February 2022.