Publications by authors named "Marc Pirotte"

Objectives: This report describes the implementation of a clinical debriefing (CD) program in intensive care units (ICU) and analyses its feasibility and its impact on staff well-being.

Design: Observational study.

Setting: From April to September 2023, post-shift CDs were run once a week in 2 out of 7 units in our department, using an adapted version of the DISCOVER-PHASE tool.

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While the benefits of glycemic control for critically ill patients are increasingly demonstrated, the ability to deliver safe, effective control to intermediate target ranges is widely debated due to the increased risk of hypoglycemia. This study analyzes interim clinical trial results of the fully computerized model-based Stochastic TARgeted (STAR) glycemic control framework at the University Hospital of Liège, Belgium. Patients with dysglycemia were randomly assigned to the full version of STAR, modulating both insulin and nutrition inputs, or STAR-IO, an insulin only version of STAR.

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