Prognostic value of early EEG abnormalities in severe stroke patients requiring mechanical ventilation: a pre-planned analysis of the SPICE prospective multicenter study.

Introduction: Prognostication of outcome in severe stroke patients necessitating invasive mechanical ventilation poses significant challenges. The objective of this study was to assess the prognostic significance and prevalence of early electroencephalogram (EEG) abnormalities in adult stroke patients receiving mechanical ventilation.

Methods: This study is a pre-planned ancillary investigation within the prospective multicenter SPICE cohort study (2017-2019), conducted in 33 intensive care units (ICUs) in the Paris area, France.

Durability of antimicrobial activity of antibiotic-impregnated external ventricular drains: a prospective study.

Background: Antibiotic-impregnated external ventricular drains (AI-EVDs) have a debated efficacy in clinical studies.

Objectives: Our aim was to assess the durability of antimicrobial activity of AI-EVDs used in clinical settings.

Methods: From April 2017 to January 2018, all consecutive AI-EVDs (Bactiseal™) inserted in adult patients were prospectively included.

Effect of an ICU Diary on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Among Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Importance: Keeping a diary for patients while they are in the intensive care unit (ICU) might reduce their posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms.

Objectives: To assess the effect of an ICU diary on the psychological consequences of an ICU hospitalization.

Design, Setting, And Participants: Assessor-blinded, multicenter, randomized clinical trial in 35 French ICUs from October 2015 to January 2017, with follow-up until July 2017.

Breast Implants and Bilateral Tension Pneumothorax Following Blunt Chest Trauma.

A 38-year-old woman was admitted to our trauma centre with a complete left pneumothorax. The chest tube implementation procedure was aborted quickly because of a very difficult dissection (subcutaneous emphysema over two voluminous breast implants). The patient was transferred to the imaging room without chest tube insertion due to respiratory and haemodynamic stability.

Natural history of ventriculostomy-related infection under appropriate treatment and risk factors of poor outcome: a retrospective study.

Objective: The authors aimed to describe the natural history of ventriculostomy-related infections (VRIs) under appropriate treatment and to assess risk factors for poor outcome.

Methods: All patients older than 18 years in whom an external ventricular drain (EVD) had been implanted and who had developed a VRI requiring treatment were included in this retrospective study. D0 was defined as the first day of antibiotic administration.

The multistep road to ventilator-associated lung abscess: A retrospective study of S.aureus ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Object: We observed some cases of lung abscess (LA) in ICU patients suffering S.aureus ventilator-associated pneumonia (S.aureus-VAP).

The ICU-Diary study: prospective, multicenter comparative study of the impact of an ICU diary on the wellbeing of patients and families in French ICUs.

Background: Post-intensive care syndrome includes the multiple consequences of an intensive care unit (ICU) stay for patients and families. It has become a new challenge for intensivists. Prevention programs have been disappointing, except for ICU diaries, which report the patient's story in the ICU.