Staphylococcus epidermidis bloodstream infections are a cause of septic shock in intensive care unit patients.

Objectives: Staphylococcus epidermidis (SE) is a supposedly low-virulence agent, which may cause proven bloodstream infections (BSIs), with little-known consequences on intensive care unit (ICU) patients. We aimed at studying ICU patients diagnosed with BSIs caused by SE (SE-BSIs).

Methods: We constituted a retrospective cohort in two medical ICUs.

The accuracy of intensive care nurses' interpretation of chest radiographs to recognise misplacement of endotracheal and nasogastric tubes after a single training session and comparison with residents' interpretation.

Background: Misplacements of endotracheal and nasogastric tubes are frequent encounters in critically ill patients.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a single standardised training session on the ability of intensive care registered nurses (RNs) to recognise the misplacement of endotracheal and nasogastric tubes on bedside chest radiographs of patients in intensive care units (ICUs).

Methods: In eight French ICUs, RNs received a 110-min standardised teaching on the position of endotracheal and nasogastric tubes on chest radiographs.

Tick-Borne Encephalitis in Pregnant Woman and Long-Term Sequelae.

We report a case of severe tick-borne encephalitis in a pregnant woman, leading to a prolonged stay in the intensive care unit. She showed minor clinical improvement >6 months after her presumed infection. The patient was not vaccinated, although an effective vaccine is available and not contraindicated during pregnancy.

Comparison of Short- and Long-Term Mortality in Patients with or without Cancer Admitted to the ICU for Septic Shock: A Retrospective Observational Study.

Introduction: Cancer patients are at high risk of developing septic shock (SSh) and are increasingly admitted to ICU given their improved long-term prognosis. We, therefore, compared the prognosis of cancer and non-cancer patients with SSh. Methods: We conducted a monocentric, retrospective cohort study (2013−2019) on patients admitted to ICU for SSh.

Immunosuppression in patients with grade 3 acute-on-chronic liver failure at transplantation: A practice analysis study.

Transplantation for patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure grade 3 (ACLF3) has encouraging results with 1-year-survival of 80-90%. These patients with multiple organ failure meet the conditions for serious alterations of drug metabolism and increased toxicity. The goal of this study was to identify immunosuppression-dependent factors that affect survival.

Pretransplant Intensive Care Unit Management and Selection of Grade 3 Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure Transplant Candidates.

The aim of this study is to report on the liver transplantation (LT) activity and posttransplant outcome, over time, of patients with grade 3 acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF-3) in a single transplant center performing a large number of LTs for patients with ACLF-3. It aims at showing how pre-LT intensive care unit (ICU) management impacts post-LT outcomes, in particular through monitoring the transplantation for ACLF-3 model (TAM) score. A total of 100 patients who had ACLF-3 at the time of LT between 2007 and 2019 were included retrospectively.

Benefit-to-risk balance of bronchoalveolar lavage in the critically ill. A prospective, multicenter cohort study.

Purpose: To assess the benefit-to-risk balance of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in intensive care unit (ICU) patients.

Methods: In 16 ICUs, we prospectively collected adverse events during or within 24 h after BAL and assessed the BAL input for decision making in consecutive adult patients. The occurrence of a clinical adverse event at least of grade 3, i.

Mechanical thrombectomy for repeated cerebral tumor embolism from a thoracic sarcomatoid carcinoma.

Cerebral embolism originating from intracardiac tumors represents a rare cause of stroke and has been documented in both adult and pediatric populations. We present a patient recently diagnosed with a right pulmonary hilum tumor, invading the pulmonary veins and the left atrium. Two consecutive episodes of large cerebral vessel occlusion in separate vascular territories occurred in the same day and were treated by mechanical thrombectomy.

Mechanical thrombectomy for repeated cerebral tumor embolism from a thoracic sarcomatoid carcinoma.

Cerebral embolism originating from intracardiac tumors represents a rare cause of stroke and has been documented in both adult and pediatric populations. We present a patient recently diagnosed with a right pulmonary hilum tumor, invading the pulmonary veins and the left atrium. Two consecutive episodes of large cerebral vessel occlusion in separate vascular territories occurred in the same day and were treated by mechanical thrombectomy.

Noninvasive mechanical ventilation in patients having declined tracheal intubation.

Purpose: Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is a treatment option in patients with acute respiratory failure who are good candidates for intensive care but have declined tracheal intubation. The aim of our study was to report outcomes after NIV in patients with a do-not-intubate (DNI) order.

Methods: Prospective observational cohort study in all patients who received NIV for acute respiratory failure in 54 ICUs in France and Belgium, in 2010/2011.