Issue 2 – March 2021

COVID-19, a remarkable year

maart 1, 2021

The past year will forever be remembered as the year of the outbreak of a novel coronavirus. From the moment the first Dutch patient was…

Volume 29, Issue 2 – March 2021

maart 1, 2021

REMAP-CAP: delivering research in the pandemic

maart 1, 2021

Abstract The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2) pandemic is an unprecedented global health crisis. For hospitalised patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) mortality…

Effect of high-dose methylprednisolone in mechanically ventilated ICU patients with COVID-19: a retrospective observational study

maart 1, 2021

Abstract Background: COVID-19 is associated with clinical features that closely resemble acute respiratory distress syndrome and causes hypoxic respiratory failure requiring ventilator support. The primary…

Sharing is caring: how COVID-19 led to large scale collaboration for icudata.nl

maart 1, 2021

For many intensivists worldwide, the pandemic will have created long-lasting memories. Some of them grim, such as massively overwhelmed ICUs, the dehumanising appearance of seemingly…

Fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2) to modulate respiratory drive in a mechanically ventilated patient

maart 1, 2021

Dear editor, With great interest we read the review by Jonkman, de Vries and Heunks, extensively explaining the physiology of respiratory drive in ICU patients,…

When to start spontaneous breathing in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients? Oxygenation index and PaO2 /FiO2 ratio can help

maart 1, 2021

Dear editor, Patients with COVID-19 induced respiratory failure are initially treated with lung-protective controlled mechanical ventilation to prevent ventilator-induced lung injury.[1] Adequate timing of the…

Neurological complications in COVID-19 patients admitted to a general ICU in the Netherlands

maart 1, 2021

Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) predominantly affects the respiratory system. However, the viral infection has been associated with brain involvement. In the literature multiple routes…

Endotracheal tube obstruction in patients diagnosed with COVID-19

maart 1, 2021

Abstract In this case report, two COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress are presented. In both cases the acute respiratory distress was due to occlusion…

Cerebral microbleeds in a COVID-19 patient

maart 1, 2021

Abstract A 31-year-old male was admitted to the intensive care unit with respiratory failure due to SARS-CoV-2 infection. A persistent altered mental state, with agitation…