intensive care

With our minds wide open: Let us foster the young academic spirit in critical care!

november 24, 2022

In this last issue of the Netherlands Journal of Critical Care (NJCC) in 2022, Ronald Akkerman and colleagues from the Leiden University Medical Center review…

A survey on implementation of physician assistants in ICUs in the Netherlands

juli 1, 2022

Abstract Background: In several countries, the advanced practice provider (APP) is positioned as a clinician in an acute care setting. In the Netherlands, physician assistants…

Task substitution in the ICU

juli 1, 2022

Every year, approximately 65,000 to 75,000 patients are admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) in the Netherlands.[1] These patients have complex care needs and often…

Deciding on ICU admission

november 1, 2021

During the COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected hundreds of millions of people worldwide, the number of patients in need of intensive care was enormous and…

Comparing the Dutch ICU triage guidelines to guidelines from abroad: differences and similarities

november 1, 2021

Abstract Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed healthcare systems all over the world. Many countries have formulated guidelines for a scenario in which ICU triage…

Remission of catatonia after intravenous propofol infusion for unrelated reasons

september 1, 2021

Abstract In the aftermath of a cerebrovascular accident, a 66-year-old male patient with a recurrent depressive disorder displayed prolonged stupor, mutism, negativism, immobility, catalepsia and…

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…