Airway foreign bodies (AFBs): Causes/risk factors, pathophysiology, complications, clinical features, investigations, and management.

Brooke Riley, Intensivist and ECMO Consultant at the Alfred ICU, delivers a succinct and informative update based on the 2024 ILCOR-ESICM cardiac arrest guidelines.

Authors: Chris Nickson and Lloyd Roberts

Examinations used to credential trainees for independent specialist practice in intensive care medicine should be evaluated to demonstrate their level…

Ketamine or Etomidate for Tracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adults Casey. NEJM. 2025. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2511420 Clinical Question Among adults with non‑traumatic critical illness undergoing emerg...

Pharmacology of etomidate (Critical Care Compendium entry)

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Sepsis is a macabre dance between host and pathogen.1 With development of germ theory by Lister, Semmelweis, Pasteur, and Koch, pathogen eradication was the focus. Only in recent decades, with observa...

This randomized trial assesses whether precision immunotherapy tailored to macrophage activation–like syndrome or sepsis-induced immunoparalysis improved organ dysfunction compared with placebo among ...

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Critical Care Reviews Meeting Down Under - The Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne, December 9th - 10th, 2025

Critical Care Reviews Meeting Down Under - The Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne, December 9th - 10th, 2025

Critical Care Reviews Meeting Down Under - The Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne, December 9th - 10th, 2025

Critical Care Reviews Meeting Down Under - The Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne, December 9th - 10th, 2025

Pharmacology of dobutamine, a synthetic catecholamine used as an inotrope as it is a direct-acting moderately selective β1 adrenergic agonist

Suspended animation is defined as the therapeutic induction of a state of tolerance to temporary complete systemic ischaemia

Description of the airway assistant role in the ANZ critical care setting: responsibilities, tips, pitfalls for newcomers to the role

Unrecognised oesophageal intubation: frequency, causes, prevention, recognition, actions, and confounders. Derived from PUMA guidelines.

Pharmacology of metaraminol, peripherally administered vasopressor used for direct & indirect sympathomimetic effects (esp alpha-1 agonism)

Pharmacology of Semaglutide, the Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist. Incretin mimetic and Antidiabetic agent

Critical evaluation of continuous infusion of beta-lactam antibiotics (rather than intermittent dosing) in critically ill patients.