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ICU GUIDELINES

Clinical and administrative guidelines published by major organizations to provide direction for the provision of critical care services. These guidelines recommend practices that are based on the best available evidence and expert consensus. They are designed to promote the delivery of high-quality, safe, and effective care.

Practical recommendations in a concise format designed to assist acute-care hospitals to implement and prioritize their Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) prevention efforts.
Strategies to Prevent Clostridioides difficile Infections in Acute-Care Hospitals

Practical recommendations in a concise format designed to assist acute-care hospitals to implement and prioritize their Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) prevention efforts.

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April 12, 2023

Evidence-based recommendations for clinicians caring for adults with acute liver failure (ALF) or acute on chronic liver failure (ACLF) in the ICU.
Management of Adult Acute and Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure in the ICU: Neurology, Peri-Transplant Medicine, Infectious Disease, and Gastroenterology Considerations

Evidence-based recommendations for clinicians caring for adults with acute liver failure (ALF) or acute on chronic liver failure (ACLF) in the ICU.

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May 1, 2023

Updated evidence-based guidelines to support patients, clinicians and other health-care professionals in their decisions about treatment and management of patients with COVID-19
COVID-19 Guideline Part 1: Treatment and Management

Updated evidence-based guidelines to support patients, clinicians and other health-care professionals in their decisions about treatment and management of patients with COVID-19

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June 26, 2023

This document is to highlight practical recommendations in a concise format designed to assist acute-care hospitals in implementing and prioritizing efforts to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) transmission and infection.
Strategies to Prevent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Transmission and Infection in Acute-Care Hospitals

This document is to highlight practical recommendations in a concise format designed to assist acute-care hospitals in implementing and prioritizing efforts to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) transmission and infection.

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June 29, 2023

Practical guidance on the management of arterial thrombosis and thromboembolism in COVID-19 patients.
Antithrombotic Therapy in Arterial Thrombosis and Thromboembolism in COVID-19

Practical guidance on the management of arterial thrombosis and thromboembolism in COVID-19 patients.

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June 29, 2023

These guidelines highlight practical recommendations in a concise format designed to assist physicians, nurses, and infection preventionists at acute-care hospitals in implementing and prioritizing their catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) prevention efforts.
Strategies to Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Acute-Care Hospitals

These guidelines highlight practical recommendations in a concise format designed to assist physicians, nurses, and infection preventionists at acute-care hospitals in implementing and prioritizing their catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) prevention efforts.

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August 25, 2023

These guidelines provide recommendations for or against interventions proven to be effective, ineffective, or harmful in the medical management of patients with aSAH based on a rigorous review of the available literature.
Neurocritical Care Management of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

These guidelines provide recommendations for or against interventions proven to be effective, ineffective, or harmful in the medical management of patients with aSAH based on a rigorous review of the available literature.

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May 18, 2023

International consensus recommendations for the use of prolonged-infusion beta-lactam antibiotics: Endorsed by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Society of Critical Care Medicine, and Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists.
Use of Prolonged-Infusion Beta-Lactam Antibiotics

International consensus recommendations for the use of prolonged-infusion beta-lactam antibiotics: Endorsed by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Society of Critical Care Medicine, and Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists.

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August 24, 2023

Pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic management of the airway during rapid sequence intubation (RSI).
Rapid Sequence Intubation in the Critically Ill Adult Patient

Pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic management of the airway during rapid sequence intubation (RSI).

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September 14, 2023

This clinical consensus statement reviews the best available evidence to provide expert opinion and statements on the management of patients hospitalized for severe bacterial or viral infections with a pre-existing indication for antithrombotic therapy (single or combined), in whom sepsis-induced coagulopathy is often observed.
Management of patients on antithrombotic therapy with severe infections: a joint clinical consensus statement of the ESC Working Group on Thrombosis, the ESC Working Group on Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology, and the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis.

This clinical consensus statement reviews the best available evidence to provide expert opinion and statements on the management of patients hospitalized for severe bacterial or viral infections with a pre-existing indication for antithrombotic therapy (single or combined), in whom sepsis-induced coagulopathy is often observed.

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July 13, 2023

These guidelines define who are the patients at risk, how to assess nutritional status of an ICU patient, how to define the amount of
energy to provide, the route to choose and how to adapt according to various clinical conditions.
ESPEN Guideline on Clinical Nutrition in the Intensive Care Unit

These guidelines define who are the patients at risk, how to assess nutritional status of an ICU patient, how to define the amount of
energy to provide, the route to choose and how to adapt according to various clinical conditions.

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June 4, 2023

Gastric acid suppression with proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) or histamine-2 receptor antagonists (H2RAs) is commonly done to prevent gastrointestinal bleeding in critically ill patients. Existing guidelines vary in their recommendations of which population to treat and which agent to use. Visual overviews provide the relative and absolute benefits and harms of the options in multilayered evidence summaries and decision aids available on MAGICapp.
Gastrointestinal bleeding prophylaxis for critically ill patients: a clinical practice guideline

Gastric acid suppression with proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) or histamine-2 receptor antagonists (H2RAs) is commonly done to prevent gastrointestinal bleeding in critically ill patients. Existing guidelines vary in their recommendations of which population to treat and which agent to use. Visual overviews provide the relative and absolute benefits and harms of the options in multilayered evidence summaries and decision aids available on MAGICapp.

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January 6, 2020

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