Practical Issues Updates in Anesthesia and Intensive Care

The prone position in the treatment of patients with ARDS: problems and real utility.- Therapeutic hypothermia in the critically ill patient.- Immunoglobulins in the treatment of severe sepsis.- Noradrenaline, vasopressin and terlipressin in the management of septic shock.- The most recent strategies for VAP (ventilator-associated pneumonia) prevention.- Hemodynamic optimization in the perioperative period: guidelines vs tailored strategies.- Management of perioperative bleeding in abdominal surgery.- How to manage coagulation during the perioperative period in patients with non-traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage.- How to improve the outcome after cardiac arrest.- Non-invasive ventilation outside of the Intensive Care Unit.- Interventional cardiology: the role of the anesthesiologist.- Everything you need to know about the plasma lactate level.- Dynamic tests to study liver function: the role of indocyanine green in clinical practice.