New Requirements for an Individualized Quality Control Plan option for JCAHO Accredited Laboratories (EP Video)

Intravenous Fluid Therapy in the Perioperative and Critical Care Setting: Executive Summary of the International Fluid Academy (IFA)

Even in specific categories of critically ill patients, i.e., with trauma or burns, fluid therapy should be carefully applied, considering the importance of their specific aims; maintaining peripheral oxygen delivery, while avoiding the consequences of fluid overload.

Influenza Vaccination Blunts the Inflammatory Response in Patients Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Influenza vaccination attenuates the inflammatory response to CPB as reflected by a reduction in the level of troponin and pro-inflammatory mediators and an increase in the anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-10.