Severe viral infections requiring intensive care unit admissions- aetiology, co-infections, respiratory interventions and outcomes.

Introduction: Severe viral infections are common in patients requiring admission to intensive care units (ICU). Furthermore, these patients often have additional secondary or co-infections. Despite their prevalence, it remains uncertain to what extent those additional infections contribute to worse outcomes for patients with severe viral infections requiring ICU admission.

Using OpenPrescribing.net to evaluate neighbourhood-level prescribing of inhalers for asthma and COPD.

Prescribing of inhalers for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is complicated due to multiple treatment pathways, diverse products, and variability in patients' needs and usage habits. Factors such as social deprivation, air quality, and differences in access to primary care influence both demand on respiratory medications and the rate and manner in which they are prescribed. Inhaler prescribing metrics are valuable for analysing temporal and geographic prescribing patterns across socio-economic groups, whether to identify areas with higher disease incidence or to assess problematic prescribing practices.

Evaluation of the physiological variables and scoring systems at intensive care discharge as predictors of clinical deterioration and readmission: a single-centre retrospective study.

Objectives: We aim to determine, using routinely collected data and common scoring systems, whether parameters seen at intensive care unit (ICU) discharge can be predictive of subsequent clinical deterioration.

Design/setting: A single-centre retrospective study located in a tertiary hospital in the south of England.

Participants: 1868 patients who were admitted and discharged from ICU between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024 were screened for eligibility.

Pre-Hospital Critical Care for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests with Return of Spontaneous Circulation: A Retrospective Observational Study.

: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs) are common, with return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) achieved in approximately 25% of patients. However, it remains unknown whether post-ROSC care delivered by a pre-hospital critical care team (CCT) improves patient outcomes. We therefore aimed to investigate this in OHCA patients admitted to our intensive care unit (ICU).

Exploring Antibacterial Usage and Pathogen Surveillance over Five Years in a Tertiary Referral Teaching Hospital Adult General Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Antimicrobial resistance is a globally recognised health emergency. Intensive care is an area with significant antimicrobial consumption, particularly increased utilisation of broad-spectrum antibacterials, making stewardship programmes essential. We aimed to explore antibacterial consumption, partnered with pathogen surveillance, over a five-year period (2018 to 2023) in a tertiary referral adult general intensive care unit (ICU).