SURVEY OF THE MONTH

ESICM members are offered the possibility of participating in a research survey covering one of the important aspects of intensive care medicine. These surveys, proposed by leaders in their field, are endorsed by the ESICM Research Committee and offer a great opportunity to advance our knowledge and stimulate further research. 

The ESICM Research Committee is offering interested investigators access to SurveyMonkey, a survey software enabling anyone to create professional online surveys quickly and easily. For more information surf on SurveyMonkey website or email the ESICM Office. If you wish to apply for Survey endorsement, please fill in the application form and send it back by e-mail to the Brussels office.

Ongoing Surveys

Aerosol Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit: Practice and believes (AT@ICU I)

This survey is aimed at evaluating the modalities of aerosol therapy practice during invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation among a large international sample of physicians working in intensive care.
Advances in nebulization device design, new molecules, ventilators with integrated nebulization capabilities, development of non-invasive ventilation all may have led to a spread of aerosol therapy in ICUs, but also to more complex implementation. Current practice is largely unknown.
This survey is planned as a first step to evaluate aerosol therapy practice in order to better focus and design a subsequent prospective one week observational study about aerosol therapy in the ICU.
 
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Nosocomial infections in the ICU: a survey of data collection systems to monitor and guide prevention efforts.

Completed Surveys

The Initiation of Renal replacement therapy in the ICU Survey (IRIS)

The aim of this survey is to gain insights into the way intensivists prescribe RRT in the ICU with a special focus on the criteria they choose to initiate RRT. The survey closed on 13th August 2010.
 

International Weaning Survey

The aim of this survey is to describe the current process of weaning from mechanical ventilation and to obtain a better understanding of weaning practices, especially diagnostic and therapeutic approaches of weaning failure.

What should the Ethics Section be doing?

The survey is intended to elicit and understand the expectations and experiences of all ESICM members with regard to the aims and activities of the Ethics Section.

Selective Digestive Decontamination

Survey on the use of SDD in different countries and comparison between UK practice and practice in other European countries.

The survey closed on 28th August 2009.

RRS Questionnaire (Rapid Response System)

The aim of this survey is to collect information on Rapid Response System in hospitals. This survey closed on 31st July 2009. Thank you to all those who participated.

Multi-drug resistant bacteria risk perception by European intensivits (MDR-ICU)

This surveyprovided an overview of multi-drug resistant bacteria risk perception by intensivists working in European ICUs. The survey closed on 8th June 2009.

Data on Intensive care unit SCOres & SAPS 3 (DISCO&SAPS 3)

The aim of this survey is to obtain information on collection and management of ICU clinical data, to know whether and where the SAPS 3 admission score is applied, and to identify difficulties in use of this or other severity scoring systems. The survey closed on the 7th April 2008.

Sedation and Analgesia Survey

Antibiotic Resistance and End-of-Life care

This survey was aimed at investigating a possible correlation between end-of-life care and the presence of antibiotic resistant bacteria in intensive care patients. The survey closed on 30 November 2007.

The survey has been initiated by the Section on Ethics (Phillip Levin & Charles Sprung).