Endorsed publications

ESICM endorses select publications from identified Working Groups or from groups in which ESICM or a ESICM Section has participated. Publications which receive official ESICM endorsement are reviewed, rigously scrutinised, evaluated and approved based on their adherence to strict guidelines set out by the Editorial & Publishing Committee.

2012

Prospectively defined indicators to improve the safety and quality of care for critically ill patients: a report from the Task Force on Safety and Quality of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM)

Rhodes A, Moreno RP, Azoulay E, Capuzzo M, Chiche JD, Eddleston J, Endacott R, Ferdinande P, Flaatten H, Guidet B, Kuhlen R, León-Gil C, Martin Delgado MC, Metnitz PG, Soares M, Sprung CL, Timsit JF, Valentin A.

Intensive Care Med. 2012 Jan 26 [Epub ahead of print]

Vasopressin for treatment of vasodilatory shock: an ESICM systematic review and meta-analysis

Polito A, Parisini E, Ricci Z, Picardo S, Annane D.

Intensive Care Med. 2012 Jan;38(1):9-19. Epub 2011 Nov 30

2011

Recommendations on basic requirements for intensive care units: structural and organisational aspects

Valentin A, Ferdinande P; ESICM Working Group on Quality Improvement.

Intensive Care Med. 2011 Oct;37(10):1575-87. Epub 2011 Sep 15

International expert statement on training standards for critical care ultrasonography

Expert Round Table on Ultrasound in ICU.

Intensive Care Med. 2011 Jul;37(7):1077-83. Epub 2011 May 26

2010

An Official ATS/ERS/ESICM/SCCM/SRLF Statement: Prevention and Management of Acute Renal Failure in the ICU Patient: an international consensus conference in intensive care medicine

Brochard L, Abroug F, Brenner M, Broccard AF, Danner RL, Ferrer M, Laghi F, Magder S, Papazian L, Pelosi P, Polderman KH; ATS/ERS/ESICM/SCCM/SRLF Ad Hoc Committee on Acute Renal Failure.

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2010 May 15;181(10):1128-55

2008

ESC guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2008: the Task Force for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2008 of the European Society of Cardiology. Developed in collaboration with the Heart Failure Association of the ESC (HFA) and endorsed by the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM)

Dickstein K, Cohen-Solal A, Filippatos G, McMurray JJ, Ponikowski P, Poole-Wilson PA, Strömberg A, van Veldhuisen DJ, Atar D, Hoes AW, Keren A, Mebazaa A, Nieminen M, Priori SG, Swedberg K; ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines (CPG).

Eur J Heart Fail. 2008 Oct;10(10):933-89. Epub 2008 Sep 16. Review. No abstract available. Erratum in: Eur J Heart Fail. 2010 Apr;12(4):416. Dosage error in article text. Eur J Heart Fail. 2009 Jan;11(1):110

2007 

Management of bleeding following major trauma: a European guideline
Donat R Spahn, Vladimir Cerny, Timothy J Coats, Jacques Duranteau, Enrique Fernandez-Mondejar, Giovanni Gordini, Philip F Stahel, Beverley J Hunt, Radko Komadina, Edmund Neugebauer, Yves Ozier, Louis Riddez, Arthur Schultz, Jean-Louis Vincent, and Rolf Rossaint. Critical Care 2007, 11:R17

The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) and the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC)

Ranieri VM, Moreno RP, Rhodes A; European Society of Intensive Care Medicine.

Intensive Care Med. 2007 Mar;33(3):423-5. Epub 2007 Feb 16. No abstract available

2005 

Executive summary of the guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of acute heart failure

Nieminen MS, Böhm M, Cowie MR, Drexler H, Filippatos GS, Jondeau G, Hasin Y, López-Sendón J, Mebazaa A, Metra M, Rhodes A, Swedberg K; Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Insuficiencia Cardíaca Aguda de la Sociedad Europea de Cardiología; la Sociedad Europea de Medicina Intensiva (ESICM)

Rev Esp Cardiol. 2005 Apr;58(4):389-429. Review. Original language-Spanish. No abstract available