Selected Articles from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2019

This series of articles is published in Critical Care.

Articles in this series have been selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2019 by Critical Care’s Editor-in-Chief. Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2019 is published by Springer. The series has not been sponsored.

Sleep and Circadian Rhythm in Critical Illness

This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2019. Other selected articles can be found online at

Authors: Irene Telias and Mary Elizabeth Wilcox

Citation: Critical Care 2019 23:82

Content type: Review Published on: 9 March 2019
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Iron Metabolism: An Emerging Therapeutic Target in Critical Illness

This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2019. Other selected articles can be found online at

Authors: Edward Litton and Jolene Lim

Citation: Critical Care 2019 23:81

Content type: Review Published on: 9 March 2019
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Heterogeneity in sepsis: new biological evidence with clinical applications

This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2019. Other selected articles can be found online at

Authors: Aleksandra Leligdowicz and Michael A. Matthay

Citation: Critical Care 2019 23:80

Content type: Review Published on: 9 March 2019
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Multidrug Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in Community-Acquired Pneumonia

This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2019. Other selected articles can be found online at

Authors: Catia Cillóniz, Cristina Dominedò and Antoni Torres

Citation: Critical Care 2019 23:79

Content type: Review Published on: 9 March 2019
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Uncovering Consciousness in Unresponsive ICU Patients: Technical, Medical and Ethical Considerations

This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2019. Other selected articles can be found online at

Authors: Benjamin Rohaut, Andrey Eliseyev and Jan Claassen

Citation: Critical Care 2019 23:78

Content type: Review Published on: 9 March 2019
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Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices for Cardiogenic Shock: State of the Art

This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2019. Other selected articles can be found online at

Authors: Ludhmila Abrahao Hajjar and Jean-Louis Teboul

Citation: Critical Care 2019 23:76

Content type: Review Published on: 9 March 2019

The Letter to this article has been published in Critical Care 2019 23:174
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Physiological and Technical Considerations of Extracorporeal CO₂ Removal

This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2019. Other selected articles can be found online at

Authors: Christian Karagiannidis, Felix Hesselmann and Eddy Fan

Citation: Critical Care 2019 23:75

Content type: Review Published on: 9 March 2019
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ARDS in Obese Patients: Specificities and Management

This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2019. Other selected articles can be found online at

Authors: Audrey De Jong, Daniel Verzilli and Samir Jaber

Citation: Critical Care 2019 23:74

Content type: Review Published on: 9 March 2019
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Recruitment Maneuvers and Higher PEEP, the So-Called Open Lung Concept, in Patients with ARDS

This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2019. Other selected articles can be found online at

Authors: Philip van der Zee and Diederik Gommers

Citation: Critical Care 2019 23:73

Content type: Review Published on: 9 March 2019
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