Intensive and critical care medicine focuses on the most vital moments in healthcare, where specialized teams monitor and support patients with life-threatening conditions. This field bridges the gap between emergency intervention and recovery, utilizing advanced technology to manage organ failure, severe infections, and complex trauma. It is a dynamic landscape where split-second decisions can determine survival, constantly evolving through rigorous research and real-world clinical experience.
Gist.Science tracks the latest developments in this critical arena by processing every new preprint from medRxiv as soon as it is published. We transform these raw scientific reports into both plain-language explanations for general readers and detailed technical summaries for medical professionals, ensuring that groundbreaking findings are understood and accessible immediately. Below are the latest papers in intensive care and critical care medicine, curated to keep you informed of the newest insights shaping patient survival and recovery.
Lactate Cut-offs for 28-Day Mortality in Septic Shock
This single-centre study found that absolute lactate thresholds (approximately 3.15–3.6 mmol/L) for admission, peak, or last values are effective predictors of 28-day mortality in septic shock patients, outperforming lactate clearance in terms of discrimination.
Wanka, S.-T., Zilberszac, R., Hermann, A., Lenz, M., Hengstenberg, C., Schellongowski, P., Staudinger, T.2026-02-10📄 intensive care and critical care medicine
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