2025 Multiprofessional Critical Care Review: Adult Online-Highlights from New Guidelines

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The lecture reviewed the use and limitations of society guidelines in critical care, emphasizing evidence quality and the PICO framework (Patients, Intervention, Comparator, Outcome). Strong recommendations arise from robust multicenter trials, while conditional ones are based on weaker evidence or specific patient contexts. Best practice statements fill gaps where trials are impossible, such as antibiotic use in sepsis. Recent guidelines discussed include PADIS, focusing on sedation and delirium management; stress ulcer prophylaxis, suggesting selective use in high-risk ICU patients; family-centered care, strongly recommended despite limited direct evidence; heat stroke treatment, advocating active cooling and rejecting dantrolene; adult ICU design principles emphasizing visibility, proximity, flexibility, and infection control; and adult sonography, where all recommendations remain conditional, suggesting use in various critical situations without altering practice substantially. Overall, the guidelines offer few strong mandates but provide thoughtful suggestions to inform clinical decisions in critical care.

Keywords

critical care guidelines

PICO framework

multicenter trials

PADIS guidelines

adult ICU design

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