Targeted Post-Acute Interventions and Follow-Up Services for Sepsis Survivors In Sepsis Thu, 14 Aug 2025 Sepsis is a life-threatening condition marked by a dysregulated immune response, causing inflammation, tissue damage, and organ failure. It contributes to around 20% of global deaths and often leads to long-term impairments in survivors, known as post-sepsis syndrome (PSS), which can include physical, cognitive, and psychological symptoms such as fa...

Respiratory Mechanics and Mortality During Ventilation In ICU Thu, 14 Aug 2025 Lung-protective ventilation strategies, particularly the use of low tidal volumes, are widely recommended in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). However, evidence from meta-analyses does not support a single, universally optimal tidal volume per predicted body weight. This is likely because predicted body weight estimates total lung size rather than the...

Opinion Christmas 2025: Agreeable Disagreement Seven alternatives to evidence based medical education: an exploration of how we actually teach Sabine Drossard, Anja Härtl, Johanna Büchel BMJ 2025; 391 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r2551 (Published 15 December 2025)Cite this as: BMJ 2025;391:r2551 While evidence based medical education remains the ideal, Sabine Drossard, Anja Härtl, and Johanna Büchel look at some other “remarkably p...

Operationalisation of Artificial Intelligence Applications  In ICU Thu, 14 Aug 2025 Healthcare professionals around the world are facing increasing pressures due to rising patient loads, staff shortages, and escalating costs. These systemic challenges are straining the capacity to deliver consistent, high-quality care and are expected to worsen without effective intervention. In this context, artificial intelligence (AI) offers promising solutions...

Comment Bundled interventions to prevent acute kidney injury: finding the value in supportive care Edward D Siew Lancet 2025; 406: 2731-2733 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01964-6 Acute kidney injury (AKI) is among the most common organ failures observed in the hospital and can irrevocably alter the trajectory of a patient's short-term and long-term health.1, 2, 3, 4 The lack of pharmacological treatments for AKI has generated bro...

Opinion Christmas 2025: Lost in Words Migration of clinical lexicon to colloquial slang Nikki Nabavi BMJ 2025; 391 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r2505 (Published 12 December 2025)Cite this as: BMJ 2025;391:r2505 Clinical words and phrases often work their way into doctors’ everyday language, sometimes without them realising. Nikki Nabavi reports Doctors are known for our use of jargon, acronyms, and myriad medical phrases that can sometime...

Feature Christmas 2025 AI chatbots and the loneliness crisis Susan C Shelmerdine, Matthew M Nour BMJ 2025; 391 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r2509 (Published 11 December 2025)Cite this as: BMJ 2025;391:r2509 Susan Shelmerdine and Matthew Nour consider how chatbot use presents both risk and benefit in tackling loneliness AI chatbot systems, such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Copilot, are used increasingly as confidants of choice.1 On th...

Humanising the ICU Through Thoughtful Design In ICU Thu, 24 Jul 2025 ICU Management & Practice, Volume 25 - Issue 3, 2025 As advanced technology increasingly plays a role in monitoring critical biometrics and assessing care, sometimes in favour of personalised interventions, machines can overshadow the patients they are meant to support. Individuals arriving in the ICU often lose their choice, control, and ability to communicate. This paper explores...

Feature Christmas 2025: Black Mirror Parallel pressures: the common roots of doctor bullshit and large language model hallucinations Roberto A Correa Soto, Liam G McCoy, Camilo Perdomo-Luna, et al BMJ 2025; 391 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r2570 (Published 12 December 2025)Cite this as: BMJ 2025;391:r2570 Roberto Correa Sotoand colleagues argue that the drive that leads doctors to make unfounded statements are mirrored in the forces that cause LL...

Airway Management in Patients With Acute Traumatic Brain Injury: An Evidence-Based Approach In ICU Thu, 24 Jul 2025 ICU Management & Practice, Volume 25 - Issue 3, 2025 This review highlights airway management in traumatic brain injury, focusing on strategies to prevent secondary brain injury. Key interventions include advanced preoxygenation, haemodynamic stabilisation, cautious sedation, selective use of prehospital intubation or supraglottic devi...