The 2nd edition of this book describes the recent techniques, strategies, and drugs that have been demonstrated by multicenter randomized trials to influence survival in critically ill, defined as those who have acute failure of at least one organ, due to either a pathological condition or a medical intervention, and require intensive care treatment. Each chapter focuses on a specific procedure, device, or drug. The scope is accordingly wide, with coverage of topics as diverse as noninvasive mechanical ventilation, protective ventilation, prone positioning, intravenous salbutamol in ARDS, high-frequency oscillatory ventilation, mild hypothermia after cardiac arrest, daily interruption of sedatives, tranexamic acid, diaspirin cross-linked hemoglobin, albumin, growth hormone, glutamine supplementation, tight glucose control, supranormal oxygen delivery, and hydroxyethyl starch in sepsis. The topics selection was performed with the help of hundreds of specialists from dozens of countries; they expressed via web if they agreed or not with these topics and if they used them in their daily clinical practice. The clear text is supported by "how to do" sections and "key point" boxes that provide easily accessible practical information.

Written by acknowledged international experts, Reducing Mortality in Critically Ill Patients is of interest for a wide variety of specialists, including intensivists, emergency doctors, and anesthesiologists.

The process of consensus building.- Non-invasive ventilation

High Flow Nasal Cannulae
Restrictive inspiratory oxygen fraction
Mechanical ventilation
Early tracheostomy
Pharmacological Managment of cardiac arrest
Non pharmacological Managment of cardiac arrest
Avoidance of deep sedation
Hydrocortisone in sepsis; Goal directed therapy
Levosimendan in cardiogenic shock and low cardiac output syndrome
Drugs in myocardial infarction
Tranexamic acid in trauma patients
Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic discontinuation
Selective decontamination of digestive tract
Nutrition
ECMO
Ultrasound
Alternative medicine
Interventions increasing mortality
Conflicting
Latest evidences.