This Week in Critical Care — Jun 9, 2026

Welcome to This Week in Critical Care. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning advances in point-of-care ultrasound, a re-evaluation of common ICU therapies, and new perspectives on lung injury and population health. Let's dive in. [PAUS… This week's papers: 1. Electronic cigarette use after smoking cessation and lung cancer risk. — Nature medicine 2026 2. International evidence-based recommendations for point-of-care lung ultrasound : 2025 focused update of the 2012 recommendations. — Intensive care medicine 2026 3. Patient blood management in general intensive care patients. — Intensive care medicine 2026 4. Continuing Vs. Withholding Home Beta-Blockers at Admission for Suspected Infection: A Target Trial Emulation. — Critical care medicine 2026 5. The effects of mechanical ventilation during v-a ecmo support: a systematic review. — Critical care (London, England) 2026 6. Performance of Age-Adjusted Whole Genome Sequencing Telomere Length in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. — American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2026 7. Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of the Venous Excess Ultrasound Grading System: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. — Critical care medicine 2026 8. Comparison of Intensive Versus Conventional Glycemic Control Targets: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the 2024 Society of Critical Care Medic… — Critical care medicine 2026 9. Effects of compulsory and free basic education policies and COVID-19-related educational disruptions on offspring mortality in low-income and middle-income cou… — The Lancet. Global health 2026 10. Is acute respiratory distress syndrome a preventable disease? — Intensive care medicine 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/cmmdadshxh