BMJ

Severity of respiratory failure at admission and in-hospital mortality in patients with COVID-19: a prospective observational multicentre study

Objectives COVID-19 causes lung parenchymal and endothelial damage that lead to hypoxic acute respiratory failure (hARF). The influence of hARF severity on patients’ outcomes is still poorly ...
thorax.bmj

Dynamic oxygenation subgroup bringing new insights in ARDS: more predictive of outcomes and response to PEEP than static PaO

1 National Center for Respiratory Medicine; State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Health and Multimorbidity; National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases; Institute of Respiratory Medicine ...
Nature

Longitudinal analysis of ARDS variability and biomarker predictive power in burn patients

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a severe complication in burn patients, characterized by rapid lung inflammation and hypoxemia. Managing ARDS is challenging due to its high mortality ...
LinkedIn

Implications of sedation during the use of noninvasive ventilation in children with acute respiratory failure (SEDANIV Study)

This study analyzes the effects of sedation on children under the age of five with acute respiratory failure (ARF) receiving noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in Spanish Pediatric Intensive Care Units ...
Nature

The association between blood urea nitrogen to albumin ratio and the 28 day mortality in tuberculosis patients complicated by sepsis

The relationship between blood urea nitrogen to albumin ratio (BAR) and the prognosis of patients with tuberculosis (TB) complicated by sepsis remains unclear. This study aimed to explore the ...
Scientific Research Publishing

P. J. Offner and E. E. Moore, “Lung Injury Severity Scoring in the Era of Lung Protective Mechanical Ventilation: The PaO2/FIO2 Ratio,” Journal of Trauma, Vol. 55, No. 2 ...

ABSTRACT: Background: Recombinant human soluble thrombomodulin (rhTM) was approved for the treatment of disseminated intravascular coagulation in Japan, and rhTM has anti-inflammatory effects.
ahajournals.org

Exposure to Arterial Hyperoxia During Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenator Support and Mortality in Patients With Cardiogenic Shock

Exposure to hyperoxia, a high arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2), may be associated with worse outcomes in patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenator (ECMO) support. We examined ...
BMJ

Development and validation of a dynamic 48-hour in-hospital mortality risk stratification for COVID-19 in a UK teaching hospital: a retrospective cohort study

Objectives To develop a disease stratification model for COVID-19 that updates according to changes in a patient’s condition while in hospital to facilitate patient management and resource allocation.
BMJ

Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients with acute covid-19 associated respiratory failure: comparative effectiveness study

1 Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada 2 Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada 3 Institute of Health Policy, ...
Frontiers

Ventilation Weaning and Extubation Readiness in Children in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Review

Ventilation is one of the most common procedures in critically ill children admitted to the pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) and is associated with potential severe side effects. The longer the ...
The Lancet

Acute respiratory distress syndrome

cDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine, Departments of Medicine and Anesthesia, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA Acute respiratory distress ...