A lot remains to be learned about the long-term effects of patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) who survive COVID-19 infections. Clinicians need to better understand and recognize the effects of post-COVID 19 lung... read more

This book highlights the practical characteristics of uncommon diseases and presents the most relevant features for the management of intensive care units. It does not aim to provide an exhaustive description of uncommon... read more

Previous experience has shown that transporting patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a safe and effective mode of transferring critically ill patients requiring maximum mechanical ventilator support to... read more

This book describes the pathophysiological significance of the hemodynamic monitoring parameters available to the clinician and their role in providing reliable and reproducible information on the cardiocirculatory status... read more

WHO issued updated guidelines on the management of multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS) in children associated with COVID-19 (MIS-C). MIS-C is a rare but serious condition where children with COVID-19 develop inflammation... read more

We use Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) to treat various disease processes, such as acute hypercapnic and hypoxemic respiratory failure, post-extubation failure, and neuromuscular diseases. Data supports NIV use in some conditions,... read more

The higher C-reactive protein (CRP) rise with late parenteral nutrition (PN), explained by the early macronutrient deficits, did not relate to cytokine responses and thus did not reflect more systemic inflammation. Instead... read more

Early and frequent mobilization did not cause vital signs and oxygen saturation to deviate from normal limits in open-heart surgery patients. The difference between pulse and systolic blood pressure values measured before... read more

Aspirin use is associated with a 26% raised risk of heart failure in people with at least one predisposing factor for the condition. That’s the finding of a study published today in ESC Heart Failure, a journal of the European... read more

This book provides a comprehensive overview of recent novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection, their biology and associated challenges for their treatment and prevention of novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Discussing... read more

In this large multicenter observational cohort study of ICU patients, we aimed to assess the independent association of changes in serum sodium in the first 48 hours of ICU admission with in-hospital mortality for patients... read more

In unresolving COVID-19 pneumonia, the respiratory mechanics and the gas-exchange response to prone positioning and recruitment largely depend on the following two factors: perfusion dysregulation and the amount of consolidated... read more

COVID-19 is a risk factor for myocardial infarction and stroke through self-controlled case series evaluation, a method that has been used to establish the risk of myocardial infarction associated with influenza infection.... read more

This book, just published, provides a comprehensive overview of improving critical care survivorship. Comprised of four sections, the text presents interventions that can be used to improve patient outcomes and reduce the... read more

During the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, the Emergency Departments have been overrun with suspicious COVID-19 patients, creating a pressing need to optimize resources through risk... read more

Asthma is a chronic airway inflammatory condition that affects millions of people worldwide. It presents with reversible bronchoconstriction that makes it difficult for patients to breathe. Asthma flare-ups have several triggers,... read more

In 1970, Jeremy Swan, William Ganz, and colleagues published their seminal paper “Catheterization of the heart in man with use of flow-directed balloon-tipped catheter”. Few devices in our specialty have generated more... read more