Tag: pneumonia
Hypercalcemia of Immobility in Critically Ill Patients
Significant hypercalcemia can occur in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Immobilization hypercalcemia has been infrequently reported after ICU admission. Patients, therefore, usually require extensive workup to rule out... read more
COVID-19 Critical and Intensive Care Medicine Essentials
This book provides healthcare professionals in Critical Care setting an easy consultation guide to fight against COVID-19. The book is divided into sections: Fundamentals of COVID-19, Pneumological critical care, Neurological... read more
Adjunctive Intravenous Then Oral Vitamin C for CAP Patients
Patients hospitalised with community acquired pneumonia (CAP) have low peripheral blood vitamin C concentrations and limited antioxidant capacity. The feasibility of a trial of vitamin C supplementation to improve patient... read more
Oxygen Support Needs in Children with RSV vs. COVID-19
Children with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) had a higher risk of pneumonia, bronchiolitis, and a hospital stay of more than 4 days vs children with COVID-19 or influenza. Investigators compared demographic and clinical... read more
The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
In the late 1600s, Mukherjee sets the stage for an extraordinary tale. It revolves around two notable individuals: Robert Hooke, a renowned English polymath, and Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, an eccentric Dutch cloth-merchant.... read more
Comparison of ETA and BALF mNGS in Severe Pneumonia
Our study showed that some differences in the microbiological diagnosis via endotracheal aspirate (ETA) mNGS and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) appear to exist. Clinicians... read more
Rapid Sepsis Tests Using Magnetic Nanoparticles
Qun Ren, an Empa researcher, and her team are currently developing a diagnostic procedure that can rapidly detect life-threatening blood poisoning caused by staphylococcus bacteria. Staphylococcal sepsis is fatal in up... read more
Secondary Bacterial Pneumonia is the Key Factor in COVID-19 Fatalities Not Cytokine Storm
A recent study found that secondary bacterial pneumonia, rather than the much-discussed “cytokine storm,” is a significant factor in COVID-19-related fatalities. Almost half of the patients who required mechanical... read more
Prone vs. Supine Position Ventilation in Intubated COVID-19 Patients
Whether prone positioning of patients undergoing mechanical ventilation for COVID-19 pneumonia has benefits over supine positioning is not clear. We conducted a systematic review with meta-analysis to determine whether prone... read more
AHRQ Errors Report was “Outright Unconscionable”
Headlines this winter screamed the bad news: Emergency physicians are literally killing people! "As many as 250,000 people die every year because they are misdiagnosed in the emergency room, with doctors failing to identify... read more
Postextubation Complications vs. Positive-Pressure Suctioning Techniques
Currently available studies that compared post-extubation complications in subjects managed with the positive-pressure and suctioning techniques were summarized. Further high-quality studies with a robust study design and... read more
Regular Old Pneumonia Treatment Just Got Better
In 2020, COVID-19 pneumonia became so common that "old-fashioned" bacterial pneumonia suddenly seemed rare. They look very different on x-ray. See if you can spot the differences. A new study from France tipped the scales... read more
Hydrocortisone in Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Among patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia being treated in the ICU, those who received hydrocortisone had a lower risk of death by day 28 than those who received placebo. A total of 800 patients had undergone... read more
Effect of ICU Quality Control Indicators on VAP Incidence Rate and Mortality
This study highlights the association between the ICU quality control (QC) factors and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) incidence rate and mortality. The process factors rather than the structural factors need to be... read more
Emergence of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Critical Care Units
In intensive care unit, the care of critically ill patients is a primary component of modern medicine. Intensive care units create potential for recovery in patients who otherwise may not have survived. They are, however,... read more
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Usage During COVID-19
We confirm that use of early continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) with high-flow output combined with an "ad hoc" algorithm to inform the decision to intubate is a valid and safe strategy for respiratory support in... read more
Postoperative Pulmonary Complications in the ENIGMA II Trial
Respiratory complications remain among the most common and serious adverse outcomes of major surgery. In the Australian and New Zealand Audit of Surgical Mortality, postoperative pneumonia accounted for 44% of infective... read more
