Sodium, Whole Blood 134 to 143 mmol/L Less than or equal to 120 or greater than or equal to 160 mmol/L Potassium, Whole Blood 3.4 to 5.0 mmol/L Less than or equal to 2.5 or greater than or equal to ...

ABSTRACT: Background: There is a paucity of data on the efficacy of ventilatory strategies in COVID-19-related ARDS. The aim of this study was to describe the effect of positive end-expiratory ...

ABSTRACT: Importance: The best respiratory support technique to reduce intubation and mortality in patients with respiratory failure due to COVID-19 is controversial. Objective: To determine the ...

Critically ill patients with tuberculosis carry high mortality. Identification of factors associated with mortality in critically ill tuberculosis patients may enable focused treatment. An extensive ...

The innate immune response plays an important role in the pathophysiology of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS); however, no drug has been proven to be beneficial in the management of ARDS.

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 ...

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, ...

Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by dysregulated host response to infection that often results in acute lung injury (ALI)/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). An emerging ...

chart analysis of consecutive patients with confirmed Covid-19 and severe ARF (PaO2/FiO2 ratio <150) who received HFNC. Patients were systematically encouraged to lie in the prone position if ...