We present a case of a man in his early 50s, who developed severe respiratory distress following exposure to airbag fumes after a road traffic accident. Despite initial treatment for lower respiratory ...

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 ...

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.

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Severe covid-19 pneumonia has posed critical challenges for the research and medical communities. Older age, male sex, and comorbidities increase the risk for severe disease. For people hospitalized ...

aFHU SEPSIS (Saclay and Paris Seine Nord Endeavour to PerSonalize Interventions for Sepsis), RHU RECORDS (Rapid rEcognition of CORticosteroiD resistant or sensitive Sepsis), Department of Intensive ...

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread around the world and caused many deaths, but little is known about the risk factors for death in critically patients. Methods we collected demographic ...