Background In patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome, massive alveolar
collapse and cyclic lung reopening and overdistention during mechanical ventilation may …

… an attempt of subclavian vein catheterization, and a diffuse gastric hemorrhage with shock
occurring 5 d after weaning (a previous minor hemorrhage occurred 9 d earlier, under a Paco, …

… mg/kg/d. In some cases prednisone was associated at an initial dose of 1mg/kg/d for 8 wk
followed by a 5-mg tapering per week down to a maintenance dose of 10 mg/d. Patients were …

Objectives: Acute kidney injury (AKI) worsens outcome in various scenarios. We sought to
investigate whether the occurrence of AKI has any effect on weaning from mechanical …

… Fifty-four patients (49.1%) received a combination of 4 g/d of cephalothin sodium plus 4 g/d
of chloramphenicol succinate, 45 patients received 1.8 g/d of clindamycin phosphate (40.9%)…

… Caruso P, Friedrich C, Denari SD, Ruiz SA and Deheinzelin D. The unidirectional valve
is the best method to determine maximal inspiratory pressure during weaning. Chest. …

… /d of uninfected drainage as a threshold for removal of chest tube, as compared with more
frequently used volumes of 100 and 150 mL/d… This volume (200 mL/d) could be recommended …

Objectives:Although effective strategies for the prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE)
are widely available, a significant number of patients still develop VTE because …

Introduction Elevated D-dimer is a predictor of severity and mortality in COVID-19 patients,
and heparin use during in-hospital stay has been associated with decreased mortality. COVID…

Objectives: To compare the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) with or
without isotonic saline instillation before tracheal suctioning. As a secondary objective, we …