1 Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMBS), University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon. 2 Douala General Hospital, Douala, Cameroon. 3 Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences (FMSP), ...

Acute Pancreatitis-Associated Lung Injury (APALI) is one of the most severe and life-threatening systemic complications in acute pancreatitis patients, with high rates of morbidity and mortality. This ...

This study aimed to investigate whether driving pressure-guided ventilation can reduce postoperative pulmonary complications in patients who have undergone heart transplantation. Patients who ...

Introduction High-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) use in adults hospitalised with acute respiratory failure (ARF) is increasing. However, evidence to support widespread use of HFNO compared with non-invasive ...

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.

For the MIMIC-III database, we identified unique ICU encounters (icustay_id) with mechanical ventilation status. We next identified the lab event PaO 2 and chart event SpO 2 occurring at the same time ...

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, ...

Background: A major contributor to unfavorable outcome after traumatic brain injury (TBI) is secondary brain injury. Low brain tissue oxygen tension (PbtO2) has shown to be an independent predictor of ...

In the past blood gas analysis and interpretation was performed primarily at university and large referral hospitals. In the past blood gas analysis and interpretation was performed primarily at ...