Rate control in atrial fibrillation using Landiolol is safe in critically ill Covid-19 patients
Published in Critical Care
Diaphragm echodensity in mechanically ventilated patients: a description of technique and outcomes
Published in Critical Care
Background Acute increases in muscle sonographic echodensity reflect muscle injury. Diaphragm echodensity has not been measured in mechanically ventilated patients. We undertook to develop a technique to characterize changes in diaphragm echodensity during mechanical ventilation and to assess whether these changes are correlated with prolonged mech...
An appraisal of respiratory system compliance in mechanically ventilated covid-19 patients
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BackgroundHeterogeneous respiratory system static compliance (CRS) values and levels of hypoxemia in patients with novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) requiring mechanical ventilation have been reported in previous small-case series or studies conducted at a national level.MethodsWe designed a retrospective observational cohort study with rapid da...
Effect of intra-arrest trans-nasal evaporative cooling in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a pooled individual participan...
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BackgroundRandomized trials have shown that trans-nasal evaporative cooling initiated during CPR (i.e. intra-arrest) effectively lower core body temperature in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients. However, these trials may have been underpowered to detect significant differences in neurologic outcome, especially in patients with initial shockab...
Staphylococcus aureus ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients with COVID-19: clinical features and potential inferen...
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BackgroundHospitalized patients with COVID-19 admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) and requiring mechanical ventilation are at risk of ventilator-associated bacterial infections secondary to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Our study aimed to investigate clinical features of Staphylococcus aureus ventilator-associated pneumonia (SA-VAP) and, if bronchoal...
Flow Index: a novel, non-invasive, continuous, quantitative method to evaluate patient inspiratory effort during pressur...
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BackgroundThe evaluation of patient effort is pivotal during pressure support ventilation, but a non-invasive, continuous, quantitative method to assess patient inspiratory effort is still lacking. We hypothesized that the concavity of the inspiratory flow-time waveform could be useful to estimate patient’s inspiratory effort. The purpose of this s...
Letter to the editor regarding Latent class analysis to predict intensive care outcomes in Acute Respiratory Distress Sy...
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Clinical impact of implementing humidified high-flow nasal cannula on interhospital transport among children admitted to...
Published in Critical Care
BackgroundThere is a limited evidence for humidified high-flow nasal cannula (HHFNC) use on inter-hospital transport. Despite this, its use during transport is increasing in children with respiratory distress worldwide. In 2015 HHFNC was implemented on a specialized pediatric retrieval team serving for Victoria. The aim of this study is to investig...
Timing of intubation in COVID-19: Not just location, location, location?
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Unmatched ventilation and perfusion measured by electrical impedance tomography predicts the outcome of ARDS
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BackgroundIn acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), non-ventilated perfused regions coexist with non-perfused ventilated regions within lungs. The number of unmatched regions might reflect ARDS severity and affect the risk of ventilation-induced lung injury. Despite pathophysiological relevance, unmatched ventilation and perfusion are not rout...
