Objective: Although ventilation with small tidal volumes is recommended in patients with
established acute lung injury, most others receive highly variable tidal volume aimed in part at …

Context Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) causes substantial morbidity. A silver-coated
endotracheal tube has been designed to reduce VAP incidence by preventing bacterial …

Background Recent studies have suggested that early goal-directed resuscitation of patients
with septic shock and conservative fluid management of patients with acute lung injury (ALI) …

Rationale: Acute lung injury (ALI) that develops 6 hours after transfusion (TRALI) is the
leading cause of transfusion-related mortality. Several transfusion characteristics have been …

Background Transfusion has long been identified as a risk factor for acute lung injury (ALI)/ARDS.
No study has formally evaluated the transfusion of specific blood products as a risk …

Objective To determine the frequency and spectrum of myocardial dysfunction in patients with
severe sepsis and septic shock using transthoracic echocardiography and to evaluate the …

A few decades have passed since intensive care unit (ICU) beds have been available for
critically ill patients with cancer. Although the initial reports showed dismal prognosis, recent …

Background Sepsis is a major risk factor for the development of thrombocytopenia, but few
studies have specifically evaluated prognostic importance of thrombocytopenia in patients …

Study objectives To determine the incidence of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)
and organ failure and to describe the outcomes in critically ill obstetric patients who …

Objective: Adult intensive care unit prognostic models have been used for predicting patient
outcome for three decades. The goal of this review is to describe the different versions of the …