Evidence based medicine Non-invasive ventilation: When does it fail? Alan Gonzalez, Joseph Varon Non-invasive ventilation is a common form of ventilatory support via the patient’s upper airway using a mask [1,2]. Although…
Abstracts Abstract of The 11th International Symposium On Shock and Critical Care 2004 Simon Nanlohy Share Download PDF Abstracts of The 11th International Symposium On Shock and Critical Care 2004 File size: 24 KB…
Case report Legionnaire’s disease associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome and acute cerebral oedema Emmanuel Girard, Claude Level, Bernard Morteau, Aïssa Kerchache, Fabienne Plouvier, Patrick Rispal, Jean Marc Faucheux, Véronique Gaday, Marie Pierre Danjean, Colette Constans, Jean-Loup Galiacy Objective: To report the original observation of a patient with legionella’s pneumopathy complicated with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)…
Case report Images in critical care: Colonothorax Joseph Varon, Salim Surani, Ralu Hinojos, Sivakumar Padmanabhan A 48 year-old Hispanic gentleman presented to the emergency department (ED) with 2-hour history of acute dyspnea. The patient…
Review Hypoxic tissue damage and the protective effects of therapeutic hypothermia Joseph Varon, Hector Salazar Reyes Several molecules, chemicals and cells are involved in tissue damage during any hypoxic event, such as a cardiac arrest,…
Review Life-threatening hyponatremia in marathon runners: The Varon-Ayus syndrome revisited Joseph Varon, Pilar Acosta Life-threatening hyponatremia can occur when sodium concentration falls to 125 mmol/L or less. Symptoms usually do not depend on…