Abstract Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) is a novel mode of positive pressure ventilation that has a number of advantages over low-tidal volume, assist-control ventilation
Abstract Objective: The primary objective of this study was to characterize how vasopressor and inotropic agents are prescribed and administered in the hemodynamic management of
Abstract Background: National practice guidelines do not exist for the treatment of acute hypertension (AH) in the critically ill adult. An initial step towards guideline
Abstract Objective: Despite advances in medicine, adverse clinical events, especially cardio-respiratory arrests, still occur in hospitalized patients. Unplanned Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admissions are frequently
A 54 year-old Caucasian gentleman with history of diabetes presented to emergency department with complaints of facial swelling for one week and left orbital pain of one day duration. The patient underwent computed tomography (CT) scan of head with intravenous contrast which revealed infl ammation of left medial rectus muscle and cellulites of medial left orbital coronal space deep to and surrounding the medial rectus muscle with some lateral deviation of the left eye. In addition, left maxillary sinus disease was noted.
Hypertension remains the “silent killerâ€. Over 72 million Americans suffer from this condition and it is estimated that as many as 1 billion people worldwide may have it [1]. Critical care clinicians are likely to encounter patients with this malady. Indeed, one percent of patients with essential hypertension (HTN) will develop at some point in their life a hypertensive crisis [2].