A 75-year-old male with past medical history significant for severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was admitted to the intensive care unit with respiratory failure. He
Abstract Objectives: To study the risk factors and treatment of the postoperative patient who develops upper airway edema. Design: Retrospective analysis. Setting: Surgical Intensive Care
Abstract Objectives: To describe the short-term and long-term outcomes of tracheostomized Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients and to identify any predictors of complications during and
Abstract Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is increasingly being employed in the management of acute respiratory failure associated with a number of disease states. However, while there
Central venous catheter placement is one of the most common procedures in Emergency Departments (ED) and Intensive Care Units (ICU) across the world. A variety
The use of therapeutic hypothermia (TH) in critical care medicine is no longer a rarity. (1-3) This technique is no longer an urban myth. A