In the last 50 years, medicine in intensive care units has focused in improving quality and safety processes involved in the attention of critically ill
Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare ulcerative lesion, commonly associated with an underlying systemic disease. The diagnosis of pyoderma gangrenosum can be challenging, and often
A 40-year-old adopted obese Caucasian male with a past medical history of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and seizures presented to an Emergency Department with a
Abstract Since its birth in the mid eighties of the last century, airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) has been a victim of much debate about
Abstract Several studies were intended to evaluate ICU risk factors, but only few integrated the impact of illness severity variation in their study. The aim
Abstract Weaning a patient off mechanical ventilation, especially when they have been dependent on it for a long time, can be a difficult task. Many