Endurance sports such as marathon running are increasingly popular, attracting both professional and recreational athletes. While most participants recognize…
Category: Review
Abstract We describe a patient with lobar atelectasis who was successfully treated with airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) after…
Abstract Preoperative fasting had been the standard of care for years. In the light of newest recommendations this practice…
Abstract Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a serious condition that produces lifelong disabilities, with only limited therapeutic measures currently…
Abstract Heparin has been available as a clinical treatment and prevention for thromboembolic disease for half a century. Known…
Abstract Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) is a novel mode of positive pressure ventilation that has a number of…
The classical syndrome of fat embolism is characterized by the triad of respiratory failure, neurologic dysfunction and the presence…
AbstractBackground: The eye is not an organ immune to insults as a result of impairments to normal function or…
AbstractWeaning from mechanical ventilation is defi ned as the transition from the ventilatory dependence of the patient to a…
Abstract Brain natriuretic peptide levels (BNP) have been best studied in the heart failure (HF) literature and has been…