Original Effect of Airway Pressure Release Ventilation (APRV) with Pressure Support (PS) on Indices of Oxygenation and Ventilation in Patients with Severe ARDS: A Cohort Study Paul E. Marik, Enrique Machare Delgado, Michael Baram, Gary Gradwell, Silvana Romeo, Bridgette Dutill Abstract Background: Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) is an alternative approach to the “open-lung” ventilation strategy and has recently…
Original Compliance of Guidelines for Intensive Care Unit Admissions in San Juan City Hospital in a Three Months Period Elba Martín-Reyes, Julio Rodríguez-Quiñones, Cirilo González, Raúl Reyes, Ricardo Fernandez Abstract Purpose: To measure the degree of compliance of national guidelines for admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)…
Original Efficacy and Safety of Preoperative Administration of Half Molar Hypertonic Sodium Lactate during Transurethral Resection of Prostate (TURP) Dendy Maulana, Ike Sri Redjeki, Tatang Bisri Abstract Background: Water irrigation during transurethral resection of prostate (TURP) often caused hyponatremia, hypoosmolality, and decreasing of pH called…
Original Ventilator Associated Pneumonia: Incidence, Etiology, and Preventive Strategies María Betancourt Quiles, Glorimar Santos Llanos, Ricardo Fernández González, Raúl Reyes Sosa Abstract Objective: To determine the incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) in the intensive care unit, and to characterize…
Review Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) Syndrome Alaa Gouda, Abdullah Al-shimemeri, Yaseen Arabi Abstract Heparin has been available as a clinical treatment and prevention for thromboembolic disease for half a century. Known…
Images in clinical medicine Lupus Pneumonitis Victoria Songster, Johannes J. Sadikin A 45 year-old Indonesian woman was hospitalized in ordinary ward with the complaints of fever, nonproductive cough, dyspnea during…
Images in clinical medicine Persistent Fever in a Young Critically Ill Woman Mazen Barbandi, Mohsen Ghadimi-Mahani, Shruti Patel, Joseph Varon A 26 year-old African-American lady was transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) with severe hypovolemia. She had a…