Original Association of fluid balance during first 48 hours and length of mechanical ventilation in pediatric intensive care unit Andriamuri P. Lubis, Aridamuriany D. Lubis Abstract Background: Prolonged mechanical ventilation can increase mortality and morbidity rate. Study shows that positive fluid balance associated with…
Original Left ventricular end-diastolic volume index as a predictor of fluid responsiveness in children with shock Ahmad Bayu Alfarizi, Antonius Hocky Pudjiadi, Rismala Dewi AbstractObjective: To identify role of left ventricular end-diastolic volume index as predictor of fluid responsiveness in children.Design: This was…
Editorial On becoming a COVIDologist: An intensivist tale Joseph Varon Who would think that I would consider myself an expert on an illness, that I knew almost nothing about…
Images in clinical medicine Under pressure… Pressure pushing down on me Avi Ruderman, Brian T. Wessman A 70-year-old male without significant medical history, presented to the hospital after having been trapped under a piece of…
Original Lung injury prediction score as a predictor of acute respiratory distress syndrome in intensive care unit Tjokorda Gde Agung Senapathi, Made Wiryana, I Made Gede Widnyana, Christopher Ryalino, Budi Hartono Abstract Background: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a clinical syndrome characterized by acute hypoxemia and bilateral infiltrates in…
Case report The use of COVID-19 IgM rapid test in the setting of negative RT-PCR to diagnose infection by SARS-CoV-2: A challenging case Elizabeth Gamboa, Melanie Duran, Alan Araiza, Daryelle Varon, Mariya Mohiuddin, Joseph C Gathe Jr, Joseph Varon Abstract In December 2019, a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) caused an outbreak of respiratory disease…
Case report COVID-19-induced hepatic encephalopathy: A case report Elizabeth Gamboa, Diego Montelongo, Hussein Berjaoui, Daryelle S. Varon, Joseph C Gathe Jr, Joseph Varon Abstract By the end of December 2019, a single stranded ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus, Coronavirus, was said to be…