A growing number of studies involve the role of prone positioning to improve ventilation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) related to COVID-19.
Clinical Pain Advisor met with Scharles Konadu, MD, a member of the American Board of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology Specialty Board, to discuss how deeply racial inequity is woven into our health care system.
Mortality among immunocompromised adult patients with acute respiratory failure requiring invasive mechanical ventilation was strongly associated with time to intubation.
The use of high-flow nasal oxygen vs helmet noninvasive ventilation did not significantly vary in terms of the number of days free from respiratory support in critically ill patients with severe hypoxemic respiratory failure from COVID-19.
In patients with septic shock, treatment with IV vitamin C, hydrocortisone, and thiamine does not lead to more rapid resolution compared with IV hydrocortisone alone.
Patients with ARDS who were placed in the prone position had improved gas exchange and reduced intensity of inspiratory effort compared with the supine position.
Study authors sought to determine whether hospital outcomes in childhood severe sepsis were influenced by race, ethnicity, or insurance status, which are proxies for socioeconomic positions.
Light sedation with dexmedetomidine does not lead to more days alive without acute brain dysfunction compared with propofol in mechanically ventilated adults with sepsis.
A lower target for partial pressure of arterial oxygen was not associated with lower 90-day mortality than a higher target in adult patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure admitted to the intensive care unit.
