Tracheostomy is done in 10–15% of patients undergoing mechanical ventilation (MV), and
the prevalence has increased over the past 20 years [1]. The main indications are prolonged …

Mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients must effectively unload inspiratory muscles and
provide safe ventilation (ie, enhancing gas exchange, protect the lungs and the diaphragm)…

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, Blanch, and Aquino-Esperanza contributed to study supervision. Blanch and Aquino-Esperanza …

Purpose The purpose of the study was to compare gas exchange and lung mechanics between
different strategies to select positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) in acute respiratory …

Background ICU patients undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation experience cognitive
decline associated with their critical illness and its management. The early detection of …

Apoptosis is a highly regulated and programmed cell breakdown process characterized by
numerous changes. It was reported as the major mechanism of anticancer drug-induced cells …

Erythropoietic stress occurs under conditions of tissular hypoxia, such as anemia. Functional
relationships between erythroid bone marrow (BM) proliferation, differentiation, the …

Background Important clinical information of patients is present in unstructured free-text fields
of Electronic Health Records (EHRs). While this information can be extracted using clinical …

Patient-ventilator asynchronies can be detected by close monitoring of ventilator screens by
clinicians or through automated algorithms. However, detecting complex patient-ventilator …

Background: Minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum (MIRPE) technique is the
current most used surgical method for pectus excavatum (PE) correction. To avoid MIRPE-required …