… Correspondence should be addressed to Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba, cartinceba.rodrigo@mayo.…
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… Author links open overlay panel Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba MD , Karen L. Swanson DO, FCCP
, Michael J. Krowka MD, FCCP … HH Wong, RP Chan, R Klatt, ME Faughnan …

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitides (AAV) are a
group of systemic vasculitis syndromes characterized by inflammation and necrosis of blood …

Early goal-directed therapy (EGDT) consists of early, aggressive fluid resuscitation and is
known to improve survival in sepsis. It is unknown how often EGDT leads to subsequent fluid …

Objective This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of repeated and
prolonged B cell depletion with rituximab (RTX) for the maintenance of long‐term remission in …

Rationale: Significant progress has been made in understanding the pathogenesis of acute
respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Recent advances in hospital practice may have …

Methods An observational cohort study in a medical ICU in a tertiary medical center.
Patients were prospectively identified with septic shock who did not have ALI at the outset, …

Importance Growing interest in microbial dysbiosis during critical illness has raised
questions about the therapeutic potential of microbiome modification with probiotics. Prior …

Background. A pre-morbid ‘baseline’ creatinine is required in order to diagnose and stage
acute kidney injury (AKI) using the RIFLE classification. Estimation of baseline creatinine by …

Results Three hundred ninety patients met inclusion criteria, of which 237 (61%) developed
AKI. AKI development was independently associated with delay to initiation of adequate …