Objectives: To evaluate the effect of an extended visitation model compared with a restricted
visitation model on the occurrence of delirium among ICU patients. Design: Prospective …

Importance The effects of intensive care unit (ICU) visiting hours remain uncertain. Objective
To determine whether a flexible family visitation policy in the ICU reduces the incidence of …

Objective: To evaluate the predictive value of central venous saturation to detect extubation
failure in difficult-to-wean patients. Design: Cohort, multicentric, clinical study. Setting: Three …

Introduction Implementation of a weaning protocol is related to better patient prognosis.
However, new approaches may take several years to become the standard of care in daily …

OBJETIVO: Determinar se a acurácia preditiva do julgamento clínico isolado pode ser
melhorada com o uso suplementar de um protocolo de desmame objetivo como ferramenta de …

Dear Editor, Survival from critical illness has improved in recent decades [1]. However, for
many patients, the post-ICU period is marked by physical and neuropsychiatric disabilities, …

BACKGROUND: There have been few reports of factors affecting aerosol delivery during
noninvasive ventilation (NIV). Nebulization is a standard practice, and our objective was to …

The findings of Stelfox et al. reinforce the need to intensify CCTP research. The lack of
effectiveness of these programs may be explained by the present CCTP policies, which do not …

BACKGROUND: Cancer patients may require intensive care support for postoperative care,
complications associated with underlying malignancy, or toxicities related to cancer therapy. …

BACKGROUND: The administration of a high F IO 2 to COPD patients breathing spontaneously
may result in hypercapnia, due to reversal of preexisting regional hypoxic pulmonary …