Background The joint committee of the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine/Japanese
Respiratory Society/Japanese Society of Respiratory Care Medicine on ARDS Clinical …

Background The Japanese Society of Respiratory Care Medicine and the Japanese Society
of Intensive Care Medicine provide here a clinical practice guideline for the management of …

Introduction Fever is frequently observed in critically ill patients. An independent association
of fever with increased mortality has been observed in non-neurological critically ill patients …

Importance Obesity, diabetes, and hypertension are common comorbidities in patients with
severe COVID-19, yet little is known about the risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome (…

… In studies with obese patients (BMI > 30 kg m −2 ), the gastric fluid volume in patients who
received clear fluids until 2 h before surgery was similar to that in fasting patients [13]. A study …

Background Little evidence supports anticoagulant therapy as effective adjuvant therapy to
reduce mortality overall in sepsis. However, several studies suggest that anticoagulant …

… Hayakawa M, Saito S, Uchino S, Yamakawa K, Kudo D, Iizuka Y, Sanui M, Takimoto K and
Mayumi T designed the study and checked the data set. Hayakawa M interpreted the data …

Purpose We investigated the epidemiology and outcome of disseminated intravascular
coagulation (DIC) in patients with sepsis. Materials and methods We analyzed data from a …

Supplemental doses of antithrombin (AT) are widely used to treat sepsis-induced disseminated
intravascular coagulation (DIC) in Japan. However, evidence on the benefits of AT …

Background/Objectives Severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) has a high mortality rate despite
ongoing attempts to improve prognosis through a various therapeutic modalities. This study …