Background Three anatomical sites are commonly used to insert central venous catheters,
but insertion at each site has the potential for major complications. Methods In this multicenter …

About 5% of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) require intensive care unit (ICU)
management. 1 These patients are at high risk of developing secondary infections …

Rationale: Frontline healthcare providers (HCPs) during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
pandemic are at high risk of mental morbidity. Objectives: To assess the prevalence of …

Purpose Although patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection have several risk factors for ventilator-associated
lower respiratory tract infections (VA-LRTI), the reported incidence of hospital-…

Context Based on concerns about the risk of infection, the jugular site is often preferred over
the femoral site for short-term dialysis vascular access. Objective To determine whether …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection fatality rate (IFR)
doubles with every 5 y of age from childhood onward. Circulating autoantibodies neutralizing …

Background In the Île-de-France region (henceforth termed Greater Paris), extracorporeal
membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) was …

New psychoactive substances (NPS) have completely modified the drug scene and the current
landscape of addiction. Synthetic substances, such as substituted or synthetic cathinones…

Context. The first update of the 1997 gastric lavage position paper was published by the
American Academy of Clinical Toxicology and the European Association of Poisons Centres …

Objective To report the feasibility, complications, and outcomes of emergency extracorporeal
life support (ECLS) in refractory cardiac arrests in medical intensive care unit (ICU). Design …