Importance In December 2019, a novel coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 [SARS-CoV-2]) emerged in China and has spread globally, creating a pandemic. …

Twenty-two patients with acute respiratory failure underwent lung computed tomography (CT)
and physiological measurements at 5, 10, and 15 cm H2O positive end-expiratory …

Importance Many patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are critically ill and
require care in the intensive care unit (ICU). Objective To evaluate the independent risk factors …

In traditional decision theory, utility is regarded as a mathematical representation of
preferences to be inferred from agents’ choices. In the recent literature at the interface between …

Background Although placing patients with acute respiratory failure in a prone (face down)
position improves their oxygenation 60 to 70 percent of the time, the effect on survival is not …

Background Hemodynamic therapy to raise the cardiac index and oxygen delivery to
supranormal levels may improve outcomes in critically ill patients. We studied whether increasing …

Background Although previous studies have suggested the potential advantages of albumin
administration in patients with severe sepsis, its efficacy has not been fully established. …

Forty-three patients were entered in an uncontrolled study designed to evaluate extracorporeal
membrane lung support in severe acute respiratory failure of parenchymal origin. Most of …

Background Patients with COVID-19 can develop acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS),
which is associated with high mortality. The aim of this study was to examine the …

Context Post hoc analysis of a previous trial has suggested that prone positioning may improve
survival in patients with severe hypoxemia and with acute respiratory distress syndrome (…