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Mar 1st, 2021 - As patients with COVID-19 pneumonia admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) have high rates of thrombosis, high doses of thromboprophylaxis have been proposed. The associated bleeding risk remains unknown. We investigated major bleeding complication...

Mar 1st, 2021 - Over the years, interesting SWI abnormalities in patients from intensive care units (ICU) were observed, not attributable to a specific cause and with uncertain clinical significance. Recently, multiple SWI-hypointense foci were mentioned related ...

Mar 1st, 2021 - Patients with occult pneumothorax (OPTX) requiring positive-pressure ventilation (PPV) face uncertain risks of tension pneumothorax or chest drainage complications. Adults with traumatic OPTXs requiring PPV were randomized to drainage/observation,...

Mar 1st, 2021 - Interest in the pulmonary microbiome is growing, particularly in patients undergoing mechanical ventilation. To explore the pulmonary microbiome over time in patients undergoing prolonged mechanical ventilation and to evaluate the effect of an ora...

Mar 1st, 2021 - Sleep duration and proportion of daytime versus nighttime sleep may affect cognitive function in older patients in the transition out of the intensive care unit. To explore the relationship between the daytime-to-nighttime sleep ratio and cognitiv...

Jan 21st, 2021 - In large clinical trials conducted worldwide, full dose anti-coagulation (blood thinner) treatments given to moderately ill patients hospitalized for COVID-19 reduced the requirement of vital organ support—such as the need for mechanical ventilati...

Dec 10th, 2020 - Mechanical ventilation (MV) is an essential part of modern intensive care medicine. MV is performed in patients with severe respiratory failure caused by respiratory muscle insufficiency and/or lung parenchymal disease; that is, when other treatme...

Dec 10th, 2020 - Long-term mechanical ventilation is a well-established treatment for chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure (CHRF). It is aimed at improving CHRF-related symptoms, health-related quality of life, survival, and decreasing hospital admissions. In S...

Apr 20th, 2020 - Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)-associated viral infection (coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19) is a virulent, contagious viral pandemic that is affecting populations worldwide. As with any airborne viral r...

Sep 15th, 2019 - BACKGROUND: Donepezil, rivastigmine and galantamine are popular cholinesterase inhibitors used to manage the symptoms of Alzheimer disease and other dementias; regulatory agencies in several countries warn about a possible risk of rhabdomyolysis w...

Mar 1st, 2021 - As patients with COVID-19 pneumonia admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) have high rates of thrombosis, high doses of thromboprophylaxis have been proposed. The associated bleeding risk remains unknown. We investigated major bleeding complication...

Mar 1st, 2021 - Over the years, interesting SWI abnormalities in patients from intensive care units (ICU) were observed, not attributable to a specific cause and with uncertain clinical significance. Recently, multiple SWI-hypointense foci were mentioned related ...

Mar 1st, 2021 - Patients with occult pneumothorax (OPTX) requiring positive-pressure ventilation (PPV) face uncertain risks of tension pneumothorax or chest drainage complications. Adults with traumatic OPTXs requiring PPV were randomized to drainage/observation,...

Mar 1st, 2021 - Interest in the pulmonary microbiome is growing, particularly in patients undergoing mechanical ventilation. To explore the pulmonary microbiome over time in patients undergoing prolonged mechanical ventilation and to evaluate the effect of an ora...

Mar 1st, 2021 - Sleep duration and proportion of daytime versus nighttime sleep may affect cognitive function in older patients in the transition out of the intensive care unit. To explore the relationship between the daytime-to-nighttime sleep ratio and cognitiv...

Feb 25th, 2021 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Immunization of people 70 and older with the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Israel was associated with a precipitous drop in need for mechani...

Feb 25th, 2021 - FRANKFURT (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline will extend a trial testing an experimental rheumatoid arthritis drug on patients suffering from pneumonia related to COVID-19 to focus on the elderly as it seeks to firm up encouraging findings so far. A tria...

Feb 24th, 2021 - (Reuters Health) - Adults receiving mechanical ventilation who meet the criteria for unhealthy alcohol use have fewer agitation-related events when they're given high-dose baclofen, a new randomized trial finds. Researchers randomized patients wit...

Feb 10th, 2021 - LONDON (Reuters) - Roche's arthritis drug tocilizumab cuts the risk of death among patients hospitalised with severe COVID-19, also shortening the time to recovery and reducing the need for mechanical ventilation, results of a large trial showed o...

Feb 3rd, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A comparison of dexmedetomidine and propofol finds that the two drugs produce very similar outcomes when used for light sedation in adults receiving mechanical ventilation despite some previous research suggesting that ...