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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) in critically ill patients with cirrhosis

Cumulative survival (A) on admission (<30 vs. ≥30), ICU admission reason (B, admitted for acute respiratory failure vs. admitted for other reasons), and PaO2/FiO2 ratio (C, ≤100 mmHg vs. >100 mmHg) at ...
The Lancet

Tocilizumab in patients with severe COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study

aDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico of Modena, Modena, Italy bRespiratory Diseases Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico of Modena, Modena, ...
The Lancet

When to intubate in acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure? Options and opportunities for evidence-informed decision making in the intensive care unit

iDepartment of Medicine, Division of Respirology, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada jInstitute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation at the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, ...
thorax.bmj

P261 Quantifying oxygen requirement in early warning scores improves recognition of deterioration compared to the national early warning score 2 (NEWS2) in patients on oxygen

1 Critical Care Research Group, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 2 Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology ...
BMJ

Supplemental oxygen for pulmonary embolism (SO-PE): study protocol for a mechanistic, randomised, blinded, cross-over study

Background Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) mortality is linked to abrupt rises in pulmonary artery (PA) pressure due to mechanical obstruction and pulmonary vasoconstriction, leading to right ...