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American Heart Association, 1951 About 60 years have elapsed since the warning in the introductory quote, yet the same imprecise method continues to be the accepted standard for the measurement…

FIGURE 30.1 The power of diaphragmatic contractions (equivalent to the product of contractile force and velocity) during spontaneous breathing (control) and after 3 days of assisted (i.e., patient-triggered) mechanical ventilation (AMV)…

FIGURE 26.1 Pressure and flow changes during a single ventilator breath using volume control and pressure control methods of lung inflation at equivalent inflation (tidal) volumes. Changes in airway pressure (Paw)…

484–406 BC Adrenal and thyroid disorders are rarely the primary reason for admission to an ICU. However, critical illness can influence adrenal and thyroid function, and there is concern that…

FIGURE 14.1 The sequence of chemical reactions involved in neutrophil activation, which generates a series of highly reactive oxygen metabolites that are stored in cytoplasmic granules. SOD = superoxide dismutase. See…

Drugs like antineoplastic agents can produce thrombocytopenia by suppressing platelet production in the bone marrow, but the most common mechanism for drug-induced thrombocytopenia is the production of antibodies that cross-react…

Man Adapting1966 Urethral catheters are commonplace in critically ill patients, and surveys indicate that catheter-associated urinary tract infections account for 40% of all hospital-acquired infections in the United States (1)….