Fig. 7.1 Survival benefit of daily interruption of sedatives paired with spontaneous breathing trials. In the Awakening and Breathing Controlled Trial, patients in the intervention group were managed with daily…
Fig. 4.1 The greater lung expansion in ventral regions, due to shape matching between the lung and thorax, counteracts the gravitational forces when they act on those ventral regions, as…
Increasing survival Increasing mortality Albumin in hepatorenal syndrome [9] Supranormal elevation of systemic oxygen delivery [25] Daily interruption of sedatives [10] Diaspirin cross-linked hemoglobin [26] Mild hypothermia [11] Growth hormone…
Fig. 3.1 Calculation of predicted body weight (PBW). cm centimeters, in inches (Modified from Silversides et al. [2] Copyright © 2013 BioMed Central Ltd) Finally, Villar and colleagues [11] enrolled…
Proven applications Possible applications Strong evidence Lack of strong evidence but physiological rationale Large-volume paracentesis Recurrent ascites (as a long-term treatment) Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) with ascites Non-SBP-related sepsis and…
Meta-analyses Size Mortality Blood transfusion Myocardial infarction Stroke Pulmonary embolism RCT pts RR 95 % CI RR 95 % CI RR 95 % CI RR 95 % CI RR 95…
1 Skin, 2 Sternocleidomastoid muscle, 3 Sternohyoid muscle, 4 Thyroid (isthmus), 5 Trachea, 6 Thyroid (right lobe), 7 Thyroid (left lobe), 8 Right carotid artery, 9 Left carotid artery. In…
Fig. 12.1 Main Features of tracheostomy tube Actually, two types of tracheostomy tube are now available: (1) the cuffed tracheostomy tube frequently used for patients ventilation and (2) the uncuffed…
Fig. 15.1 Endoscopic view of tracheoesophageal fistula. The arrow indicates the solution of continuity between the membranous wall of the trachea and the adjacent esophageal wall 15.3.6 Infections Data on…
Fig. 13.1 Characteristics of double-lumen endotracheal tube (DLET). The figure shows the upper channel dedicated for bronchoscopy, the lower channel for patient’s ventilation The upper lumen should be positioned at…
