Fig. 13.1 Schematic diagram showing the scientific rationale and potential role of β2-agonists in ARDS (Adopted from: Bassford et al. [13]. Permission to reproduce granted under BioMed Central’s general terms)…
Always available without temperature limitations Long shelf life Effective oxygen-carrying capacity Effective volume expander Absent scavenging effect on nitric oxide No side effects No infectious carrier No crossmatching necessity Cost-effective…
Drug Indications Cautions Side effects Dose Notes Growth hormone Growth hormone deficiency Prolonged intensive care unit stay Diabetes mellitus Chronic renal failure Steroids Critically ill Appears safe Water retention In…
RCTs Mortality with HES Use of RRT with HES RR 95 % CI RR 95 % CI CRYSTMASa 1.23 0.76–2.01 1.83 0.89–3.89 6Sb 1.17 1.01–1.36 1.35 1.01–1.80 CHESTc 1.06 0.96–1.18…
Intervention Indications Cautions Side effects Protocol Notes Intensive insulin therapy (or tight glycemic control) Critically ill patients with stress-induced hyperglycemia (sepsis, stroke, traumatic brain injury, myocardial infarction, trauma, burns, cardiothoracic…
First author Year N° centers NIV application Setting Mask Patients in NIV group Patients in control group Mortality NIV Mortality control Brochard [5] 1995 5 Hypercapnic ICU Face 43 42…
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…
