Background Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common infection in the intensive care unit (ICU ... secretions (CASS), were adopted for patients undergoing mechanical ventilation.

(Boston)—Advances in technology, the evolution of patient ... unit (ICU) design. For example, prior ICU design guidelines in 1995 and 2012 did not envision remote manipulation of ventilator ...

Herein we report a 78-year-old female glaucoma patient who ... 1 day after taking acetazolamide. The patient was successfully weaned from the ventilator after correction of hypophosphatemia ...

ARDS is a severe lung condition that affects roughly 10% of intensive care unit patients and carries a mortality rate of 30–40%, even with modern ventilation techniques. Using a pig model of ...