Objective: To evaluate the impact of switching to total face mask in cases where face mask-
delivered noninvasive mechanical ventilation has already failed in do-not-intubate patients …

Purpose Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is a common life-threatening complication in
morbidly obese patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS). We aimed to identify …

Purpose Studies on the impact of tapered-cuff tracheal tubes on rates of microaspiration and
ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in intubated patients have reported conflicting …

Objective: To evaluate the extent to which sitting position and applied positive end-
expiratory pressure improve respiratory mechanics of severely obese patients under …

PURPOSE: The purpose was to investigate whether extravascular lung water (EVLW)
indexed to actual body weight (EVLWa) is an independent predictor of mortality in patients …

Introduction To investigate whether the difference between sodium and chloride ([Na+]–
[Cl−]) and anion gap corrected for albumin and lactate (AGcorr) could be used as apparent …

Background Owing to the heterogeneous population of patients with acute coronary
syndromes (ACS), risk stratification with tools such as the GRACE risk score is …

In this work, we analyzed the prognostic significance of changes in hemoglobin during
intensive care unit (ICU) stay in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). We …

Aims The present study was designed to build and validate a composite score based on the
Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) score and B-type natriuretic peptide …

Background Management of acute coronary syndromes in elderly patients is poorly defined.
Objective To assess the impact of functional decline on all-cause mortality in elderly patients …