Context Between March and July 2009, the largest number of confirmed cases of 2009
influenza A(H1N1) infection occurred in North America. Objective To describe characteristics, …

Context In March 2009, novel 2009 influenza A(H1N1) was first reported in the southwestern
United States and Mexico. The population and health care system in Mexico City …

Critical care has evolved from treatment of poliomyelitis victims with respiratory failure in an
intensive care unit to treatment of severely ill patients irrespective of location or specific …

Rationale: Corticosteroid therapy is commonly used among critically ill patients with Middle
East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), but its impact on outcomes is uncertain. Analyses of …

ContextSelective eligibility criteria of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are vital to trial
feasibility and internal validity. However, the exclusion of certain patient populations may lead to …

Initial reports suggest that COVID-19 is associated with severe disease that requires
intensive care in approximately 5% of proven infections. 1 Given how common the disease is …

Rationale: It is commonly stated that mortality from acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
and acute lung injury (ALI) is decreasing. Objectives: To systematically review the …

Background Limited clinical and laboratory data are available on patients with Ebola virus
disease (EVD). The Kenema Government Hospital in Sierra Leone, which had an existing …

First published in hardcover in 1991, Robert Fowler s Let the Reader Understand was ahead
of its time. Using reader-response criticism, a pioneering method for reading the Gospel of …

Since their widespread introduction more than half a century ago, intensive care units (ICUs)
have become an integral part of the health care system. Although most ICUs are found in …