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: Surveys have documented the continued popularity of low-dose dopamine to
influence renal dysfunction even though few data support it and editorials and reviews have …

Background Prone position ventilation for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF)
improves oxygenation but not survival, except possibly when AHRF is severe. Objective To …

Objective To review the literature on the use of inhaled nitric oxide to treat acute lung injury/acute
respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS) and to summarise the effects of nitric oxide, …

Rationale: Disability risk groups and 1-year outcome after greater than or equal to 7 days of
mechanical ventilation (MV) in medical/surgical intensive care unit (ICU) patients are …

There has been an increase in the incidence of acute pancreatitis reported worldwide.
Despite improvements in access to care, imaging and interventional techniques, acute …

Background Meta-analysis handles randomized trials with no outcome events in both
treatment and control arms inconsistently, including them when risk difference (RD) is the effect …

Background Few resources are available to support caregivers of patients who have survived
critical illness; consequently, the caregivers’ own health may suffer. We studied caregiver …

Background: Mechanical ventilation in the prone position is used to improve oxygenation
and to mitigate the harmful effects of mechanical ventilation in patients with acute respiratory …

Objective To determine clinical and physiological effects of high frequency oscillation compared
with conventional ventilation in patients with acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress …