Brief Review | High-risk pulmonary embolism in the ICU
High-risk pulmonary embolism in the intensive care unit – Intensive Care Medicine (free for a limited period)
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Perspective | Trials on oxygen targets in the critically ill patients: do they change our knowledge and practice?
Trials on oxygen targets in the critically ill patients: do they change our knowledge and practice? – Intensive Care Medicine (if the link is paywalled, try this one) Commentary on Twitter ? Trials on liberal/conservative O2 targets in #ICU: conflicting results! Many studies in progress. Waiting for evidence, consider O2 as powerful drug to […]
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Cohort Study | Early childhood respiratory infections linked to increased risk of premature respiratory disease mortality in adulthood
Summary: The study aimed to determine the link between lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) in early childhood and premature adult death from respiratory disease. The study used data from a nationally representative cohort recruited at birth in Great Britain in 1946 and followed participants across eight decades. After adjusting for multiple markers of childhood social […]
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Review | Enhanced recovery after surgery and chest tube management
Enhanced recovery after surgery and chest tube management – Journal of Thoracic Disease Related: Summary of best evidence for enhanced recovery after surgery for patients undergoing lung cancer operations – Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing Guidelines for enhanced recovery after lung surgery: recommendations of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society and the European Society […]
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RCT | Electronic nudges resulted in modest increase in influenza vaccination uptake in older adults
Electronic nudges to increase influenza vaccination uptake in Denmark: a nationwide, pragmatic, registry-based, randomised implementation trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text) News Release: Electronic Messages Improved Influenza Vaccination Rates in Nationwide Danish Study – Brigham and Women’s Hospital Commentary: Linking Flu Vaccine to Cardiovascular Benefit Could Increase Uptake in Older […]
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Mechanical power of ventilation and driving pressure: two undervalued parameters for pre ECMO ventilation and during daily management?
Mechanical power of ventilation and driving pressure: two undervalued parameters for pre extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ventilation and during daily management? – Critical Care Related: Brief Review | Mechanical power: meaning, uses and limitations
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RCT | Hydrocortisone reduces mortality in severe community-acquired pneumonia
Summary: Practice-changing! In a phase 3, multicenter, double-blind, randomized controlled trial involving 800 patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia admitted to the ICU, hydrocortisone treatment was found to reduce the risk of death by day 28 compared to a placebo group. The hydrocortisone group had a 6.2% death rate, while the placebo group had an 11.9% […]
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M-A | Prevalence, imaging patterns and risk factors of interstitial lung disease in connective tissue disease
Prevalence, imaging patterns and risk factors of interstitial lung disease in connective tissue disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis – European Respiratory Review
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Consensus Paper | Connective tissue disease-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension
2023 Taiwan Society of Cardiology (TSOC) and Taiwan College of Rheumatology (TCR) Joint Consensus on Connective Tissue Disease-Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension – Acta Cardiologica Sinica
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Review | Lung transplantation for COPD/pulmonary emphysema
Lung transplantation for COPD/pulmonary emphysema – European Respiratory Review
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