Importance Noninvasive ventilation delivered as bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) is
often used to avoid reintubation and improve outcomes of patients with hypoxemia after …

Importance General anesthesia and procedural sedation are common practice for
mechanical thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke. However, risks and benefits of each …

Background Optimisation of brain oxygenation might improve neurological outcome after
traumatic brain injury. The OXY-TC trial explored the superiority of a strategy combining …

Background The Radiographic Assessment of Lung Edema (RALE) score is associated with
the severity of ARDS, and treatments targeted at reducing pulmonary edema such as …

Background The quality of oral care is important in limiting the emergence of ventilator-
associated pneumonia (VAP) in intubated patients. Our main objective was to measure the …

Background: ECMO is a therapeutic act with a high risk of exposure to diethylhexylphthalate
(DEHP), plasticizer from PVC tubings. The replacement of this plasticizer with alternative …

Alternatives to DEHP plasticizers are used in various PVC medical devices (MD) for infusion.
As they are able to migrate from these MDs into infused solutions, they may come into …

Objectives Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most frequent hospital-acquired
infections in intensive care units (ICU). In the bundle of care to prevent the VAP, the oral care …

Purpose To determine the efficacy and side effects of prone positioning (PP) and nitric oxide
(NO) inhalation, alone, associated, or combined with iv almitrine for the treatment of …

ABSTRACT Background: Intravenous Panpharma heparin® was used in all on-pump
cardiac surgery in our heart-surgery department for a short period. This brand of heparin …