Increasingly in the United States and other countries, medical decisions, including those at
the end of life, are made using a shared decision-making model. Under this model …

The literature on outcomes of intensive care for the elderly with regard to intensive care unit
utilization, mortality, hospital costs and charges, and quality of life after intensive care were …

Objectives: To evaluate the association between length of ICU stay and 1-year mortality for
elderly patients who survived to hospital discharge in the United States. Design …

Patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) are rapidly increasing in number,
as improved ICU care has resulted in many patients surviving acute respiratory failure only …

Many animal studies have shown that high peak inspiratory pressures (PIP) during
mechanical ventilation can induce acute lung injury with hyaline membranes. Since 1984 …

Little information exists regarding the proportion of patients treated with mechanical
ventilation in intensive care units (ICUs), their underlying disease states, the modes of …

BACKGROUND Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) reduces the need for intubation and the
mortality associated with an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) …

Abstract Background and Purpose. Patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation
(PMV) are frequently deconditioned because of respiratory failure precipitated by the …

The factors predisposing to and complicating acute renal failure (ARF) in the medical
intensive care unit (ICU), and their relative influence on outcome during ARF are unclear …

Background The clinical trial safety database for tiotropium has been augmented with a 4-
year trial in patients with COPD, which provides an opportunity to better evaluate the …