Abstract The Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic
Shock 2020 (J-SSCG 2020), a Japanese-specific set of clinical practice guidelines for sepsis …

Background Since its appearance in late 2019, infections caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 have created unprecedented challenges for health …

Background The joint committee of the Japanese Society of Intensive Care
Medicine/Japanese Respiratory Society/Japanese Society of Respiratory Care Medicine on …

Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is defined by acute and progressive hypoxemia caused by
various cardiorespiratory or systemic diseases in previously healthy patients. Among ARF …

Background Acute hypoxaemia de novo or on a background of chronic hypoxaemia is a
common reason for admission to intensive care and for provision of mechanical ventilation …

An updated meta-analysis incorporating nine randomized trials (n= 816) investigating low-to-
moderate dose prolonged glucocorticoid treatment in acute respiratory distress syndrome …

Background The impact of corticosteroid therapy on outcomes of patients with coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) is highly controversial. We aimed to compare the risk of death …

Lung contusion resulting from chest trauma may be present various clinical pictures. It quite
often remains unrecognized and is only suspected later when severe complications have …

Since the outbreak of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in December 2019, it has
spread to various regions and countries, forming a global pandemic. Reducing nosocomial …

Background Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening inflammatory
lung injury with high mortality; no approved medication exists. Efficacy and safety of bone …