Importance In-hospital cardiac arrest is common and associated with a high mortality rate.
Despite this, in-hospital cardiac arrest has received little attention compared with other high …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) survivors experience a high prevalence of
cognitive impairment with concomitantly impaired functional status and quality of life, often …

Abstract The European Resuscitation Council (ERC) and the European Society of Intensive
Care Medicine (ESICM) have collaborated to produce these post-resuscitation care …

Purpose The optimal ventilatory settings in patients after cardiac arrest and their association
with outcome remain unclear. The aim of this study was to describe the ventilatory settings …

A post-resuscitation shock occurs in 50–70% of patients who had a cardiac arrest. It is an
early and transient complication of the post-resuscitation phase, which frequently leads to …

Cardiac arrest is an important public health issue, with a survival rate of approximately 15 to
22%. A great proportion of these deaths occur after resuscitation due to post-cardiac arrest …

Contemporary cardiac intensive care units (CICUs) have an increasing prevalence of
noncardiovascular comorbidities and multisystem organ dysfunction. However, little …

After cardiac arrest a combination of basic and advanced airway and ventilation techniques
are used during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and after a return of spontaneous …

Mechanical ventilation is a life-support system used to maintain adequate lung function in
patients who are critically ill or undergoing general anesthesia. The benefits and harms of …

Introduction Lung protective ventilation (LPV) comprising low tidal volume (VT) and high
positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) may compromise cerebral perfusion in acute brain …