Background Reintubation is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The
reintubation rate in surgical ICUs (SICUs) is∼ 10% nationally but was 17.0% in our SICU …

COVID-19 pneumonia often presents with severely impaired oxygenation. In patients
presenting with hypoxemic acute respiratory failure (ARF), one of the most important goals is …

The infection risk among frontline health care workers (HCW) is one of the most concerning
aspects of COVID-19. Knowledge about SARS-CoV-2 transmission is still insufficient …

High flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) is proven to be effective in non-COVID-19 hypoxemic
respiratory failure. In the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, HFNO was quickly …

Introdução: Durante a pandemia de COVID-19, tornou-se necessário o uso de estratégias
no tratamento dos pacientes que evoluem com insuficiência respiratória aguda. Objetivo …

METHOD–To this retrospective cohort study, we selected patients with respiratory failure (n=
47) caused by Covid-19 pneumonia who were treated at the wards of the Sub-intensive …

Résumé La pandémie Covid-19 a provoqué un afflux massif et brutal de patients atteints
d'insuffisance respiratoire aiguë hypoxémique, ce qui a amené les réanimateurs à adapter …

Background: A sudden spike in positive cases in the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic
took Government, Public, and Healthcare system by surprise in India. It was bigger and …

While isolated spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM) is not commonly associated with
viral respiratory infections, several cases of isolated SPM in the context of coronavirus …

Non-invasive respiratory support (NIRS) has increasingly been used in the management of
COVID-19-associated acute respiratory failure, but questions remain about the utility, safety …