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

Tracheostomy is a common procedure performed in critically ill patients requiring prolonged
mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory failure and for airway issues. The ideal timing …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection might induce a significant and
sustained lymphopenia, increasing the risk of developing opportunistic infections …

Background The British Thoracic Society (BTS) published the guideline,'The use of non-
invasive ventilation in acute respiratory failure', in 2002. 1 This was in response to trials …

Importance Tracheostomy is a widely used intervention in adult critical care units. There is
little evidence to guide clinicians regarding the optimal timing for this procedure. Objective …

Importance The timing of tracheostomy placement in adult patients undergoing critical care
remains unestablished. Previous meta-analyses have reported mixed findings regarding …

Background Long‐term mechanical ventilation is the most common situation for which
tracheostomy is indicated for patients in intensive care units (ICUs).'Early'and'late' …

Hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumo... : Current Opinion in
Pulmonary Medicine Hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia …

Background Delay of tracheostomy for roughly 2 weeks after translaryngeal intubation of
critically ill patients is the presently recommended practice and is supported by findings from …

Background A large proportion of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
develop severe respiratory failure requiring admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) and …