Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is characterised by acute hypoxaemic
respiratory failure with bilateral infiltrates on chest imaging, which is not fully explained by …

Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 that has significant implications for the …

The aim of these guidelines is to update the 2017 clinical practice guideline (CPG) of the
European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM). The scope of this CPG is limited to …

Background: Since publication of the 2012 Berlin definition of acute respiratory distress
syndrome (ARDS), several developments have supported the need for an expansion of the …

We performed RNA-seq and high-resolution mass spectrometry on 128 blood samples from
COVID-19-positive and COVID-19-negative patients with diverse disease severities and …

Objective To investigate the characteristics and prognostic factors in the elderly patients with
COVID-19. Methods Consecutive cases over 60 years old with COVID-19 in Renmin …

Background Patients with COVID-19 who develop severe acute respiratory distress
syndrome (ARDS) can have symptoms that rapidly evolve to profound hypoxaemia and …

The elderly may represent a specific cluster of high-risk patients for developing COVID-19
with rapidly progressive clinical deterioration. Indeed, in older individuals …

Background Previous studies suggest that prone positioning (PP) can increase PaO 2/FiO 2
and reduce mortality in moderate to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The …

Background Insight into COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) patient characteristics, rates and
risks of invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) and associated outcomes as well as any …