The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common critical illness syndrome with
high morbidity and mortality. There are no proven pharmacological therapies for ARDS. The …

OBJECTIVES: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is an advanced treatment for
acute severe respiratory failure. Patients on ECMO are frequently maintained sedated and …

Acute dyspnea represents one of the most frequent symptoms leading to emergency room
evaluation. Its significant prognostic value warrants a careful evaluation. The differential …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a leading cause of disability and mortality
worldwide, and while no specific etiologic interventions have been shown to improve …

Background Several recently published randomized controlled trials have evaluated various
noninvasive oxygenation strategies for the treatment of acute hypoxemic respiratory failure …

Objectives: To assess the efficacy of an awake venovenous extracorporeal membrane
oxygenation (VV-ECMO) management strategy in preventing clinically relevant barotrauma …

Introduction Recent studies suggested that Macklin sign is a predictor of barotrauma in
patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). We performed a systematic …

Spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SP) has been described early during the COVID-19
pandemic in large series of patients with severe pneumonia, but most patients were …

Background Flow starvation is a type of patient-ventilator asynchrony that occurs when gas
delivery does not fully meet the patients' ventilatory demand due to an insufficient airflow …

Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) is a non-invasive bedside imaging technique that
provides real-time lung ventilation information on critically ill patients. EIT can potentially …