Acute respiratory failure occurs in up to half of patients with haematological malignancies
and 15% of those with solid tumours or solid organ transplantation. Mortality remains high …

Answer questions and earn CME/CNE The increasing prevalence of patients living with
cancer in conjunction with the rapid progress in cancer therapy will lead to a growing …

Importance Noninvasive ventilation has been recommended to decrease mortality among
immunocompromised patients with hypoxemic acute respiratory failure. However, its …

Introduction In immunocompromised patients, acute respiratory failure (ARF) is associated
with high mortality, particularly when invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) is required. In …

Background Delayed intubation is associated with high mortality. There is a lack of objective
criteria to decide the time of intubation. We assessed a recently described combined …

BACKGROUND: Early enteral nutrition is recommended for mechanically ventilated patients
in several studies and guidelines. In contrast, the effects of early enteral nutrition on …

Background Pneumonia is a dreaded complication of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection in
adults; however, the data are limited. Our objective was to investigate the clinical features …

Background High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) is increasingly used in critically ill cancer
patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF) to avoid mechanical ventilation (MV). The …

Background Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) occurs during the course of autoimmune
disease and may be life threatening. The objective was to assess characteristics and …

Severe forms of acute respiratory distress syndrome in patients with haematological
diseases expose clinicians to specific medical and ethical considerations. We prospectively …