The diagnosis of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) traditionally requires
calculation of the ratio of partial pressure of arterial oxygen to fraction of inspired oxygen …

Intraoperative mortality has decreased by a factor of a 100 during the last century, and
deaths during surgery are now rare. 1 In contrast, mortality within the first postoperative …

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 …

Sepsis is life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to
infection (1). Sepsis and septic shock are major healthcare problems, impacting millions of …

Standard clinical care in neonatal and pediatric intensive-care units (NICUs and PICUs,
respectively) involves continuous monitoring of vital signs with hard-wired devices that …

Objective To provide an update to “Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines for Management
of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2012”. Design A consensus committee of 55 international …

European Society of Anaesthesiology guidelines on peri-opera... : European Journal of
Anaesthesiology | EJA European Society of Anaesthesiology guidelines on peri-operative use of …

Continuous monitoring of blood pressure, an essential measure of health status, typically
requires complex, costly, and invasive techniques that can expose patients to risks of …

Naomi P. O'Grady, 1 Mary Alexander, 2 Lillian A. Burns, 3 E. Patchen Dellinger, 4 Jeffrey
Garland, 5 Stephen O. Heard, 6 Pamela A. Lipsett, 7 Henry Masur, 1 Leonard A. Mermel, 8 …

Arterial blood pressure (BP) is a fundamental cardiovascular variable, is routinely measured
in perioperative and intensive care medicine, and has a significant impact on patient …