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 …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is associated with a heterogeneous pattern of
injury throughout the lung parenchyma that alters regional alveolar opening and collapse …

Previous studies have shown that lactate/albumin ratio (LAR) can be used as a prognostic
biomarker to independently predict the mortality of sepsis and severe heart failure. However …

Acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are characterized by
progressive lung impairment typically triggered by inflammatory processes. The mortality toll …

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a major health concern with urgent unmet
need for treatment options. There are three million new ARDS cases annually, and the …

Rationale: Outcomes for people with respiratory failure in the United States vary by patient
race and ethnicity. Invasive ventilation is an important treatment initiated based on expert …

Background: Tracheostomy is a procedure commonly conducted in patients undergoing
emergency admission and requires prolonged mechanical ventilation. In the present study …

Introduction A prompt severity assessment model of patients with confirmed infectious
diseases could enable efficient diagnosis while alleviating burden on the medical system …

Methods The protocol of the NOSARSCOVID trial has been described previously (6). Briefly,
the NOSARSCOVID trial was a multicenter, single-blind, randomized controlled trial …

Objective There has been a substantial decline in patients presenting for emergent and
routine cardiovascular care in the United States after the onset of the coronavirus disease …