Acute critical illnesses can alter vital functions with profound biological, biochemical,
metabolic, and functional modifications. Despite etiology, patient's nutritional status is pivotal …

Critical care was established partially in response to a polio epidemic in the 1950s. In the
intervening 70 yr, several epidemics and pandemics have placed critical care and allied …

Background: Investigating the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after intensive care unit
(ICU) discharge is necessary to identify possible modifiable risk factors. The primary aim of …

Abstract Aims and Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of post‐
traumatic stress symptoms, and to identify possible predictive factors in Norwegian intensive …

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic can be seen as a natural experiment to test how bed
occupancy affects post-intensive care unit (ICU) patient's functional outcomes. To compare …

Ligand-based drug design methods are thought to require large experimental datasets to
become useful for virtual screening. In this work, we propose a computational strategy to …

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been used in highly selected COVID-19
patients with severe respiratory failure. Scarce data exist on long-term outcomes of these …

Background Survivors of severe COVID-19 related respiratory failure may experience
durable functional impairments. We aimed at investigating health-related quality of life (HR …

Abstract Background Neuromuscular blockade agents (NMBAs) can be used to facilitate
mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients. Accumulating evidence has shown that …

COVID-19 is associated with a range of sequelae, including cognitive dysfunctions as long-
standing symptoms. Considering that the number of people infected worldwide keeps …