Respiratory Variability of Pulmonary Velocity-Time Integral As a New Gauge of Fluid Responsiveness For Mechanically Ventilated Patients in the ICU.

Objectives: To evaluate reliability and feasibility of the respiratory variability of pulmonary velocity-time integral as a new dynamic marker of fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients.

Design: Prospective observational study.

Setting: Medical-surgical ICU of a general hospital.

Body mass index. An additional prognostic factor in ICU patients.

Objective: To examine the association between body mass index (BMI) and mortality in adult intensive care unit (ICU) patients. DESIGN. A prospective multi-center study.

[Yellow nail syndrome. Three cases].

Yellow nail syndrome is an uncommon diagnosis established on the basis of clinical presentation with slow-growing yellow discolored nails, lymphedema, and pulmonary manifestations. We report 3 new cases with their pulmonary component.