Respiratory Drive in Patients with Sepsis and Septic Shock: Modulation by High-flow Nasal Cannula.

Background: Experimental and pilot clinical data suggest that spontaneously breathing patients with sepsis and septic shock may present increased respiratory drive and effort, even in the absence of pulmonary infection. The study hypothesis was that respiratory drive and effort may be increased in septic patients and correlated with extrapulmonary determinant and that high-flow nasal cannula may modulate drive and effort.

Methods: Twenty-five nonintubated patients with extrapulmonary sepsis or septic shock were enrolled.

Correction to: Electrical impedance tomography in perioperative medicine: careful respiratory monitoring for tailored interventions.

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported that one of the co-authors has a mistake in the author name; the middle name and surname are switched. This is the correct information.

Electrical impedance tomography in perioperative medicine: careful respiratory monitoring for tailored interventions.

Background: Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a non-invasive radiation-free monitoring technique that provides images based on tissue electrical conductivity of the chest. Several investigations applied EIT in the context of perioperative medicine, which is not confined to the intraoperative period but begins with the preoperative assessment and extends to postoperative follow-up.

Main Body: EIT could provide careful respiratory monitoring in the preoperative assessment to improve preparation for surgery, during anaesthesia to guide optimal ventilation strategies and to monitor the hemodynamic status and in the postoperative period for early detection of respiratory complications.