Publications by authors named "B Marcora"
Introduction: Before the introduction of the new international cardiac arrest treatment guidelines in 2005, patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) of cardiac origin in Northern Italy had very poor prognosis. Since 2006, a new bundle of care comprising use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and therapeutic hypothermia (TH) was started, while extracorporeal CPR program (ECPR) for selected refractory CA and dispatcher-assisted cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was started in January 2010.
Objectives: We hypothesized that a program of bundled care might improve outcome of OHCA patients.
Objective: We measured pulmonary edema by thermal indocyanine green-dye double-dilution technique and quantitative computed tomography (CT) in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome and compared the two techniques.
Design And Setting: Prospective human study in a university hospital.
Patients: Fourteen mechanically ventilated patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (nine primary; nine with intubation <7 days).
Objectives: To assess the success rate of pressure support ventilation (PSV) in acute lung injury patients undergoing continuous positive pressure ventilation (CPPV), to study physiologic changes after the transition from CPPV to PSV, and to investigate differences between patients who succeed and patients who fail PSV according to predetermined criteria.
Design: Observational study.
Setting: General intensive care unit in a teaching hospital.
Objective: To assess and to follow along the time-span of ICU stay the process of resources allocation and utilization.
Design: Prospective study.
Patients: A cohort of 778 patients consecutively admitted to 7 multipurpose general ICU in the Milano area were enrolled in a survey of the daily performed interventions/procedures.