Pheochromocytoma Crisis in the ICU: A French Multicenter Cohort Study With Emphasis on Rescue Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.

Objectives: To describe the characteristics, management, and outcome of patients admitted to ICUs for pheochromocytoma crisis.

Design: A 16-year multicenter retrospective study.

Setting: Fifteen university and nonuniversity ICUs in France.

Current guidelines and recommendations for the management of skin and soft tissue infections.

Purpose Of Review: The incidence of severe skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) has significantly increased over the last years. In addition, major ecological changes have been reported with the emergence of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), involved in a large proportion of these cases. A large number of expert opinions, guidelines, and recommendations for the management of SSTIs have been published over the last decade.

Postoperative pneumonia following cardiac surgery in non-ventilated patients versus mechanically ventilated patients: is there any difference?

Introduction: No studies have compared ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and non-VAP following cardiac surgery (CS). The aim of this study was to assess the incidence, clinical and microbiologic features, treatment characteristics and prognosis of postoperative pneumonia following CS with a special focus on non-VAP.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study based on a prospectively collected database.