Effect of Active Physiotherapy With Positive Airway Pressure on Pulmonary Atelectasis After Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Study.

Objectives: The authors investigated the effect of active work with positive airway pressure (PAP) in addition to chest physiotherapy (CP) on pulmonary atelectasis (PA) in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass.

Design: A randomized controlled study.

Setting: At a single-center tertiary hospital.

Incidence and risk factors of anastomotic complications after lung transplantation.

Background: Anastomotic complications are common after lung transplantation (1.4-33% of cases) and still associated with a high morbi-mortality.

Methods: The current study is a monocenter retrospective analysis of symptomatic anastomotic complications (SAC) occurring after lung transplantation between 2010 and 2016, using the macroscopic, diameter, and suture (M-D-S) classification from consensus of French experts in bronchoscopy.

Impact of early nutrition route in patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A retrospective cohort study.

Background: Early nutrition management in patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) remains controversial. Despite its potentially beneficial effect, enteral nutrition (EN) could be associated with gastrointestinal (GI) complications. Total daily energy requirements remain difficult to achieve with ECMO support.

High-Flow Therapy by Nasal Cannulae Versus High-Flow Face Mask in Severe Hypoxemia After Cardiac Surgery: A Single-Center Randomized Controlled Study-The HEART FLOW Study.

Objective: To determine whether high-flow oxygen therapy by nasal cannulae (HFNC) is more effective than a high-flow face mask (HFFM) in severe hypoxemia.

Design: Randomized, single-center, open-labeled, controlled trial.

Setting: University Hospital of Nantes, France.