[Acute respiratory distress due to tracheostomy tube migration].

Tracheostomy cannula care is of paramount importance in the daily management of tracheotomized patients. While some complications are commonplace, specific events can occur, often according to type of cannula. We herein report the case of a 71-year-old patient; following a lengthy stay in the intensive care unit, she had received a Safe T-Tube cannula designed to provide support in a stenotic trachea.

The other great imitator among infectious diseases: Leptospirosis.

Introduction: Leptospirosis is a worldwide zoonosis responsible for highly diverse clinical presentations with a wide range of severity. Variable environment exposures to infected urines of rodents have been described.

Observation: We report five cases of serologically confirmed leptospirosis leading to hospitalization in an intensive care unit (ICU) of a French center.

A 2-year multicenter, observational, prospective, cohort study on extracorporeal CO removal in a large metropolis area.

Background: Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCOR) is a promising technique for the management of acute respiratory failure, but with a limited level of evidence to support its use outside clinical trials and/or data collection initiatives. We report a collaborative initiative in a large metropolis.

Methods: To assess on a structural basis the rate of utilization as well as efficacy and safety parameters of 2 ECCOR devices in 10 intensive care units (ICU) during a 2-year period.

[Inadequate involvement of general practitioners in end-of-life's decisions in an intensive care unit].

Interests And Objectives: Patients' general practitioners (GPs) could be relevant consultants for collegial decisions of withholding or withdrawing treatment (WWT) defined by the Leonetti law. We therefore studied their implication by intensivists in end-of-life decisions and collected their feelings. Their wishes for the coming law revision were also investigated.