Diagnosing an overcrowded emergency department from its Electronic Health Records.

Emergency department overcrowding is a complex problem that persists globally. Data of visits constitute an opportunity to understand its dynamics. However, the gap between the collected information and the real-life clinical processes, and the lack of a whole-system perspective, still constitute a relevant limitation.

Slow moderate pressure recruitment maneuver minimizes negative circulatory and lung mechanic side effects: evaluation of recruitment maneuvers using electric impedance tomography.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of different lung recruitment maneuvers using electric impedance tomography.

Design And Setting: Experimental study in animal model of acute lung injury in an animal research laboratory.

Subjects: Fourteen pigs with saline lavage induced lung injury.

Tracheal double-lumen ventilation attenuates hypercapnia and respiratory acidosis in lung injured pigs.

Objective: Evaluation of ventilatory and circulatory effects with coaxial double-lumen tube ventilation for dead-space reduction as compared with standard endotracheal tube ventilation.

Design: Experimental study in a pig model of lung lavage induced acute lung injury.

Setting: University research laboratory.

Effectiveness and side effects of closed and open suctioning: an experimental evaluation.

Objective: To compare the effectiveness of closed system suctioning (CSS) and open system suctioning (OSS) and the side effects on gas exchange and haemodynamics, during pressure-controlled ventilation (PCV) or continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP).

Design: Bench test and porcine lung injury model.

Participants: Twelve bronchoalveolar saline-lavaged pigs.