Pragmatic study of a thromboprophylaxis algorithm in critically ill patients with SARS-COV-2 infection.

The optimal thromboprophylactic strategy for patients affected by Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been debated among experts. This study evaluated the safety and efficacy of a thromboprophylaxis algorithm. This was a retrospective, single-center study in critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit (University affiliated Hospital) for acute respiratory failure due to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

The Double-Trunk Mask Improves Oxygenation During High-Flow Nasal Cannula Therapy for Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure.

Background: High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) oxygen therapy is used to deliver an F from 0.21 to 1.0.

Metabolic acidosis and 5-oxoprolinuria induced by flucloxacillin and acetaminophen: a case report.

Background: Frequent causes of high anion gap metabolic acidosis are well known: ethanol, methanol, and ethylene glycol intoxication; hyperglycemia; lactic or D-lactic acidosis; and impaired renal function. There are other causes, less frequent but also important. This report illustrates a rare case of a patient with increased anion gap metabolic acidosis due to a deficit of the γ-glutamyl cycle that led to 5-oxoproline (acid pyroglutamic) accumulation.

Continuous mixed venous and central venous oxygen saturation in cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass.

Background And Objective: Replacing mixed venous oxygen saturation (SvO2) monitoring by central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2) monitoring in order to avoid the use of a pulmonary artery catheter and its related complications is still controversial in the setting of cardiac surgery. The influence of surgery, cardiopulmonary bypass and anaesthesia drugs on the relationship between SvO2 and ScvO2 has never been studied.

Methods: Fifteen patients scheduled for cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass were included in the study.