The mixed venous-to-arterial carbon dioxide (CO 2) tension difference [P (va) CO 2] is the
difference between carbon dioxide tension (PCO 2) in mixed venous blood (sampled from a …

Background. Oxygen consumption at peak exercise (peak VO 2) is the most accurate index
of aerobic capacity (AC), which reflects the physical condition of an individual and is currently …

BACKGROUND Central venous-to-arterial carbon dioxide partial pressure difference (ΔPCO
2) can be used as a marker for the efficacy of venous blood in removing the total CO 2 …

Background To evaluate the ability of the central venous-to-arterial CO 2 content and tension
differences to arteriovenous oxygen content difference ratios (∆ContCO 2 /∆ContO 2 and ∆…

Negative pressure pulmonary edema (NPPE) is a form of noncardiogenic pulmonary edema
(PE) that results from the generation of high negative intrathoracic pressure (NIP) needed to …

Objective: To evaluate the impact of switching to total face mask in cases where face mask-delivered
noninvasive mechanical ventilation has already failed in do-not-intubate patients in …

Purpose Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is a common life-threatening complication in morbidly
obese patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS). We aimed to identify the …

Objectives: To investigate patients’ characteristics, management, and outcomes in the
critically ill population admitted to the ICU for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus …

Objective: To evaluate the extent to which sitting position and applied positive end-expiratory
pressure improve respiratory mechanics of severely obese patients under mechanical …

Rationale: Invasive tracheobronchial aspergillosis (ITBA) is an uncommon but severe
clinical form of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in which the fungal infection is entirely or …