[HTML][HTML] Mechanical ventilation guided by esophageal pressure in acute lung injury

…, R Ritz, A Lisbon, V Novack… - … England Journal of …, 2008 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Survival of patients with acute lung injury or the acute respiratory distress
syndrome (ARDS) has been improved by ventilation with small tidal volumes and the use of …

[HTML][HTML] ICU admission characteristics and mortality rates among elderly and very elderly patients

L Fuchs, CE Chronaki, S Park, V Novack… - Intensive care …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose The effect of advanced age per se versus severity of chronic and acute diseases
on the short- and long-term survival of older patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) …

Prior statin therapy is associated with a decreased rate of severe sepsis

Y Almog, A Shefer, V Novack, N Maimon, L Barski… - Circulation, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc
Background— Statins have anti-inflammatory properties that are independent of their lipid-lowering
abilities. We hypothesized that statin therapy before the onset of an acute bacterial …

Hospital incidence and outcomes of the acute respiratory distress syndrome using the Kigali modification of the Berlin definition

…, L Officer, V Novack… - American journal of …, 2016 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Estimates of the incidence of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in
high- and middle-income countries vary from 10.1 to 86.2 per 100,000 person-years in the …

Does delay in surgery after hip fracture lead to worse outcomes? A multicenter survey

V Novack, A Jotkowitz, O Etzion… - International Journal for …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Objective To estimate the impact of delays in surgery for hip fracture on short- and long-term
outcomes. Design Analysis of inpatient hospital data integrated with national health plan …

[PDF][PDF] Risk factors for idiopathic frozen shoulder

C Milgrom, V Novack, Y Weil, S Jaber… - The Israel Medical …, 2008 - academia.edu
Background: Idiopathic frozen shoulder is a self-limiting regional skeletal problem of unknown
etiology. Clinically, patients first experience a phase of pain, progressing to a freezing …

Iatrogenic gastric acid suppression and the risk of nosocomial Clostridium difficile infection

MD Howell, V Novack, P Grgurich… - Archives of internal …, 2010 - jamanetwork.com
Background The incidence and severity ofClostridium difficileinfections are increasing. Acid-suppressive
therapy has been suggested as a risk factor forC difficile,but this remains …

Effect of titrating positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) with an esophageal pressure–guided strategy vs an empirical high PEEP-FIO2 strategy on death and days …

…, VM Banner-Goodspeed, MN Gong, D Cook, V Novack… - Jama, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Adjusting positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) to offset pleural pressure might
attenuate lung injury and improve patient outcomes in acute respiratory distress syndrome …

Association of lipid levels during gestation with preeclampsia and gestational diabetes mellitus: a population-based study

A Wiznitzer, A Mayer, V Novack, E Sheiner… - American journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The study evaluates lipids profile changes during gestation in pregnancies with
and without preeclampsia and/or gestational diabetes. STUDY DESIGN: Lipid profiles were …

Safety and feasibility of robotic percutaneous coronary intervention: PRECISE (Percutaneous Robotically-Enhanced Coronary Intervention) Study

…, R Waksman, JF Granada, V Novack… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - jacc.org
Objectives : The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety as well as the clinical and
technical effectiveness of robotic-assisted percutaneous coronary intervention. Background : …