Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a pulmonary infection that occurs after at least 48
hours of mechanical ventilation (MV). The incidence depends on several factors, although …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and pneumonia are closely correlated in the
critically ill patient. Whereas ARDS is often complicated by nosocomial pneumonia …

Background Risk factors for nosocomial pneumonia, such as gastro-oesophageal reflux and
subsequent aspiration, can be reduced by semirecumbent body position in intensive-care …

Background Estimating attributable mortality of ventilator-associated pneumonia has been
hampered by confounding factors, small sample sizes, and the difficulty of doing relevant …

Background Initial empirical antimicrobial treatment of patients with community-acquired
pneumonia (CAP) is based on expected microbial patterns. We determined the incidence of …

BACKGROUND The inflammatory response has been widely investigated in patients with
acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and pneumonia. Studies investigating the …

Background Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum (LHIS) is a benign disorder
characterized by fat accumulation in the interatrial septum. It typically occurs in elderly …

Thymomas are counted among the rare tumour entities which are associated with
autoimmune disorders (AIDs) and paraneoplastic syndromes (PNS) far more often than …

Background. Highly pathogenic avian H5N1 influenza viruses preferentially infect alveolar
type II pneumocytes in human lung. However, it is unknown whether this cellular tropism …

Objective To examine whether acute dysglycaemia predicts death in people admitted to
hospital with community acquired pneumonia. Design Multicentre prospective cohort study …