Rotating through the R Adams Crowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore was a rite of passage for critical care medicine fellows in my training program. Long before my visit, I’d heard about Dr Nader ...
The flu, COVID-19, and RSV are distinct respiratory illnesses caused by different viruses, but they often present with overlapping symptoms, making it challenging to differentiate between them without ...
Abstract: Sigmoid function and ReLU are commonly used activation functions in neural networks (NN). However, sigmoid function is vulnerable to the vanishing gradient problem, while ReLU has a special ...
Inhaled sevoflurane significantly reduced ventilator-free days and 90-day survival versus IV propofol in moderate to severe ARDS. Inhaled volatile sedatives grew in popularity for prolonged use in ...
The following is a summary of “Clinical Performance of Spo 2 /Fio 2 and Pao 2 /Fio 2 Ratio in Mechanically Ventilated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Patients: A Retrospective Study,” published in ...
The pulse-oximetric peripheral oxygen saturation to a fraction of inspired oxygen (SpO 2 /FiO 2) ratio has been suggested as an additional hypoxemia criterion in the new global acute respiratory ...
The alveolar-arterial gradient, often abbreviated as A-a gradient, is an essential tool in assessing a patient’s lung function and identifying various respiratory disorders. It represents the ...
The A-a gradient, or alveolar-arterial gradient, is a crucial calculation used in the medical field to assess the efficiency of gas exchange occurring in the lungs. This gradient signifies the ...