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The effectiveness of the prone position in acute respiratory distress syndrome:...
Barradas Ramos, Sílvia Marlene; Fajardo Gomes, Aramid José; Rego, Ana Luisa; Martins Pimenta, Pedro Ezequiel; Pinho Silva, José AntónioBackground: prone Position is a well-established evidence-based clinical practice in patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation. Little evidence in non-intubated patients is known. Due to the increasing rate of acute respiratory distress syndrome, the need to know the effectiveness in non-intubated patients has emerged. Objective: to know the effectiveness of pr...
The Role of a Medical Intermediate Care Unit in the Management of Budd-Chiari S...
Cravo, Marcia; Oliveira, Daniel G; Guimas, Arlindo; Vita, Pedro; Rego, Ana Luisa; Alves, Rute; Valadares, Diana; Carvalheiras, Graziela; Ricardo, MiguelBudd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) has a wide spectrum of presentations, from an asymptomatic status to acute liver failure (ALF). The therapeutic approach depends on disease severity and related etiology with patients with severe forms of presentation classically managed in intensive care units (ICUs). Here, we report a series of five BCS patients managed in a medical intermediate care unit (IntCU), with three of them...