As of September 30, 2015, a total of 1589 laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with the
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) have been reported to the World …

Introduction Data are lacking on impact of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) on
health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among survivors. Methods We conducted a cross-…

RATIONALE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of intensive care unit (ICU)
admission in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) who develop acute respiratory …

Background Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) has been used in patients with the Middle East
respiratory syndrome (MERS) with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, but the effectiveness of …

Objectives: Despite being the epicenter of recent pandemics, little is known about critical
care in Asia. Our objective was to describe the structure, organization, and delivery in Asian …

The Middle East respiratory syndrome corona virus (MERS-CoV) is a novel positive sense
singlestranded ribonucleic acid virus of the genus Beta corona virus. This virus was first …

Objectives: To determine the impact of applying the best available clinical evidence on the
preventive measures to reduce the rate of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) …

Purpose We examined the association between surveillance for deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
among medical-surgical critically ill patients by twice-weekly ultrasonography and 90-day …

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) including deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary
embolism (PE) is commonly encountered in daily clinical practice. After diagnosis, its …

OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY: Our objectives were to determine how often hospital-acquired
VTE patients received appropriate thromboprophylaxis, VTE-associated mortality, and the …