When working in an acute care ward, you face this dilemma almost every day. Should you make a decision based solely on vitals, wait for a doctor's order, or proceed based on your own assessment? In ...

When you enter a rehabilitation session in an acute care ward, it is common to see multiple tubes extending from the patient's body, such as IV lines, chest drains, urinary catheters, and arterial ...

Literature on the anesthetic management of endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is limited. Anesthetic management during these procedures is still mostly dependent on individual or ...

Introduction Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has an unpredictable clinical course, causing difficulties in short-term mortality prediction, overtreatment and delayed palliative care.

Objective High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) therapy is increasingly used in preterm infants despite a paucity of physiological studies. We aimed to investigate the effects of HFNC on respiratory ...