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Background
Pregnant patients with obesity may have compromised noninvasive blood pressure (NIBP) measurement. We assessed the accuracy and trending ability of the ClearSight™ finger cuff (FC) with invasive arterial monitoring (INV) and arm NIBP, in obese patients having cesarean delivery.
Methods
Participants were aged ≥18 years, ≥34 weeks gestation, and body mass index (BMI) ≥ 40 kg m−2. FC, INV,...
Background
It is unknown whether physicians treating critically ill patients have realistic perceptions of their patients' prognoses.
Methods
We sent a survey by email to Finnish anesthesiologists to investigate their ability to estimate the probability of 1‐year survival of intensive care unit (ICU) patients based on data available at the beginning of intensive care. We presented 12 fictional...
Background
High positive end‐expiratory pressure (PEEP>10 cmH2O) is commonly used in mechanically ventilated hypoxemic patients with COVID‐19. However, some epidemiological and physiological studies indirectly suggest that using a lower PEEP may primarily and beneficially decrease lung hyperinflation in this population. Herein we directly quantified the effect of decreasing PEEP from 15 to 10...