Intensive Care Medicine

The length of time on invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) increases the potential for numerous severe and even life-threatening complications, such as volutrauma, barotrauma, infection, damage to vocal...

A 74-year-old man with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presented to the emergency department reporting hoarseness of his voice and difficulty eating 2 days prior to his hospital...

A 71-year-old Russian-speaking man with a past medical history of hypertension and benign prostatic hyperplasia presented to the emergency department for evaluation of severe hemoptysis.

Immediately following birth, a late-preterm infant was noted to have a large umbilical cord cyst, umbilical hernia, loud cardiac murmur, and left cryptorchidism.

A 37-year-old gravida two para one woman at 35 weeks and 3 days of gestation presented to labor and delivery triage with a two-day history of gestational hypertension, headaches, and visual disturbances. ...

A 22-month-old boy presented to the emergency department following an accidental ingestion of potassium permanganate (KMnO4).

Obesity is a known risk factor for severe SARS-CoV-2 infection in adults, whereas comorbidities affecting COVID-19 outcomes among children are less well defined.

A 77-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with shortness of breath. She had a medical history significant for COPD, CAD, myocardial infarction status after coronary artery bypass grafting,...