BACKGROUND: The pathogenic significance of antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)
in Wegener’s granulomatosis is controversial. Their presence is influenced by the extent…

Background: The utility of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) levels to guide the
management of patients with Wegener granulomatosis remains controversial. Objective: To …

Study objectives: Previous studies have suggested that patients are more likely to die in the
hospital if they are admitted on a weekend than on a weekday. This study was conducted to …

Objective: At the beginning of each academic year in July, inexperienced residents and fellows
begin to care for patients. This inexperience can lead to poor patient outcome, especially …

Introduction Etomidate blocks adrenocortical synthesis when it is administered intravenously
as a continuous infusion or a single bolus. The influence of etomidate administration on the …

Background Low and high body mass index (BMI) have been recently shown to be associated
with increased and decreased mortality after ICU admission, respectively. The objective of …

Objective Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) binding to neutrophil elastase (NE)
and proteinase 3 (PR3) are detectable in most patients with cocaine‐induced midline …

Objective: To determine if an increase in the third-ICU-day acute physiology score (APS) of
the APACHE (acute physiology and chronic health evaluation) III prognostic system can …

Objective. There remains a need for biomarkers to guide therapy in antineutrophil cytoplasmic
antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis. Our objective was to determine whether measures …

Background High-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) was introduced in our institution
in June 2003. Since then, there has been no protocol to guide the use of HFOV, and all …