ROCCO , Patricia Rieken Macêdo

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Prognostic scores, such as APACHE III, SAPS 3 and MPM III0, can provide estimates of the probability of death for individual patients in the ICU. However, there are controversies regarding the use of these scores for predicting outcome in patients with ARDS. Some studies have developed scores to predict mortality at bedside in this patient...

As the prevalence of obesity increases, so does the number of obese patients undergoing surgical procedures and being admitted into intensive care units. Obesity per se is associated with reduced lung volume. The combination of general anaesthesia and supine positioning involved in most surgeries causes further reductions in lung volumes, thus...