Giorgio Conti

TL;DR: In patients with acute respiratory failure, noninvasive ventilation was as effective as conventional ventilation in improving gas exchange and was associated with fewer serious complications and shorter stays in the intensive care unit.

TL;DR: Evidence is provided that levosimendan improves right ventricular performance through pulmonary vasodilator effects in septic patients with ARDS and is able to improve the overall prognosis of patients with sepsis and ARDS.

TL;DR: Helmet NPPV is feasible and can be used to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with acute exacerbation, but it does not improve carbon dioxide elimination as efficiently as does FM NPPVs.

TL;DR: In a trauma population, a combined severe abdominal and thoracic trauma represents a major risk factor for EOP and mechanical ventilation administered during the first days after trauma seems to reduce the risk of EOP.

TL;DR: This Position Paper provides the first consensus definition for neonatal ARDS (called the Montreux definition), and provides expert consensus that mechanisms causing ARDS in adults and older children-namely complex surfactant dysfunction, lung tissue inflammation, loss of lung volume, increased shunt, and diffuse alveolar damage-are also present in several critical neonatal respiratory disorders.