Jose A. Baltazar-Torres

TL;DR: Critical illness from 2009 influenza A(H1N1) in Mexico occurred in young individuals, was associated with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome and shock, and had a high case-fatality rate.

TL;DR: The mortality rate in patients with SLE admitted to the ICU is high and high APACHE II score and the use of inotropics/vasopressors remained significant in the multi-variate analysis.

TL;DR: The SOFA and MEXSOFA scores calculated 24 h after admission to the ICU demonstrated a good level of discrimination for predicting the in-ICU mortality risk in critically ill patients and only the MexSOFA score at 48’h was an independent predictor of death.

TL;DR: The levels of positive end-expiratory pressure and peak pressure were higher in patients with pulmonary hypertension, and the PaCO2 was higher in those who died, whereas the level of airway pressure seemed to influence the onset of pulmonary hypertension.

TL;DR: Influenza A (H1N1pdm09)-related critical illness still predominantly affects relatively young to middle-aged patients and is associated with severe hypoxemic respiratory failure and the local critical care system and available resources may be influential determinants of patient outcome.