Paolo Navalesi

TL;DR: Although a significant number of aspects of care have relatively weak support, evidence-based recommendations regarding the acute management of sepsis and septic shock are the foundation of improved outcomes for these critically ill patients with high mortality.

TL;DR: A consensus committee of 55 international experts representing 25 international organizations was assembled at key international meetings (forSurviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2012 as discussed by the authors ).

TL;DR: This document provides European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society and ERS/ATS evidence-based recommendations for the use of noninvasive ventilation in acute respiratory failure based on the most current literature.

TL;DR: A collaboration of multidisciplinary experts on the delivery of pharmaceutical aerosols was facilitated by the European Respiratory Society and the International Society for Aerosols in Medicine to draw up a consensus statement with clear, up-to-date recommendations that enable the pulmonary physician to choose the type of aerosol delivery device that is most suitable for their patient.

TL;DR: To avoid discoordination between the patient and the ventilator, it is often necessary to suppress the patient’s intrinsic respiratory drive with the use of hyperventilation, sedation or even muscle paralysis, which increase the risk of complications due to excessive ventilation.