Fractions We Cannot Ignore: The Nonsymbolic Ratio Congruity Effect

PEEP and Mechanical Ventilation: We Are Warned, We Cannot Ignore.

of the Ventumask and EasyVent, Ventukit, and EveCoulisse are very similar, respectively, whereas the Boussignac is the least expensive. However, based on the results of our study, the Boussignac device appears to perform more as a reservoir mask than as a CPAP device because of the low variable end-expiratory pressure, low airflow outputs, and high unadjustable FIO2. We concur with Drs Salturk ...

PEEP and Mechanical Ventilation: We Are Warned, We Cannot Ignore-Reply.

1. Natalini G, Tuzzo D, Rosano A, Testa M, Grazioli M, Pennestrı̀ V, et al. Assessment of factors related to auto-PEEP. Respir Care 2016;61(2):134-141. 2. Rossi A, Polese G, Brandi G, Conti G. Intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEPi). Intensive Care Med 1995;21(6): 522-536. 3. Appendini L, Patessio A, Zanaboni S, Carone M, Gukov B, Donner CF, Rossi A. Physiologic effects of positive en...

Estrogen receptor expression in breast cancer: we cannot ignore the shades of gray.

In this issue of the Journal, Gomez-Fernandez et al 1 report their experience with estrogen receptor (ER) immu-nohistochemical expression in 278 patients with recurrent and/or metastatic breast cancer. By using ER antibody 1D5, they found that 9 of 159 previously positive cases (5.7%) did not express ER in their metastatic or recurrent sites. In addition , of 119 initially ER– primary breast ca...

Why epidemiologists cannot afford to ignore poverty.

Epidemiologists cannot afford to ignore poverty. To do so would, first, wrongly obscure the devastating impact of poverty on population health, and, second, undercut our commitment to scientific rigor. At issue is doing correct science, not "politically correct" science. Blot poverty and inequity from view, and not only will we contribute to making suffering invisible but our understanding of d...

VIRAL HEPATITIS AnD LIVER CAnCER a Global Crisis We Cannot Continue To Ignore