Post-ICU respiratory care center is needed!

Reducing overdiagnosis in primary care is needed

Intrapleural Fibrinolysis in Post-tubercular Loculated Pleural Effusions at a Tertiary-Care Respiratory Center: An Uncontrolled Blinded Before-After Intervention Study

Background: Tuberculous, parapneumonic and traumatic loculated pleural-effusions pose therapeutic challenges due to resultant pleural-thickening and compromised lung-function for life. Tuberculosis is widely prevalent in developing countries, necessitating appropriate, effective, and economical treatment for loculated pleural-effusion to reduce the burden and sequelae. <s...

20-year survival post-liver transplant: much more is needed!

The manuscript entitled ‘‘Analysis of adult 20-year survivors after liver transplantation [1]’’ from a single centre in Barcelona, Spain, assessed the outcome and liver function of survivors 20 years after liver transplantation, together with the cause of death in those who did not survive to reach this milestone. There were 132 adult patients who received 151 liver transplants from deceased do...

A Stronger Post-Publication Culture Is Needed for Better Science

Hilda Bastian considers post-publication commenting and the cultural changes that are needed to better capture this intellectual effort. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.

CE: critical care recovery center: an innovative collaborative care model for ICU survivors.

OVERVIEW Five million Americans require admission to ICUs annually owing to life-threatening illnesses. Recent medical advances have resulted in higher survival rates for critically ill patients, who often have significant cognitive, physical, and psychological sequelae, known as postintensive care syndrome (PICS). This growing population threatens to overwhelm the current U.S. health care syst...