Can we predict patients that will not benefit from invasive mechanical ventilation? A novel scoring system in intensive care: the IMV Mortality Prediction Score (IMPRES)

1 Department of Pathology, Health Sciences University, Ankara Atatürk Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey 2 Department of

1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey 2 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Adana State

2 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Health Sciences University, Konya Training and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey.. 3 Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and

We investigated the effects of waist circumference/chest circumference ratio on mortality, whether this ratio is more sensitive than body mass index by itself in

For the consultant physicians, the problems in consultations that are requested from the emergency services are due to the fact that the consultation is requested before

Many reviews actually suggest that pa- tients with higher risks for postoperative respiratory failure; including the individuals who are obese or af- fected by lung diseases and

Scoring systems of pneumonia [revised American Thoracic Society (ATS) criteria, CURB-65, pneumonia severity index (PSI)] and ICU [Acute Physiology Assessment and Chronic Health

The present study aimed to investigate the types of HAIs, causative microorganisms, resistance patterns, and risk factors, and to identify their impacts on mortality in