JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Noninvasive ventilation for treatment of acute respiratory failure in patients undergoing solid organ transplantation: a randomized trial.
Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) has been associated with lower rates of endotracheal intubation in populations of patients with acute respiratory failure. ⋯ These results indicate that transplantation programs should consider NIV in the treatment of selected recipients of transplantation with acute respiratory failure.
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Major advances in treatment of burn injuries in the last 20 years have made it possible to save the lives of children with massive burns, but whether their survival comes at the cost of impaired quality of life is unknown. ⋯ In this study, while some children surviving severe burns had lingering physical disability, most had a satisfying quality of life. Comprehensive burn care that included experienced multidisciplinary aftercare played an important role in recovery.