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AUTHOR
Alex Martin
Weaning from mechanical ventilation in intensive care units across 50 countries (WEAN SAFE)
Background: Current management practices and outcomes in weaning from invasive mechanical ventilation are poorly understood. We aimed to describe the epidemiology, management, timings, risk for failure, and outcomes of weaning in patients requiring at least 2 days of invasive mechanical ventilation. Methods: WEAN SAFE was an international, multicentre, prospective, observational cohort study done in 481 intensive care units in 50 countries. Eligible participants were older than 16 years, admitted to a participating intensive care unit, and receiving mechanical ventilation for 2 calendar days or longer. We defined weaning initiation as the first attempt to separate a patient from the ventila…
Where science meets art: using science-fiction as a medium for science communication
As the world becomes more urbanized than ever before, society has continued to grow dissociated from nature and our impact on it. Too often, nature is taken for granted and treated as a luxury: we retreat into nature to escape from our stressful daily routines. Popular media, such as science-fiction, often shows nature as a threat that can destroy us. While this makes for good entertainment, science-fiction is also unique, in that it can provide a structure for societal evolution. What if the dialogue changed? What if prevalent themes portrayed how society can not only coexist with, but integrate and benefit from nature? Science-fiction has the ability to encourage the public to be more min…