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Serum ionised calcium and the risk of acute respiratory failure in hospitalised patients: a single-centre cohort study in the USA

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2020
Objectives The objective of this study was to evaluate the risk of acute respiratory failure in all hospitalised patients based on admission serum ionised calcium.Design A retrospective cohort study.Setting A tertiary referral hospital in Rochester ...
Charat Thongprayoon   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Physiopathological rationale of using high-flow nasal therapy in the acute and chronic setting: A narrative review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Chronic lung disease and admissions due to acute respiratory failure (ARF) are becoming increasingly common. Consequently, there is a growing focus on optimizing respiratory support, particularly non-invasive respiratory support, to manage these ...
Cortegiani A.   +2 more
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Palytoxin-induced acute respiratory failure

open access: yesRespiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2017
Palytoxin is one of the most potent toxins known to mankind and poses a high risk to humans through ingestion, inhalation and dermal routes [1,2]. Although the exact mechanism of action is unknown it is postulated that palytoxin binds to the Na+/K ...
Lokendra K. Thakur, Kunal K. Jha
doaj   +1 more source

Noninvasive Ventilation in Treatment of Respiratory Failure-Related COVID-19 Infection: Review of the Literature

open access: yesCanadian Respiratory Journal, 2022
The recently diagnosed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), in December 2019 commonly affects the respiratory system.
Bushra Mina   +2 more
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Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase inhibition with simvastatin in acute lung injury to reduce pulmonary dysfunction (HARP-2) trial : study protocol for a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Acute lung injury (ALI) is a common devastating clinical syndrome characterized by life-threatening respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation and multiple organ failure.
A Mercat   +31 more
core   +1 more source

Sarcoidosis Presenting as Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disease of unknown origin. It typically involves the lungs and mediastinal lymph nodes in a chronic fashion. However, acute syndrome has been reported possibly in response to systemic release of proinflammatory ...
Chan, Vincent   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Submersion and acute respiratory failure

open access: yesJournal of Acute Disease, 2014
Objective: To know the relationship between hypothermia, etiology, respiratory failure and prognosis of submersion in environmental emergency medicine. Methods: From December 1, 2002 to September 30, 2007, there were 52 hospitalized near- drowning cases ...
Yu-Jang Su
doaj   +1 more source

Machine Learning Methods to Predict Acute Respiratory Failure and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

open access: yesFrontiers in Big Data, 2020
Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is a common problem in medicine that utilizes significant healthcare resources and is associated with high morbidity and mortality.
An-Kwok Ian Wong   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Guideline-based management of acute respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome

open access: yesJournal of Intensive Care, 2023
Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is defined by acute and progressive hypoxemia caused by various cardiorespiratory or systemic diseases in previously healthy patients.
Seitaro Fujishima
doaj   +1 more source

Extracorporeal CO2 removal in hypercapnic patients who fail noni nvasive ventialtion and refuse endotracheal intubation. a case series [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) represents the standard of care for patients with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. However, NIV fails in almost 40% of the most severe forms of acute hypercapnic respiratory failure and patients must ...
Alessandri, F   +5 more
core   +1 more source

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