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COVID-19-Related Severe Hypercoagulability in Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Unit for Acute Respiratory Failure

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2020
In late December 2019 an outbreak of a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) causing severe pneumonia (COVID-19) was reported in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
L. Spiezia, A. Boscolo, Francesco Poletto, L. Cerruti, I. Tiberio, E. Campello, P. Navalesi, P. Simioni   +7 more
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Role of mean platelet volume and platelet/ lymphocyte ratio in assessing the severity of acute respiratory infections in children [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Pediatrics, 2020
Introduction. Acute respiratory infections are one of the most frequent medical conditions among pediatric patients. Although most evolve favorably, acute respiratory failure is one of the major complications, being the main cause responsible for ...
Diana Madalina Chiheri, Maria Oana Sasaran, Lorena Elena Melit   +2 more
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Acute respiratory failure in COVID-19: is it “typical” ARDS?

Critical Care, 2020
In December 2019, an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was identified in Wuhan, China. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared this outbreak a significant threat to international health.
Xu Li, Xiaochun Ma
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Use of Prone Positioning in Nonintubated Patients With COVID-19 and Hypoxemic Acute Respiratory Failure.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2020
This case series describes the proportion of awake, nonintubated inpatients with COVID-19 and hypoxemic respiratory failure requiring oxygen supplementation whose Pa o 2 increased ≥20% with prone positioning, and their respiratory status after resuming ...
X. Elharrar, Y. Trigui, A. Dols, François Touchon, S. Martinez, Eloi Prud’homme, L. Papazian   +6 more
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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

BMJ 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, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Api Chewcharat, Michael A Mao, Kianoush B Kashani   +4 more
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Epidemiology, Patterns of Care, and Mortality for Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Intensive Care Units in 50 Countries.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2016
IMPORTANCE Limited information exists about the epidemiology, recognition, management, and outcomes of patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
G. Bellani, J. Laffey, T. Pham, E. Fan, L. Brochard, A. Esteban, L. Gattinoni, F. V. van Haren, A. Larsson, D. McAuley, M. Ranieri, G. Rubenfeld, B. Thompson, H. Wrigge, Arthur S Slutsky, A. Pesenti   +15 more
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Palytoxin-induced acute respiratory failure

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

Canadian 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, Alexander Newton, Vijay Hadda   +2 more
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Alpha-1 adrenergic receptor antagonists to prevent hyperinflammation and death from lower respiratory tract infection [PDF]

Elife 10 (2021): e61700, 2020
In severe viral pneumonia, including Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the viral replication phase is often followed by hyperinflammation, which can lead to acute respiratory distress syndrome, multi-organ failure, and death. We previously demonstrated that alpha-1 adrenergic receptor ($\alpha_1$-AR) antagonists can prevent hyperinflammation and ...
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Official ERS/ATS clinical practice guidelines: noninvasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure

European Respiratory Journal, 2017
Noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) is widely used in the acute care setting for acute respiratory failure (ARF) across a variety of aetiologies. This document provides European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society recommendations for the ...
B. Rochwerg, L. Brochard, M. Elliott, D. Hess, N. Hill, S. Nava, P. Navalesi, M. Antonelli, J. Brożek, G. Conti, M. Ferrer, K. Guntupalli, S. Jaber, S. Keenan, J. Mancebo, S. Mehta, S. Raoof   +16 more
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