Idiopathic acute eosinophilic pneumonia in a 14-month-old girl [PDF]
, 2013 Idiopathic acute eosinophilic pneumonia (IAEP), characterized by acute febrile respiratory failure associated with diffuse radiographic infiltrates and pulmonary eosinophilia, is rarely reported in children.
Allen +23 more
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Risk-prediction for postoperative major morbidity in coronary surgery [PDF]
, 2009 OBJECTIVE: Analysis of major perioperative morbidity has become an important factor in assessment of quality of patient care. We have conducted a prospective study of a large population of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG), to ...
Antunes, MJ, Antunes, PE, Oliveira, JF
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Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2016 Sea drowning is a common cause of accidental death worldwide. Respiratory complications such as acute pulmonary oedema, which is often complicated by acute respiratory distress syndrome, is often seen.
Paolo Ruggeri +4 more
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Acute decompensated heart failure is routinely treated as a cardiopulmonary syndrome. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Heart failure as recognized and treated in typical practice may represent a complex condition that defies discrete categorizations. To illuminate this complexity, we examined treatment strategies for patients hospitalized and treated for decompensated ...
Kumar Dharmarajan +7 more
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COVID-19 Infection: Implications for Perioperative and Critical Care Physicians. [PDF]
, 2020 Healthcare systems worldwide are responding to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), an emerging infectious syndrome caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus. Patients with COVID-19 can progress from asymptomatic or
Greenland, John R +3 more
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Acute lung injury in paediatric intensive care: course and outcome [PDF]
, 2001 Introduction: Acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) carry a high morbidity and mortality (10-90%). ALI is characterised by non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema and refractory hypoxaemia of multifactorial aetiology [1].
Chimbira, W. +6 more
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Extracorporeal CO2 removal in hypercapnic patients who fail noni nvasive ventialtion and refuse endotracheal intubation. a case series [PDF]
, 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
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Extracorporeal support for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. [PDF]
, 2014 Extracorporeal membrane oxygen (ECMO) has been used for many years in patients with life-threatening hypoxaemia and/or hypercarbia. While early trials demonstrated that it was associated with poor outcomes and extensive haemorrhage, the technique has ...
Finney, SJ
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Increased mortality in hematological malignancy patients with acute respiratory failure from undetermined etiology : a Groupe de Recherche en Réanimation Respiratoire en Onco-Hématologique (Grrr-OH) study [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is the most frequent complication in patients with hematological malignancies and is associated with high morbidity and mortality.
Azoulay, Elie +19 more
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Myasthenia gravis with acute respiratory failure in the emergency department
Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2016 Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is defined as a sudden malfunction in the ability of respiratory system to maintain adequate gas exchange. Acute hypercapnic respiratory failure develops as a result of ventilation deficiency and it is defined as an ...
Hasan Huseyin Kozak +4 more
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