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367TF Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure Basics for the Emergency Medicine Resident

Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2020
Study Objectives: By the end of this activity, residents will 1) Understand indications for appropriate bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) use and will be able to identify when contraindications exist 2) Demonstrate understanding of appropriate BiPAP settings and realize when adjustments are necessary 3) Set up BiPAP machine for use without ...
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The evolving field of nonpharmacological therapies to improve functional capacity in chronic heart failure

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology, 2018
Clinical investigations in chronic heart failure (HF) have been increasingly including endpoints related to functional and exercise capacity. Noninvasive ventilation support (NIVS) constitutes a therapeutic option that could improve several markers of ...
Michael J. Bonios, Stamatis N. Adamopoulos, Stavros G. Drakos   +2 more
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Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) [PDF]

, 2009
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea ...
Delgado, Philip, Rubeiz, Helene
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Tracheal Replacement Therapy with a Stem Cell-Seeded Graft: Lessons from Compassionate Use Application of a GMP-Compliant Tissue-Engineered Medicine [PDF]

, 2017
Tracheal replacement for the treatment of end-stage airway disease remains an elusive goal. The use of tissue-engineered tracheae in compassionate use cases suggests that such an approach is a viable option.
Ansari, T, Birchall, MA, Butler, CR, Carvalho, C, Crabbe, D, Crowley, C, De Coppi, P, Elliott, MJ, Fierens, A, Hamilton, NJ, Hewitt, R, Hynds, RE, Janes, SM, Lange, P, Lowdell, MW, McLaren, C, Muthialu, N, Partington, L, Roebuck, D, Samuel, E, Sibbons, P, Varanou-Jenkins, A, Wallis, C   +22 more
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Reexpansion pulmonary edema following thoracentesis

The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians, 2016
Reexpansion pulmonary edema is an uncommon complication of the treatment of lung atelectasis, pleural effusion or pneumothorax and pathogenesis is unknown. An elderly male patient presented to us with right-sided pleural effusion. 2 h after thoracentesis,
Ansuman Mukhopadhyay, Mrinmoy Mitra, Srabani Chakrabati   +2 more
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Resilience Story of Managing Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea With Hypoventilation Secondary to SELENON (SEPN1)‐Related Myopathy

Respirology Case Reports
SELENON‐related myopathy is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterised predominantly by muscle weakness; sleep‐disordered breathing and respiratory failure are frequent complications. We report a 15‐year‐old male with genetically confirmed SELENON‐
Raghad Alhajaji, Hamza O. Dhafar, Muslim Mohammed Al Saadi, Ahmed S. BaHammam   +3 more
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Paradoxical hypoxemia following positive pressure ventilation: exploring the pathophysiology

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Positive pressure ventilation (PPV), both non-invasive and invasive, enhances ventilation but can sometimes lead to unexpected hypoxemia. This case report describes an instance of paradoxical hypoxemia after initiating bilevel positive airway pressure ...
Xin Ya See, Zehra Naseem, Susan Synderburn, William Wallace, Neal Chaisson, Daniel Culver   +5 more
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Symptoms of insomnia among patients with obstructive sleep apnea before and after two years of positive airway pressure treatment. [PDF]

, 1989
To assess the changes of insomnia symptoms among patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) from starting treatment with positive airway pressure (PAP) to a 2-y follow-up.Longitudinal cohort study.Landspitali--The National University Hospital of Iceland.
Morin, Bjornsdottir, Krakow, Smith, Chung, Krell, Luyster, Wickwire, Beneto, Al-Jawder, Kribbs, Weaver, Nguyen, Wickwire, Pieh, Chung, Partinen, Ware, Johns, Arnardottir, Markov, Pivik, Berry, Lieu   +23 more
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The specific features of respiratory support in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome concurrent with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (crossing-syndrome)

Терапевтический архив, 2010
Aim. To determine the specific features of respiratory support in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) concurrent with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Subjects and methods.
Yakov Naumovich Shoykhet, Aleksey Vyacheslavovich Markin, Ya N Shoikhet, A V Markin   +3 more
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Principles of practice parameters for the treatment of sleep disordered breathing in the elderly and frail elderly: the consensus of the International Geriatric Sleep Medicine Task Force [PDF]

, 2016
Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is a leading cause of morbidity worldwide. Its prevalence increases with age. Due to the demographic changes in industrial societies, pulmonologists and sleep physicians are confronted with a rapidly growing number of ...
Almeida, F, Ancoli-Israel, S, Bliwise, D, Frohnhofen, H, Fulda, S, Garcia, M, Netzer, N, Onen, F, Onen, H, Raschke, F, Roffe, C   +10 more
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