Obstructive sleep apnea in children [PDF]
, 2010 Childhood obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is characterized by recurrent episodes of partial or complete upper airway obstruction during sleep.
Fagondes, Simone Chaves +1 more
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Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Hospitalized Patients
Applied Sciences, 2023 Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is highly prevalent in the general population. In addition, patients with comorbid OSA are frequently hospitalized for unrelated conditions.
Abdullah Khalid +4 more
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Management of Mechanical Ventilation in Decompensated Heart Failure. [PDF]
, 2016 Mechanical ventilation (MV) is a life-saving intervention for respiratory failure, including decompensated congestive heart failure. MV can reduce ventricular preload and afterload, decrease extra-vascular lung water, and decrease the work of breathing ...
Adams, Jason Y +4 more
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Increased duration of mechanical ventilation is associated with decreased diaphragmatic force: a prospective observational study [PDF]
, 2010 : INTRODUCTION: Respiratory muscle weakness is an important risk factor for delayed weaning. Animal data show that mechanical ventilation itself can cause atrophy and weakness of the diaphragm, called ventilator-induced diaphragmatic dysfunction (VIDD ...
Greet Hermans +4 more
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Management of tracheobronchial obstruction in infants using metallic stents: long-term outcome [PDF]
, 2015 © 2015, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Results: Twelve balloon-expandable metallic stents were placed in the trachea (n = 10) and/or bronchi (n = 2) of 5 patients with a median age of 13 months (range 5–30 months).
Chung, Patrick Ho Yu +3 more
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Beneficial effects of bilevel positive airway pressure after surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass [PDF]
Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 2003 To support injured lungs, we have been applying bilevel positive airway pressure for adult patients undergoing surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. Among 120 consecutive patients, 31 patients whose PaO2/FiO2 decreased to less than 180 after extubation assigned to the intermittent 15 min bilevel positive airway pressure (7.3+/-3.6 times per patient ...
Yoshiyuki, Takami, Hiroshi, Ina
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Emergency presentation and management of acute severe asthma in children [PDF]
, 2009 Acute severe asthma is one of the most common medical emergency situations in childhood, and physicians caring for acutely ill children are regularly faced with this condition.
Knut Øymar, Thomas Halvorsen
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Emerging Upper Extremity Muscle Ultrasound Patterns as a Diagnostic Aid in TTN‐Related Myopathies
Muscle &Nerve, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction/Aims Biallelic pathogenic variants in TTN cause rare forms of early‐onset myopathy, manifesting with variable severity, distribution, and progression of muscle weakness, often associated with respiratory insufficiency and potentially cardiomyopathy. The large size of TTN and phenotypic heterogeneity in TTN‐related myopathy (TTN‐RM)
Abigail Potticary +3 more
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Chinese Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea (2024)
World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common chronic disorder characterized by abnormal breathing during sleeping. OSA can damage various organs throughout the body and is burdensome, both socially and economically. Moreover, as OSA has been increasingly studied in recent years, new evidence‐based guidelines for its diagnosis and surgical ...
Working Group of Guideline for the Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Adult OSA +7 more
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Severe Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome Treated with Auto-CPAP [PDF]
, 2016 Summary Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is a serious medical condition that remains undiagnosed in seriously ill hospitalized patients. Significant improvement of daytime hypercapnia can be achieved with positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy. Bi-
Fast, MD, Zhanna, Grewal, MD, Ritu G.
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