Severe, Non‐apneic Respiratory Dysfunction and Hypoxia following Generalized Convulsive Seizures
Objective Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is a devastating consequence of some generalized convulsive seizures (GCS). Recent work has focused on seizure related apnea as a biomarker of SUDEP risk, frequently without characterizing the adequacy of non‐apneic ventilation or identifying other dysfunctional breathing patterns.
Haley E. Pysick +9 more
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Chest pain CT in the emergency department: Watch out for the myocardium
Rationale and Objectives: To evaluate the frequency and relevance of hypodense myocardium (HM) encountered in patients undergoing chest-pain CT in the emergency department (ED).
Kai Higashigaito +7 more
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Case‐Based Immunology: B Cells and Systemic Sclerosis Interstitial Lung Disease
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is an important complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc), with high mortality and morbidity. Recent clinical studies in SSc‐ILD have led to US Food and Drug Administration–approved therapies in SSc‐ILD. Importantly, evidence from these studies has been extrapolated to guide management of ILDs of other systemic autoimmune
Nina Goldman +2 more
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The Chest Pain Center Strategy for Delivering Community Heart Attack Care by Shifting the Paradigm of Heart Attack Care to Earlier Detection and Treatment [PDF]
Raymond D. Bahr
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Pediatric Chest Pain: A Review of Diagnostic Tools in the Pediatric Emergency Department
Pediatric chest pain is a common chief complaint in the emergency department. Not surprisingly, children with chest pain are usually brought to the emergency department by their parents out of fear of heart disease.
Szu-Wei Huang, Ying-Kuo Liu
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Managing chest pain patients in general practice: an interview-based study
Background Assessment of chest pain in general practice is challenging. General practitioners (GPs) often feel uncertainty when dealing with chest pain. The role of new diagnostic tools is yet unclear. Therefore, we aimed to learn: (1) whether or not GPs
Leen Biesemans +7 more
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Patients presenting to hospital with chest pain represent a substantial burden to the NHS. About 500 000 patients attend emergency departments in the United Kingdom each year with chest pain, 1 2 and 20–30% of all medical admissions are for acute chest pain.3 Currently most clinicians working in emergency departments rely on the history, clinical ...
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Cytokine Pathways Driving Diverse Tissue Pathologies in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a complex systemic disorder characterized primarily by articular inflammation and destruction with associated functional loss and reduced quality of life. RA is also associated with extra‐articular disease, such as that of the lung, with potentially devastating clinical consequences. The critical importance of comorbidities,
Aurelie Najm +2 more
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Psycossocial necessities of the client at the unit of chest pain: issues for caring in the emergency room [PDF]
Karla Biancha Silva de Andrade
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Interlukin‐5 (IL‐5) plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) by promoting eosinophil differentiation, activation, and survival. We present here a typical case of EGPA in which treatment with IL‐5 pathway inhibitors is prescribed, showing to be beneficial for the patient.
Alvise Berti, Christian Pagnoux
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