Quality of life in patients with chronic respiratory failure on home mechanical ventilation [PDF]
Home mechanical ventilation (HMV) is a treatment for chronic respiratory failure that has shown clinical and cost effectiveness in patients with underlying COPD, obesity-related respiratory failure and neuromuscular disease (NMD).
Rebecca F. D'Cruz +3 more
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Relationship between air pollution exposure and the progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in Madrid: Chronic respiratory failure, hospitalizations, and mortality. A retrospective study [PDF]
IntroductionAir pollution has a significant impact on the morbidity and mortality of various respiratory diseases. However, this has not been widely studied in diffuse interstitial lung diseases, specifically in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.ObjectiveIn ...
Pablo Mariscal-Aguilar +43 more
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Home mechanical ventilation in children with chronic respiratory failure: a narrative review. [PDF]
Advances in perinatal and pediatric intensive care and recent advances in mechanical ventilation during the last two decades have resulted in an exponential increase in the number of children undergoing home mechanical ventilation (HMV) treatment ...
Kwak S.
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Physical Frailty in COPD Patients with Chronic Respiratory Failure. [PDF]
Background The prevalence of physical frailty and its clinical characteristics in advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is unknown, as well as the usefulness of functional capacity tests to screen for physical frailty.
Gephine S +4 more
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Home-based Pulmonary Rehabilitation is Effective in Frail COPD Patients with Chronic Respiratory Failure. [PDF]
Daily life disability and vulnerability is often reported in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic respiratory failure.
Gephine S +4 more
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Telemedicine in the management of patients with chronic respiratory failure. [PDF]
Patients with chronic respiratory failure are often required to attend multiple hospital appointments, which may be difficult due to their physical disabilities and the amount of equipment they are required to bring.
Shah NM, Kaltsakas G.
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Background. A rating scale that takes into account heart rate, acidosis, consciousness, oxygenation, and respiratory rate (the HACOR score) has been used to predict noninvasive ventilation (NIV) failure in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary ...
Min Ding +4 more
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Respiratory muscle dysfunction in acute and chronic respiratory failure: how to diagnose and how to treat? [PDF]
Assessing and treating respiratory muscle dysfunction is crucial for patients with both acute and chronic respiratory failure. Respiratory muscle dysfunction can contribute to the onset of respiratory failure and may also worsen due to interventions ...
Poddighe D +9 more
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Time-to-death in chronic respiratory failure on home mechanical ventilation: A cohort study
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Home mechanical ventilation (HMV) is used in heterogeneous conditions underlying chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure, but there are sparse data on long-term clinical outcomes.
Esther Irène Schwarz +2 more
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A Rare Case of Chilaiditi Syndrome as a Driver of Chronic Respiratory Failure [PDF]
Chilaiditi sign is a rare radiographic finding demonstrating interposition of the colon between the liver and the diaphragm; Chilaiditi syndrome is the manifestation of gastrointestinal or respiratory symptoms secondary to this finding.
Paige C. Adams, Daniel Kramer
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