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Race and Household Income Are Associated With Disease Outcomes in Pediatric Patients With Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody–Associated Vasculitis Hospitalized in the United States

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Race and household income impact outcomes in patients with rheumatic conditions; however, their role in pediatric antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)–associated vasculitis (AAV) remains poorly understood. We aimed to evaluate whether race and ethnicity and household income are associated with severe AAV disease and renal outcomes among
Roberto Alejandro Valdovinos, William Daniel Soulsby III, Emily von Scheven   +2 more
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Update in Noninvasive Home Mechanical Ventilation: A Narrative Review of Indications, Outcomes, and Monitoring

Canadian Respiratory Journal
Hypercapnic respiratory failure arises due to an imbalance in the load-capacity-drive relationship of the respiratory muscle pump, typically arising in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, obesity-related respiratory failure, and ...
Laura Tregidgo, Prasheena Naran, Eshrina Gosal, Rebecca F. D’Cruz   +3 more
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It’s more than low BMI: prevalence of cachexia and associated mortality in COPD

Respiratory Research, 2019
Background Cachexia is associated with increased mortality risk among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. However, low body mass index (BMI) as opposed to cachexia is often used, particularly when calculating the BODE (BMI, Obstruction,
Merry-Lynn N. McDonald, Emiel F. M. Wouters, Erica Rutten, Richard Casaburi, Stephen I. Rennard, David A. Lomas, Marcas Bamman, Bartolome Celli, Alvar Agusti, Ruth Tal-Singer, Craig P. Hersh, Mark Dransfield, Edwin K. Silverman   +12 more
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Outcome prediction for patients with obstructive lung disease considered for admission to critical care units in England, Wales and Northern Ireland [PDF]

Objective. To develop an outcome prediction score for patients with obstructive lung disease considered for admission to critical care. Design. Prospective cohort study using multivariate logistic regression for model building
Wildman, Martin James
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Computed Tomography Images of Fibrotic Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Leading to Chronic Respiratory Failure

, 2020
Background: There is currently no consensus on the morphology of severe fibrotic pulmonary sarcoidosis, and we examined computed tomography (CT) findings and progression.
Takeshi Kawanobe, Noriharu Shijubo, Tamiko Takemura, Takeshi Johkoh, Michiru Sawahata, Masashi Bando, Koichi Hagiwara, Tetsuo Yamaguchi, Fumikazu Sakai, Chiyoko Kono, Satoshi Konno, Yosikazu Nakamura   +11 more
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Effect of inspiratory pressure support on exercise performance in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]

, 2006
Title: Effect of inspiratory pressure support on exercise performance in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Purpose: This study examined the effects of a non-invasive ventilator on submaximal and maximal exercise performance in ...
Doggett, Anita
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Real‐World Safety and Effectiveness of JAK Inhibitors in Systemic Sclerosis: A Propensity‐Matched Study From the EUSTAR Cohort

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective JAK inhibitors (JAKi) have shown promising effects in early‐phase studies of systemic sclerosis (SSc). We aimed to assess the safety and explore the effectiveness of JAKi compared to conventional immunosuppressants in SSc. Methods A longitudinal retrospective study of the European Scleroderma Trials and Research Group (EUSTAR) cohort was ...
Stefano Di Donato, Marie‐Elise Truchetet, Marco Minerba, Oliver Distler, Juan José Alegre Sancho, Yolanda Braun‐Moscovici, Christina Bergmann, Petros Sfikakis, Jeska K. de Vries‐Bouwstra, Murray Baron, Silvia Bellando‐Randone, Lorenzo Dagna, Christopher P. Denton, Madelon C. Vonk, Vanessa Smith, Ivan Castellvi, Gabriela Riemekasten, Andra Balanescu, Masataka Kuwana, Maria De Santis, Kamal Solanki, Anastas Batalov, Vahan Mukuchyan, Marco Matucci‐Cerinic, Yannick Allanore, Francesco Del Galdo, Michael Hughes, EUSTAR Collaborators   +27 more
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The Development of Rheumatoid Arthritis–Specific Ambulatory Care–Sensitive Conditions: Results of a Consensus Process

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Ambulatory care–sensitive conditions (ACSCs) serve as indicators of access, quality, and performance of the health system. This study aimed to determine rheumatoid arthritis (RA)‐specific ACSCs for use in the evaluation of care system access and quality.
Kara Irwin, Candace H. Feldman, Claire E. H. Barber, Gabriel Fabreau, Jake Jennings, Scott Patten, Cheryl Barnabe, Inflammatory Arthritis‐Specific ACSC Consensus Process Working Group   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Domiciliary nasal respiratory support : first experiences in Malta [PDF]

, 1997
Nasal respiratory support is a non-invasive alternative to conventional assisted ventilation with endotracheal intubation, or the more cumbersome negative pressure ventilators.
Camilleri, Robert, Galea Debono, Anthony, Montefort, Stephen   +2 more
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Acute respiratory health effects of urban air pollutants in adults with different patterns of underlying respiratory disease [PDF]

, 2012
OBJECTIVE: Whether underlying chronic respiratory diseases are susceptible factors for symptomatic episodes, which lead to primary-level care, in association with air pollutant exposures is unknown.
Tschopp, J. M., Probst-Hensch, N., Amar J Mehta, Schwartz, J., Mehta, A. J., Perez, L., Künzli, N., Joel Schwartz, Brändli, O., Rochat, T., Christian Schindler, Nino Künzli, Otto Brändl, Werner Karrer, Laura Perez, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Schindler, C., Jean Marie Tschopp, Karrer, W., Thierry Rochat   +19 more
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