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Osteoarthrosis causing altered mental status: a case report [PDF]

, 2014
INTRODUCTION: Cervical spondylosis as a cause of diaphragmatic weakness is an uncommon entity and has been reported primarily in the setting of cervical spinal cord compression.
Richard A Josephson, Yogesh N V Reddy
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Oxygen Therapy in Chronic Respiratory Failure [PDF]

BMJ, 1973
In hypercapnic chronic respiratory failure red cell volume correlates with the arterial oxygen tension during the quiescent phase of the disease. During an acute exacerbation measurement of the red cell volume can give a reasonable index of the arterial oxygen tension existing in the previous quiescent state.
R, Hume, P J, Rooney, D L, McLellan
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Telehealthcare for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a disease of irreversible airways obstruction in which patients often suffer exacerbations. Sometimes these exacerbations need hospital care: telehealthcare has the potential to reduce admission
Car, Josip, Liu, Joseph L. Y., McLean, Susannah, Nurmatov, Ulugbek, Pagliari, Claudia, Sheikh, Aziz   +5 more
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Whole-Body versus Local DXA-Scan for the Diagnosis of Osteoporosis in COPD Patients

Journal of Osteoporosis, 2010
Background. Osteoporosis is an extrapulmonary effect of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Diagnosis of osteoporosis is based on BMD measured by DXA-scan. The best location for BMD measurement in COPD has not been determined. Aim of this study
Lidwien Graat-Verboom, Martijn A. Spruit, Ben E. E. M. van den Borne, Frank W. J. M. Smeenk, Emiel F. M. Wouters   +4 more
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Comorbidities of patients in tiotropium clinical trials : comparison with observational studies of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]

, 2015
Acknowledgments The authors are fully responsible for all content and editorial decisions made, were involved at all stages of manuscript development, and have approved the final version for publication.
Celli, Bartolome, Metzdorf, Norbert, Miravitlles, Marc, Price, David, Rabe, Klaus F, Schmidt, Hendrik   +5 more
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Cardiac safety of tiotropium in patients with cardiac events: a retrospective analysis of the UPLIFT® trial. [PDF]

, 2015
BackgroundTiotropium is an anticholinergic bronchodilator for symptom relief and reducing exacerbations with an established safety profile in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Decramer, Marc, Leimer, Inge, Metzdorf, Norbert, Tashkin, Donald P   +3 more
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Endoscopic lung volume reduction coil treatment in patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure: an observational study

Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, 2017
Background: Endoscopic lung volume reduction coil (LVRC) treatment is an option for selected patients with severe emphysema. In the advanced stages, emphysema leads to respiratory failure: hypoxemia and eventually chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure.
Marcel Simon, Lars Harbaum, Tim Oqueka, Stefan Kluge, Hans Klose   +4 more
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Expanded CURB-65: A new score system predicts severity of community-acquired pneumonia with superior efficiency [PDF]

, 2016
Aim of this study was to develop a new simpler and more effective severity score for communityacquired pneumonia (CAP) patients. A total of 1640 consecutive hospitalized CAP patients in Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University were included ...
Dong, Xiao Jun, Falcone, Marco, Farcomeni, Alessio, Liu, Jin Liang, Lu, Rui Qing, Luo, Shu Ya, Shi, Ling Xian, Venditti, Mario, Wu, Xue Jie, Xu, Feng, Zhao, Ying Li, Zhou, Hui   +11 more
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Indications and practical approach to non-invasive ventilation in acute heart failure [PDF]

, 2017
In acute heart failure (AHF) syndromes significant respiratory failure (RF) is essentially seen in patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema (ACPE) or cardiogenic shock (CS).
Bueno, Hector, Christ, Michael, Cowie, Martin, Cullen, Louise, Disomma, Salvatore, Filippatos, Gerasimos, Gale, Chris P., Harjola, Veli Pekka, Lettino, Maddalena, Maisel, Alan S., Martin-Sanchez, F. Javier, Masip, Josep, McMurray, John, Mebazaa, Alexandre, Miro, Oscar, Mueller, Christian, other, and, Peacock, W. Frank, Platz, Elke, Price, Susanna, Ruschitzka, Frank, Seferovic, Petar, Tavares, Mucio, Vrints, Christiaan, Zeymer, Uwe   +24 more
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Hospitalization Through Families’ Eyes: Comparing Inpatient Care Quality for Children With Sickle Cell Disease and Cystic Fibrosis in Canada

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic, inherited hemoglobinopathy that requires frequent hospitalization for disease‐related complications. Canadian data on inpatient care is limited. This study compared caregiver‐reported hospital experiences of children with SCD to those with cystic fibrosis (CF), a chronic, autosomal recessive ...
Hailey M. Zwicker, Kyle Kemp, Perri Tutelman, Sharon H. J. Hou, Paul Fairie, Maria Santana, Gregory M. T. Guilcher, Taryn Fay‐McClymont, Glenda Bendiak, Wendy Pelletier, Nicola Wright, Fiona Schulte   +11 more
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