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Positional Respiratory Distress in Myasthenic Crisis: A Case of Undiagnosed Thymoma. [PDF]

open access: yesCureus
Diaz O   +5 more
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Positioning Therapies in Ulcerative Colitis

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2020
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic, idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that affects the large intestine. Several therapeutic drug classes are available for the treatment of UC: salicylates, corticosteroids, thiopurines, calcineurin inhibitors, anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) agents, anti-adhesion molecules, and, more recently, small ...
Danese S, Fiorino G, Peyrin-Biroulet L.
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POSITIVE PRESSURE THERAPY

Clinics in Chest Medicine, 1998
Positive airway pressure in the treatment of obstructive sleep-disordered breathing (OSDB) is reviewed. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), bilevel positive airway pressure, and variable (auto-CPAP) pressure, their mechanisms of action, benefits, and complications are examined. A perspective on the future of positive airway pressure therapy for
P J, Strollo, M H, Sanders, C W, Atwood
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Positional Therapy for Positional Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Sleep Medicine Clinics, 2019
Positional therapy appears to be an attractive strategy for many patients with positional obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). However, under the American Academy of Sleep Medicine OSA guidelines, positional therapy is considered as only an alternative therapy, because previous research has demonstrated poor treatment tolerance and adherence.
Mok, Yingjuan   +3 more
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Positioning Therapy for Crohn’s Disease

Current Gastroenterology Reports, 2014
The therapy of Crohn's disease is constantly evolving. It is widely recognized that clinical assessment does not stage disease activity accurately and that endoscopic healing is associated with improved long-term outcomes. Disease management is therefore transitioning to a new paradigm that includes direct assessment of disease severity (endoscopically
Alexandra, Gutierrez   +1 more
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Exercise therapy for positional vertigo

Neurology, 1992
We present a common cause of vertigo, benign positional paroxysmal vertigo (BPPV), and its history, diagnosis, and therapy. BPPV is suggested by history, readily diagnosed by office examination, and cured by appropriate exercise therapy. Since the condition is so common and often unrecognized, physicians are encouraged to consider BPPV as a possible ...
B T, Troost, J M, Patton
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Prone-Positioning Therapy in ARDS

Critical Care Clinics, 2011
The prone position has been used to improve oxygenation in patients with severe hypoxemia and acute respiratory failure since 1974. All studies with the prone position document an improvement in systemic oxygenation in 70% to 80% of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), with maximal improvement seen in the most hypoxemic patients ...
Sharon, Dickinson   +2 more
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