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Effectiveness of Prone and Orthopneic Positions on Oxygenation and Respiratory Rate in Isolation Ward Patients

Babali Nursing Research
Background: Patients with respiratory disorders in isolation wards frequently experience hypoxia, and body positioning is a non-invasive strategy to improve oxygenation.
Agus Salim Dali, Sentot Imam Suprapto, Nurwijayanti   +2 more
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Prediction of Myasthenia Gravis Worsening: A Machine Learning Algorithm Using Wearables and Patient‐Reported Measures

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare disorder characterized by fluctuating muscle weakness with potential life‐threatening crises. Timely interventions may be delayed by limited access to care and fragmented documentation. Our objective was to develop predictive algorithms for MG deterioration using multimodal telemedicine data ...
Maike Stein, Haoqi Sun, Sophie Lehnerer, Lea Gerischer, Maximilian Mönch, Christian Meisel, Andreas Meisel, Pushpa Narayanaswami   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mattress and pillow for prone positioning for treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea [PDF]

, 2015
Conclusion: The new mattress and pillow for prone positioning (MPP) is efficient in reducing the apnoea-hypopnoea index (AHI) and oxygen desaturation index (ODI) in most patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), with satisfactory compliance ...
Armin Bidarian-Moniri, Bidarian-Moniri A, Cartwright RD, Hasse Ejnell, Iber C, John Attia, Johns MW, Michael Nilsson, Permut I, van Kesteren ER, van Maanen JP   +10 more
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Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy Using Prone Positioning

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2013
Thoracotomic esophagectomy followed by cervical and abdominal procedures has been conventionally performed as the best curable operative procedure for treating invasive thoracic esophageal carcinoma. Despite improvements in the survival rate, the procedure is associated with significant operative morbidity and mortality rates due to the extreme ...
Hirokazu, Noshiro, Shuusuke, Miyake
openaire   +3 more sources

Comparison of volume-controlled ventilation mode and pressure-controlled ventilation with volume-guaranteed mode in the prone position during lumbar spine surgery

BMC Anesthesiology, 2019
BackgroundDuring lumbar spine surgery, patients are placed in the prone position for surgical access. The prone position has various effects on cardiac and pulmonary function, including a decreased cardiac index (CI), decreased dynamic lung compliance ...
Jung Min Lee, S. K. Lee, K. Kim, You Jung Kim, E. Park   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Single-position prone lateral approach: cadaveric feasibility study and early clinical experience.

Neurosurgical Focus, 2020
OBJECTIVE Lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) is a useful minimally invasive technique for achieving anterior interbody fusion and preserving or restoring lumbar lordosis.
J. Godzik, Ifije E. Ohiorhenuan, David S. Xu, Bernardo de Andrada Pereira, Corey T Walker, A. Whiting, Jay D. Turner, Juan S. Uribe   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Reduced Muscular Carnosine in Proximal Myotonic Myopathy—A Pilot 1H‐MRS Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Myotonic dystrophy type 2 (proximal myotonic myopathy, PROMM) is a progressive multisystem disorder with muscular symptoms (proximal weakness, pain, myotonia) and systemic manifestations such as diabetes mellitus, cataracts, and cardiac arrhythmias.
Alexander Gussew, Maryam Kargaran, Maik Rothe, Andreas Deistung, Dietrich Stoevesandt, Walter A. Wohlgemuth, David Strube, Thomas Kendzierski, Anna Katharina Kölsch, Maurits Gerhard Abraham Heuschen, Markus Otto, Alexander Mensch   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Renal dimensions measured by ultrasonography in children: variations as a function of the imaging plane and patient position [PDF]

, 2018
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of patient positioning on sonographic renal measurements and to test if the patient position alters the three-dimensional shape of the kidneys.
Forster, Ishilde, Huisman, Thierry, Michel, Sven, Seifert, Burkhardt, Willi, Ulrich   +4 more
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Stereotactic guidance for navigated percutaneous sacroiliac joint fusion. [PDF]

, 2015
Arthrodesis of the sacroiliac joint (SIJ) for surgical treatment of SIJ dysfunction has regained interest among spine specialists. Current techniques described in the literature most often utilize intraoperative fluoroscopy to aid in implant placement ...
Kim, Kee D, Kim, Sung-Bum, Lee, Darrin J, Panchal, Ripul R, Rosenthal, Philip   +4 more
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Clustering Algorithm Reveals Dopamine‐Motor Mismatch in Cognitively Preserved Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To explore the relationship between dopaminergic denervation and motor impairment in two de novo Parkinson's disease (PD) cohorts. Methods n = 249 PD patients from Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) and n = 84 from an external clinical cohort.
Rachele Malito, Chiara Meneghini, Alice Galli, Luca Gallo, Pierfrancesco Mitrotti, Paola Dimartino, Marianna Inglese, Cinzia Zatti, Alessandro Lupini, Andrea Pilotto, Alessandro Padovani, Micol Avenali, Enza Maria Valente, Cristina Tassorelli, Silvia P. Caminiti   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source