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Outcome of Physical Therapy Intervention on Ventilator Weaning and Functional Status

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2010
Our study aimed to understand the characteristics of ventilator dependence in patients at a respiratory care center and the potential effects of physical therapy on ventilator weaning and patients' functional status. Prospective data collection consisted
Pei-Hsuan Yang, Chuan-Sheng Wang, Yen-Ching Wang, Chih-Jen Yang, Jen-Yu Hung, Jhi-Jhu Hwang, Tung-Heng Wang, I-Chun Chuang, Ming-Shyan Huang   +8 more
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Rapid vision improvement by using icotinib in a patient with bilateral choroidal metastases symmetrically from lung cancer

The Clinical Respiratory Journal, 2023
Introduction The metastases of lung cancer to bilateral choroids symmetrically and simultaneously are very rare. Almost all patients with choroid metastasis can be treated with external beam radiotherapy in order to increase quality of life and preserve ...
Chaoran Li, Xue E Wang, Lei Yan, Yani Zhao, Yun Kui Zhu   +4 more
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Plasma Hsa-miR-92a-3p in correlation with lipocalin-2 is associated with sepsis-induced coagulopathy

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Sepsis is a life-threatening situation, and it can be rendered more severe by coagulopathy. We here examine a novel plasma biomarker for sepsis-induced coagulopathy.
Yishan Wang, Huijuan Wang, Chunfang Zhang, Chao Zhang, Huqin Yang, Ruiyue Gao, Zhaohui Tong   +6 more
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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Supported Transbronchial Cryobiopsy in the Diagnosis of Severe Organizing Pneumonia: A Case Report

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
This case report describes a 58-year-old, never-smoking housewife with chief complaints of progressively worsening cough, dyspnea, and intermittent fever, who was initially misdiagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). However, her pulse oximetry
Xiaoyan Zhang, Yuqiong Wang, Yuqiong Wang, Yingying Feng, Ling Zhao, Yunxia Zhang, Hanbo Yang, Bin Xing, Wenlin Guo, Ting Sun, Qingyuan Zhan, Ye Tian   +11 more
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The importance of tracheostomy to the weaning success in patients with conscious disturbance in the respiratory care center

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association, 2016
When to extubate the endotracheal tube is controversial in patients with depressed mental status. The use of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) with score 8 or above as a criterion for extubation by many investigators is questionable.A total of 133 consecutive patients (M/F: 86/47; age: 71 ± 17 years) admitted to the respiratory care center (RCC) of the ...
Lee, Yu-Chan, Wang, Hao-Chien, Hsu, Chia-Lin, Wu, Huey-Dong, Hsu, Han-Shui, Kuo, Cheng-Deng   +5 more
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In-depth analysis of the risk factors for persistent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection and construction of predictive models: an exploratory research study

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Persistent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection differs from long coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (acute symptoms ≥ 12 weeks post-clearance).
Jia Zhang, Weihua Zhu, Piping Jiang, Feng Ma, Yulin Li, Yuwei Cao, Jiaxin Li, Zhe Zhang, Xin Zhang, Wailong Zou, Jichao Chen   +10 more
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Transbronchial lung biopsy versus transbronchial lung cryobiopsy in critically ill patients with undiagnosed acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: a comparative study

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2022
Background In patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure whose diagnosis is not established after initial evaluation, obtaining a histopathological diagnosis may improve the patients’ prognosis.
Shiyao Wang, Yingying Feng, Yi Zhang, Ye Tian, Sichao Gu, Xiaojing Wu, Yiming Feng, Ling Zhao, Min Liu, Dan Wang, Ying Li, Zheng Tian, Shumeng Wang, Xu Huang, Guowu Zhou, Qingyuan Zhan   +15 more
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Comparative analysis of serum total IgE levels and specific IgE levels in children aged 6 to 9 years with tic disorder and normal children

BMC Pediatrics, 2023
Objective The study was to investigate serum total IgE levels and the distribution of specific IgE types in children aged 6–9 years with tic disorder, in order to provide knowledge for diagnosis and treatment of children with tic disorder.
Yang Liu, Yanqin Li, Xiuqing Ma, Ling Yu, Yuan Liang, Chunsun Li   +5 more
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Antibiotic Prescriptions for Upper Respiratory Infections in a Pediatric Office Versus an Urgent Care Center [PDF]

Global Pediatric Health, 2019
It is estimated that as many as 10 million unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions are written each year for children. Children are more likely to receive antibiotics for an upper respiratory infection in an urgent care center compared with the primary care office.
Rebecca Hayes, Brandon Merritt, Stacee Lewis, Jessie Shields, Jennifer Gerlach, Todd W. Gress, Joseph Evans   +6 more
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Transcription Factor FOSL1 Promotes Cisplatin Resistance in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells by Modulating the Wnt3a/β-Catenin Signaling through Upregulation of PLIN3 Expression

Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark
Background: Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is the most prevalent histological subtype of lung cancer, accounting for 45.3% of all cases and serving as a major cause of cancer-related mortality.
Wanning Tong, Jianjun Sun, Bin Shen, Yaohua Hu, Chenxing Wang, Min Rao, Jin Li, Delin Xia, Jiagui Dong, Hong Wang, Dongmei Zhu, Haibo Wu, Zhigang Cai   +12 more
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