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Intravenous Vitamin C Administered as Adjunctive Therapy for Recurrent Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This case report summarizes the first use of intravenous vitamin C employed as an adjunctive interventional agent in the therapy of recurrent acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
(Berry) Fowler, Alpha A.   +7 more
core   +4 more sources

Rethinking Perioperative Corticosteroids in Esophageal Cancer Surgery: Evidence From an Integrative Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Esophagectomy remains a highly invasive procedure associated with substantial postoperative morbidity. Pulmonary complications, anastomotic leakage, and in‐hospital mortality are of particular concern. Perioperative corticosteroids are often administered to attenuate excessive inflammatory responses; however, the clinical impact in ...
Tomohiko Yasuda   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Response [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The epistolic response to other letters published in The New England Journal of Medicine 337 (2017), no. 19, pp. 1903-1905, as a result of the Review Article: B. Taylor Thompson, Rachel C. Chambers, Kathleen D.
Chambers, RC, Liu, KD, Thompson, BT
core  

A fresh look at paralytics in the critically ill: real promise and real concern. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs), or "paralytics," often are deployed in the sickest patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) when usual care fails.
Kenyon, Nicholas J   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Potential Survival Benefit of Neoadjuvant Docetaxel, Cisplatin and 5‐Fluorouracil Therapy in Patients With Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma With Multiple Lymph Node Metastases: A Single‐Institute Propensity Score Analysis

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Although neoadjuvant chemotherapy with fluorouracil, cisplatin, and docetaxel (NAC‐DCF) is the current standard neoadjuvant regimen for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, its substantial toxicity underscores the need to identify patients who derive the greatest benefit.
Eiji Higaki   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Successful application of airway pressure release ventilation in a child with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome induced by trauma: a case report

open access: yesBMC Pulmonary Medicine
Background Trauma has been identified as one of the risk factors for acute respiratory distress syndrome. Respiratory support can be further complicated by comorbidities of trauma such as primary or secondary lung injury.
Jing Su   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Use of esophageal balloon manometry in the management of pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome

open access: yesRespiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2020
There is paucity of literature regarding the use of esophageal balloon manometry in the management of Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. We describe our first ever experience of successful usage of esophageal balloon pressure manometry in a ...
Elena Insley   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prone position: Does it help with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Introduction: Lung protective ventilation therapy with low tidal volume-high PEEP is the standard treatment for the patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
Azimzadeh, Nava   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis on the Efficacy and Safety of Salvage Esophagectomy for T4 Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This meta‐analysis of 208 cases shows that salvage esophagectomy for cT4 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma achieves a 72% R0 resection rate, offering a curative pathway for selected patients. However, it remains a high‐risk procedure with an 18% anastomotic leak rate and 30% major complications (Clavien–Dindo ≥ III).
Makoto Sakai   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A novel miRNA biomarker panel associated with mortality in pediatric patients with ARDS

open access: yesRespiratory Research, 2021
We identified a novel microRNA biomarker panel consisting of 6 microRNAs predicting mortality in pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome patients.
Lisa K. Lee   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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