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Body composition and risk factors associated with sarcopenia in post-COVID patients after moderate or severe COVID-19 infections

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2022
Background Post-COVID-19 syndrome is characterized by diverse symptoms and abnormalities that persist beyond 12 weeks from the onset of acute COVID-19.
Dulce González-Islas, Carlos Sánchez-Moreno, Arturo Orea-Tejeda, Samantha Hernández-López, Fernanda Salgado-Fernández, Candace Keirns-Davis, Susana Galicia-Amor, Esperanza Trejo-Mellado, Laura Gochicoa-Rangel, Armando Castorena-Maldonado   +9 more
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Pulmonary rehabilitation for cystic fibrosis: A narrative review of current literature

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2021
Pulmonary rehabilitation is a key component in cystic fibrosis care.  This review summarizes the recent evidence in the area of pulmonary rehabilitation for cystic fibrosis in the form of questions and answers regarding interventions, indications ...
Evgenia I. Kalamara, Evangelos T. Ballas, Georgia Pitsiou, Guergana Petrova   +3 more
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Role of cardiopulmonary exercise test in the prediction of hemodynamic impairment in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

Pulmonary Circulation, 2022
Periodic repetition of right heart catheterization (RHC) in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) can be challenging. We evaluated the correlation between RHC and cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) aiming at CPET use as a potential noninvasive tool for
B. Pezzuto, R. Badagliacca, M. Muratori, S. Farina, M. Bussotti, M. Correale, A. Bonomi, C. Vignati, S. Sciomer, S. Papa, E. Palazzo Adriano, P. Agostoni   +11 more
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Endothelial dysfunction in COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies using different functional assessment methods

ERJ Open Research, 2021
Background Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in COPD. Endothelial dysfunction is suggested to be one of the pathogenetic mechanisms involved.
Marieta P. Theodorakopoulou, Maria Eleni Alexandrou, Dimitra Rafailia Bakaloudi, Georgia Pitsiou, Ioannis Stanopoulos, Theodoros Kontakiotis, Afroditi K. Boutou   +6 more
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A patient who made an impact on how I practice: Severe leptospirosis presenting as ARDS in the ICU

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2018
Severe leptospirosis can be a rare cause of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and multiorgan failure. A patient who made an impact on how I practice was a case of severe leptospirosis (Weil’s disease) that presented as ARDS in the ICU ...
Evangelia S. Panagiotidou, Sofia V. Akritidou, Seraphim T. Kotoulas, Evdokia K. Sourla, Basilis G. Mpikos, Basilis P. Bagalas, Ioannis T. Stanopoulos, Katalin M. Fekete, Athanasia D. Pataka   +8 more
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Management of Mechanical Ventilation in Decompensated Heart Failure. [PDF]

, 2016
Mechanical ventilation (MV) is a life-saving intervention for respiratory failure, including decompensated congestive heart failure. MV can reduce ventricular preload and afterload, decrease extra-vascular lung water, and decrease the work of breathing ...
Adams, Jason Y, Bradley, Laura A, Dempsey, Timothy M, Kuhn, Brooks T, Puro, Alana C   +4 more
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Acute Effects of a Heat-Not-Burn Tobacco Product on Pulmonary Function

Medicina, 2020
Background and objectives: During the last decade, conventional tobacco smoking is experiencing a decline and new smoking products have been introduced. IQOS (“I-Quit-Ordinary-Smoking”) is a type of “heat-not-burn” (HNB) tobacco product.
Athanasia Pataka, Seraphim Kotoulas, Evangelos Chatzopoulos, Ioanna Grigoriou, Konstantinos Sapalidis, Christoforos Kosmidis, Anastasios Vagionas, Εleni-Isidora Perdikouri, Konstantinos Drevelegas, Paul Zarogoulidis, Paraskevi Argyropoulou   +10 more
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Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase inhibition with simvastatin in acute lung injury to reduce pulmonary dysfunction (HARP-2) trial : study protocol for a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2012
Acute lung injury (ALI) is a common devastating clinical syndrome characterized by life-threatening respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation and multiple organ failure.
A Mercat, AM Cheung, C Brun-Buisson, C Rossi, Cecilia M O’Kane, Christine McNally, Daniel F McAuley, DJ Kor, Excellence NIfHaC, F Gao Smith, Gavin D Perkins, GD Rubenfeld, GR Bernard, Grainne Crealey, Irish Critical Care Trials Group, John G Laffey, KF Schulz, LA Curtis, Lynn Murphy, M Shyamsundar, MA Matthay, Mark Cross, Michael Stevenson, MS Herridge, RG Brower, S Harvey, SE Erickson, T Craig, The ARDS Network investigators, The EuroQol Group, TR Craig, TW Felton   +31 more
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Physiopathological rationale of using high-flow nasal therapy in the acute and chronic setting: A narrative review [PDF]

, 2019
Chronic lung disease and admissions due to acute respiratory failure (ARF) are becoming increasingly common. Consequently, there is a growing focus on optimizing respiratory support, particularly non-invasive respiratory support, to manage these ...
Cortegiani A., Gregoretti C., Spoletini G.   +2 more
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A case report of roflumilast in an elderly COPD patient: improving exercise capacity to improve quality of life

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2015
This report describes a case of a 73-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) grade D. His walking abilities were seriously compromised due to chronic respiratory failure and arthrosis causing chronic joint pain.
Daniela Parola, Ambra Castagnacci, Sara Salvati   +2 more
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