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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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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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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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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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Evaluation of Functional Condition of Respiratory Muscles of Patients with a Complicated Bronchial Asthma Pathology and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases [PDF]

, 2017
The aim of the research was to study the functional state of respiratory muscles and neuro-respiratory drive in patients with a combined pathology of bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.The functional condition of the respiratory ...
Feschenko, Y. (Yuriy), Nazarenko, K. (Ksenia)   +1 more
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Sarcoidosis Presenting as Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. [PDF]

, 2018
Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disease of unknown origin. It typically involves the lungs and mediastinal lymph nodes in a chronic fashion. However, acute syndrome has been reported possibly in response to systemic release of proinflammatory ...
Chan, Vincent, Lashari, Bilal, Raza, Ahmad, Ward, William   +3 more
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Frequency and functional translation of low muscle mass in overweight and obese patients with COPD

Respiratory Research, 2021
Background Cut offs for fat-free mass index (FFMI) and appendicular skeletal muscle mass index (ASMI) are available for diagnosing low muscle mass in patients with COPD. This study aimed to investigate: (1) the frequency of low muscle mass (FFMI and ASMI)
Felipe V. C. Machado, Martijn A. Spruit, Miriam T. J. Groenen, Sarah Houben-Wilke, Paula P. van Melick, Nidia A. Hernandes, Annemie M. W. J. Schols, Fabio Pitta, Emiel F. M. Wouters, Frits M. E. Franssen   +9 more
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Long Term Non-invasive Ventilation in Children With Central Hypoventilation

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2020
Central hypoventilation (CH) is a quite rare disorder caused by some congenital or acquired conditions. It is featured by increased arterial concentration of serum carbon dioxide related to an impairment of respiratory drive. Patients affected by CH need
Maria Giovanna Paglietti, Irene Esposito, Manuela Goia, Elvira Rizza, Renato Cutrera, Elisabetta Bignamini   +5 more
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