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Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi, 2014 The main function of the lungs is to maintain the exchange between the pulmonary capillary and the air in the alveoli. By this way, the arteriel oxygen and carbondioxide tension remains constant.
Ezgi Ozyilmaz
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Neurological Respiratory Failure [PDF]
Diseases, 2018 West Nile virus infection in humans is mostly asymptomatic. Less than 1% of neuro-invasive cases show a fatality rate of around 10%. Acute flaccid paralysis of respiratory muscles leading to respiratory failure is the most common cause of death. Although
Mohan Rudrappa +2 more
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Treatment of respiratory failure in COPD
International Journal of COPD, 2008 Stephan Budweiser1, Rudolf A Jörres2, Michael Pfeifer1,31Center for Pneumology, Hospital Donaustauf, Donaustauf, Germany; 2Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich,
Stephan Budweiser +2 more
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ERS Clinical Practice Guidelines: high-flow nasal cannula in acute respiratory failure. [PDF]
, 2021 BACKGROUND High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) has become a frequently used non-invasive form of respiratory support in acute settings, however evidence supporting its use has only recently emerged.
Thille, Arnaud W. +22 more
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Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2003 Respiratory failure occurs due mainly either to lung failure resulting in hypoxaemia or pump failure resulting in alveolar hypoventilation and hypercapnia. Hypercapnic respiratory failure may be the result of mechanical defects, central nervous system depression, imbalance of energy demands and supplies and/or adaptation of central controllers ...
Praveen Kumar Neema
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Medicine, 2004 The respiratory system has two principal purposes - to maintain adequate arterial Pao2, and to regulate arterial Paco2 and thereby maintain a stable acid-base state. Both are necessary to sustain normal tissue metabolism. Respiratory failure can be defined in two ways: •failure of oxygenation, resulting in Pao2 < 8.0 kPa•failure of ventilation ...
Markou, N.K. +2 more
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Awake prone positioning in acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure [PDF]
, 2023 Awake prone positioning (APP) of patients with acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure gained considerable attention during the early phases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Yonatan Perez +27 more
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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 +11 more
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Acute Respiratory Failure [PDF]
Military Medicine, 2018 Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a condition affecting critically ill patients, characterized by pulmonary inflammation and defects in oxygenation due to either direct or indirect injury to the lungs. These guidelines will define the diagnosis and management of ARDS, particularly among combat casualties and patients in the deployed ...
Jeremy, Cannon +13 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 +10 more
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