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Interactive Journal of Medical Research, 2022 BackgroundContinuous monitoring of vital signs has the potential to assist in the recognition of deterioration of patients admitted to the general ward.
Harriet M R van Goor +5 more
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Gastroplasty for Respiratory Insufficiency of Obesity
Annals of Surgery, 1981 Three patients with the obesity hypoventilation syndrome and one patient with the sleep apnea syndrome underwent gastroplasty for weight reduction. A tracheostomy was also performed in the patient with sleep apnea. The PaO2 rose from an average of 51 +/- 9 to 71 +/- 5 torr and the PaCO2 fell from an average of 51 +/- 21 to 41 +/- 6 torr within two to ...
Harvey J. Sugerman +4 more
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Diaphragmatic plication for iatrogenic respiratory insufficiency after cardiothoracic surgery. [PDF]
J Thorac Dis, 2019 Background The efficacy of diaphragmatic plication (DP) has been proven in many studies. However, there are few reports on DP for patients with severe respiratory conditions requiring mechanical ventilation.
Uchida T +7 more
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Mechanical Ventilation and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygena tion in Acute Respiratory Insufficiency. [PDF]
Dtsch Arztebl Int, 2018 BACKGROUND Mechanical ventilation is life-saving for patients with acute respiratory insufficiency. In a German prevalence study, 13.6% of patients in intensive care units received mechanical ventilation for more than 12 hours; 20% of these patients ...
Fichtner F +6 more
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Development of a prognostic model of respiratory insufficiency or death in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. [PDF]
Eur Respir J, 2019 A clinically useful model to prognose onset of respiratory insufficiency in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) would inform disease interventions, communication and clinical trial design.
Ackrivo J +5 more
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Lipin1 as a therapeutic target for respiratory insufficiency of duchenne muscular dystrophy [PDF]
Frontiers in PhysiologyIn Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), diaphragm muscle dysfunction results in respiratory insufficiency which is a leading cause of death in patients. Mutations to the dystrophin gene result in myocyte membrane instability, contributing to the structural
Alexandra Brown +6 more
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Late-onset thymidine kinase 2 deficiency: a review of 18 cases [PDF]
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2019 Background TK2 gene encodes for mitochondrial thymidine kinase, which phosphorylates the pyrimidine nucleosides thymidine and deoxycytidine. Recessive mutations in the TK2 gene are responsible for the ‘myopathic form’ of the mitochondrial depletion ...
Cristina Domínguez-González +23 more
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Respiratory insufficiency correlated strongly with mortality of rodents infected with West Nile virus. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 West Nile virus (WNV) disease can be fatal for high-risk patients. Since WNV or its antigens have been identified in multiple anatomical locations of the central nervous system of persons or rodent models, one cannot know where to investigate the actual ...
John D Morrey +3 more
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Respiratory organ.Chronic respiratory insufficiency.
Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi, 1991 吉良 枝郎
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