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The minimal clinically important difference of the Severe Respiratory Insufficiency questionnaire in severe COPD

European Respiratory Journal, 2020
The Severe Respiratory Insufficiency Questionnaire (SRI) was developed to measure health-related quality of life (HRQoL) specifically in patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure (CHRF) [1].
Tim Raveling, J. Kort, G. Bladder, W. Windisch, P. Wijkstra, M. Duiverman   +5 more
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Acute Respiratory Insufficiency After Adenotonsillectomy

Haseki Tıp Bülteni, 2013
Adenotonsillectomy is one of the frequently performed surgical procedures in children and the most common complications of this procedure are bleeding and respiratory insufficiency. Here, we present a 20-month-old boy who was born prematurely.
Öznur Şen, Nermin Ünal, Ebru İskenderoğlu, Nurdan Aydın, Mehmet Toptaş, Ecder Özenç   +5 more
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Pituitary-adrenal axis in Prader Willi syndrome [PDF]

, 2016
Purpose: Prader Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare genetic condition that has concurrent endocrinological insufficiencies. The presence of growth hormone deficiency has been well documented, but adrenal insufficiency (AI) is not widely reported. A review was
Edgar, Olivia S., Lucas-Herald, Angela K., Shaikh, Mohamad Guftar   +2 more
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Nursing perspectives and strategies in patients with respiratory insufficiency.

Nursing Critical Care, 2020
BACKGROUND Approximately 30% of patients admitted to an intensive care unit experience respiratory distress. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an enormous increase in patients with respiratory symptoms.
A. Leonardsen, Tove Gulbrandsen, C.-O. Wasenius, Linn Therese Fossen   +3 more
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Novel mutation of the FHL1 gene associated with congenital myopathy and early respiratory muscles involvement: a case report

Journal of Biochemical and Clinical Genetics, 2020
Background: Congenital myopathies are a diverse group of diseases that share features from the early onset of symptoms in the first year of life, such as hypotonia, muscle weakness, and developmental delays, and are often associated with respiratory ...
Rana Almutairi, Sara Alrashidi, Muhammed Umair, Maha Alshalan, Lamia Alsubaie, Taghrid Aloraini, Ahmed Al Ahmad, Ahmed Alfares, Fuad Al Mutairi   +8 more
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Validation of the Finnish severe respiratory insufficiency questionnaire

Clinical Respiratory Journal, 2020
Chronic respiratory insufficiency impacts patients' lives and reduces quality of life. The Severe Respiratory Insufficiency (SRI) questionnaire examines health‐related quality of life and is designed specifically for patients receiving home mechanical ...
P. Kotanen, A. Kainu, P. Brander, Paula H Bergman, Anu Lehtomäki, Hanna-Riikka Kreivi   +5 more
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Impact of pulmonary African trypanosomes on the immunology and function of the lung

Nature Communications, 2022
A number of human African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, patients suffer from respiratory symptoms commonly attributed to cardiac insufficiency. Here, the authors characterise the role of pulmonary Trypanosoma brucei in respiratory infection.
Dorien Mabille, Laura Dirkx, Sofie Thys, Marjorie Vermeersch, Daniel Montenye, Matthias Govaerts, Sarah Hendrickx, Peter Takac, Johan Van Weyenbergh, Isabel Pintelon, Peter Delputte, Louis Maes, David Pérez-Morga, Jean-Pierre Timmermans, Guy Caljon   +14 more
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Early MDO with a Virtually Planned Distractor in a Neonate with Pierre Robin Sequence

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2022
Summary:. Pierre Robin sequence (PRS) is characterized by mandibular micrognathia, glossoptosis, and airway obstruction. We report a case of a female infant with PRS in combination with deletion of chromosome 4q and cardiac insufficiency due to an ...
Rainer Lutz, MD, DMD, Manuel Olmos, DMD, Joachim Schmidt, MD, Patrick Morhart, MD, Christopher Nobis, MD, DMD, Tobias Möst, MD, DMD, Marco Kesting, MD, DMD, Manuel Weber, MD, DMD   +7 more
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The hepatoadrenal syndrome: A common yet unrecognized clinical condition [PDF]

, 2005
Objective: Adrenal failure is common in critically ill patients, particularly those with sepsis. As liver failure and sepsis are both associated with increased circulating levels of endotoxin and proinflammatory mediators and reduced levels of apoprotein-
Acton, Ali, Annane, Annane, Baranova, Beishuizen, Borkowski, Calco, Cicognani, Cooper, Darlington, Davies, de la Llera-Moya, Dimopoulou, Eisenberg, Ettinger, Gordon, Hamrahian, Harry, Hinshaw, Jaattela, Kilger, Liu, Liu, Liu, Liu, Loriaux, Marik, Marik, Marik, Marik, Marik, McDonald, Melby, Miyata, Molijn, Molijn, Mookerjee, Paul E. Marik, Rasaratnam, Rivers, Scammell, Singh, Sun, Thomas E. Starzl, Timothy Gayowski, van der Voort, van Leeuwen, Vishnyakova, Yaguchi, Yokoyama, Yokoyama   +51 more
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Schistosomiasis: a case of severe infection with fatal outcome

Autopsy and Case Reports, 2012
Schistosomiasis is one of the most common parasitic diseases, still considered of public health significance. Acute schistosomiasis is of difficult diagnosis and therefore has been overlooked, misdiagnosed, underestimated and underreported in endemic ...
Cristiane Rúbia Ferreira, Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de Campos, João Gabriel Ramos, João Augusto dos Santos Martines, Elizabeth Im Myung Kim, Luciana Andréa Avena Smeili   +5 more
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