Newly recognized causes of acute lung injury: transfusion of blood products, severe acute respiratory syndrome, and avian influenza. [PDF]
, 2006 Acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS) is a clinical syndrome that has an ever-growing list of potential causes. The transfusion of blood products is often a life-saving therapy, but it can be associated with the development of ...
Looney, Mark R
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Genome Composition and Divergence of the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Originating in China. [PDF]
, 2020 An in-depth annotation of the newly discovered coronavirus (2019-nCoV) genome has revealed differences between 2019-nCoV and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) or SARS-like coronaviruses.
Cheng, Genhong +15 more
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Acute Cor Pulmonale in COVID-19-Related ARDS
JACC: Case Reports, 2020 Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19)-related severe acute respiratory distress syndrome can lead to acute cor pulmonale. We report a case of acute cor pulmonale secondary to severe COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome diagnosed with transesophageal ...
Pierre Huette, MD +9 more
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Novel, Inexpensive Portable Respiratory Protection Unit (PRPU) for Healthcare Workers [PDF]
, 2020 Introduction: Given concern for increased aerosolization during intubation of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, we sought to create a portable, inexpensive, and easily constructed device to help protect healthcare workers ...
Beckett, Adam, Sampson, Christopher S.
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Modernising epidemic science: enabling patient-centred research during epidemics [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Emerging and epidemic infectious disease outbreaks are a significant public health problem and global health security threat. As an outbreak begins, epidemiological investigations and traditional public health responses are generally mounted ...
Horby, Peter W., Rojek, Amanda M.
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Cytokine release syndrome in COVID-19 patients, a new scenario for an old concern. The fragile balance between infections and autoimmunity [PDF]
, 2020 On 7 January 2020, researchers isolated and sequenced in China from patients with severe pneumonitis a novel coronavirus, then called SARS-CoV-2, which rapidly spread worldwide, becoming a global health emergency.
Diamanti, A. P. +4 more
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Cisplatin-Based Chemotherapy for Pulmonary Metastasized Germ Cell Tumors of the Testis - Be Aware of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome [PDF]
, 2009 Background: Cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy is regarded as standard of care for patients with advanced germ cell tumors. In patients with lung metastases and a high tumor load, an association between induction chemotherapy and the development of
Baumann, Anja +6 more
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Severe respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus, in a patient transferred to the United Kingdom from the Middle East, September 2012 [PDF]
, 2012 Coronaviruses have the potential to cause severe transmissible human disease, as demonstrated by the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak of 2003.
Aarons, E. +18 more
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Prone position: Does it help with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)? [PDF]
, 2017 Introduction: Lung protective ventilation therapy with low tidal volume-high PEEP is the standard treatment for the patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
Azimzadeh, Nava +3 more
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome revisited
BMJ, 2003 See also Papers p 850 Severe acute respiratory syndrome is an infectious disease in humans that was first recognised in south east Asia in late February 2003.1 Given the disturbing features associated with the disease—which include poorly defined pathogenesis, absence of laboratory diagnostic testing, and failure of known antimicrobial treatments—its
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