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Treatment of respiratory failure in COPD

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 2008
Patients with advanced COPD and acute or chronic respiratory failure are at high risk for death. Beyond pharmacological treatment, supplemental oxygen and mechanical ventilation are major treatment options. This review describes the physiological concepts underlying respiratory failure and its therapy, as well as important treatment outcomes.
Stephan Budweiser, Rudolf A Jörres, Michael Pfeifer   +2 more
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The Akt pathway mediates the protective effects of myeloid differentiation protein 1 in pathological cardiac remodelling

ESC Heart Failure, 2021
Aims Myeloid differentiation protein 1 (MD1) was shown to ameliorate pressure overload‐induced cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis by negatively regulating the MEK–ERK1/2 and NF‐κB pathways.
Jianye Peng, Gaofeng Zeng, Peng Zhong, Guangji Wang, ChangCheng Lei, Guoping Tian, Jingsong Chen, Jianfeng Wu, Caijie Shen   +8 more
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Study on the Relationship between the Levels of Trace Elements and Vitamins in Peripheral Blood of Patients with End-stage Liver Disease and the Etiology and Severity of Disease [PDF]

Zhongguo quanke yixue, 2022
Background Patients with end-stage liver disease such as liver cirrhosis and acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) often have abnormal intake or absorption of trace elements and vitamins, but the relevant tests have not been popularized in clinic, the ...
Ming KONG, Manman XU, Yu CHEN
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Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure Defined by Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver Should Include Decompensated Cirrhosis

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Background and Aims: Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is an acute deterioration of chronic liver disease with high short-term mortality. The inclusion or exclusion of previously decompensated cirrhosis (DC) in the diagnostic criteria of ACLF defined
Manman Xu, Manman Xu, Ming Kong, Ming Kong, Pengfei Yu, Pengfei Yu, Yingying Cao, Fang Liu, Bing Zhu, Yizhi Zhang, Yizhi Zhang, Wang Lu, Wang Lu, Huaibin Zou, Huaibin Zou, Shaoli You, Shaojie Xin, Zhongping Duan, Zhongping Duan, Tao Han, Yu Chen, Yu Chen   +21 more
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High-dependency units play a key role in the treatment of a Chinese military patient who developed liver failure while abroad

Military Medical Research, 2019
High-dependency units (HDUs) provide high-level care to patients who suffer from single organ failure, with the exception of respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation; HDUs serve as an intermediary between general wards and Intensive Care ...
Chen Li, Hai-Bin Su, Xiao-Yan Liu, Li-Na Zhang, Jin-Hua Hu   +4 more
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Usefulness of serum thyroid-stimulation hormone (TSH) as a prognostic indicator for acute-on-chronic liver failure

Annals of Hepatology, 2015
Background and rationale for the study. To investigate thyroid function in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) caused by hepatitis B virus infection and to determine whether thyroid hormone levels can be used as prognostic markers for ...
Yichen Wu, Shaoli You, Hong Zang, Hongling Liu, Yuanli Mao, Panyong Mao, Bing Zhu, Jun Xu, Guoming Xie, Jingxia Guo, Dongze Li, Shaojie Xin, Zhihong Wan   +12 more
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Immunological failure of first-line and switch to second-line antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected persons in Tanzania: analysis of routinely collected national data. [PDF]

, 2015
OBJECTIVES: Rates of first-line treatment failure and switches to second-line therapy are key indicators for national HIV programmes. We assessed immunological treatment failure defined by WHO criteria in the Tanzanian national HIV programme. METHODS: We
Ramadhani, Angela, Vanobberghen, Fiona M, Mmbando, Donan, Wringe, Alison, Todd, Jim, Zaba, Basia, Kilama, Bonita   +6 more
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Corticosteroid Weaning in Stable Heart Transplant Patients: Guidance by Serum Cortisol Level

Journal of Transplantation, 2018
Background. Despite earlier studies describing the feasibility of steroid weaning in heart transplant patients, the majority of patients are maintained on steroid therapy for life.
David A. Baran, Cheryl Rosenfeld, Mark J. Zucker   +2 more
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Relationship between Body Roundness Index and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Japanese Men and Women: A Reanalysis of a Cohort Study

International Journal of Endocrinology, 2021
Purpose. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between body roundness index (BRI) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in each sex, explore the dose-response relationship between them, and evaluate the predictive value of BRI for T2DM ...
Wei Zhao, Jingjing Tong, Jinghua Li, Yongtong Cao   +3 more
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The Effect of Iron Deficiency on Cardiac Function and Structure in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction

Cardiac Failure Review, 2022
Over the past decade, the detrimental impact of iron deficiency in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction has become abundantly clear, showing a negative impact on functional status, quality of life, cardiac function and structure, exercise ...
Pieter Martens
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