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Restoring Functional Status: A Long-Term Case Report of Severe Lung and Ventilatory Muscle Pump Dysfunction Involving Recurrent Bacterial Pneumonias [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background and Purpose: Prolonged mechanical ventilation contributes to immobility and deconditioning making efforts to safely discontinue ventilator support desirable. This case report documents how implementing physical therapy treatment interventions,
Laatsch-Lybeck, Linda Jean   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Draft Genome Sequence of an International Clonal Lineage 1 Acinetobacter baumannii Strain from Argentina [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In the last few years Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged worldwide as an important nosocomial pathogen in medical institutions. Here, we present the draft genome sequence of the international clonal lineage 1 (ICL1) A.
Centron, Daniela   +5 more
core   +1 more source

The Epidemiology of Primary Lateral Sclerosis: Results from a Population‐Based Cohort

open access: yesAnnals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective In this population‐based study, we described the epidemiology of primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) in northern Italy and compared the clinical characteristics of patients with PLS to those with predominant upper motor neuron (PUMN) involvement and classic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Rosario Vasta   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

open access: yesRGUHS Journal of Nursing Sciences, 2021
This review discusses the prevention and identification of ventilator associated pneumonia. The ventilator associated pneumonia is a hospital acquired pneumonia and it spreads through bacteria like Steprtococcus pneumonia. The present review explains the transmission in to the lungs through the NG tubes and oxygen tube through the nasal cavity and ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Ventilator Circuits, Humidification and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

open access: yesCanadian Respiratory Journal, 1996
Technical issues in the care of mechanically ventilated patients include those related to the ventilator circuit, humidification and ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Dean Hess
doaj   +1 more source

Aerosol dispersion in a ventilator circuit: towards a model for enhancing our understanding of ventilator-associated pneumonia

open access: yesJournal of Mechanical Ventilation, 2023
Background Patients receiving mechanical ventilation for more than 48 hours are at risk for developing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Methods We investigated aerosol flow in a ventilator circuit attached to test lungs to better understand how
Gregory T Carroll, David L Kirschman
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia on Resource Utilization and Patient Outcome [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Objective: To assess the effect of ventilator-associated pneumonia on resource utilization, morbidity, and mortality. Design: Retrospective matched cohort study based on prospectively collected data.
Borst, François   +5 more
core  

A Case of Statin-Associated Autoimmune Myopathy. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
A 70-year-old previously independent man developed progressive proximal leg weakness resulting in a fall at home suffering traumatic brain injury. He was prescribed a statin medication two years prior, but this was discontinued on admission to the ...
Dokukin, Andrei N   +6 more
core   +3 more sources

Effect of Gram Stain–Guided Initial Antibiotic Therapy on Clinical Response in Patients With Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia [PDF]

open access: gold, 2022
Jumpei Yoshimura   +11 more
openalex   +1 more source

Dr. Hans Kohn and the political takeover of the Berlin Medical Society by the National Socialist regime in 1933

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract To solidify their power over society, totalitarian regimes will usually eliminate any dissent, any perceived threats early on. These threats include not only political enemies but also educated and independent segments of society, such as professional associations.
Michael Hortsch
wiley   +1 more source

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