Background Noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) is a front-line therapy for the management of acute respiratory failure (ARF) in the intensive care units. However, the data on factors and ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011;68(1):21-35. The Prospective Randomized Evaluation of Cardiac Ectopy with Dobutamine or Natrecor Therapy (PRECEDENT) was a multicenter, randomized, open-label ...

Toby Maher, MD, PhD, professor of clinical medicine, Keck School of Medicine at USC, shares trial findings from the FIBRONEER ...

Patients with active traumas or burns were excluded from the study. The primary endpoint was escalation of care due to respiratory failure (an increase in respiratory support with transfer to an ...

The CHAIN trial evaluating FYTF-919 for acute intracerebral haemorrhage by Jianwen Guo and ... Further details would help clarify whether the neutral outcome reflects mechanism failure or lack of ...

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OBJECTIVE Acute exposure to chlorine causes lung damage, and recovery may proceed slowly for several weeks. The short term respiratory effects of acute chlorine inhalation during a swimming pool ...

Respiratory tract diseases are illnesses that affect components of the respiratory system, including the nasal passages, the bronchi and the lungs. They range from acute infections, such as ...

Most likely, the patient suffered from a rare condition called acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (AFND ... His observations were as follows: the respiratory rate was 16 breaths/min, oxygen ...

Methods The aim of this study is to determine the independent impacts of SES and race–ethnicity on COPD severity status, functional limitations and acute exacerbations of ... overall aspects of COPD ...

This may progress rapidly to multi-organ failure caused by thrombotic occlusion of small and ... considering associated clinical and laboratory features. PF may follow the acute inflammatory response ...