... Acute respiratory failure Emergency department High-flow nasal cannula High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) therapy has gained attention as a noninvasive method for safely treating patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. The use of noninvasive respiratory support, such as HFNC, has been...

... could be treated with the maximum treatment required according to disease severity following the national algorithm. Escalation of therapy modality is interlinked with disease severity and thus associated with mortality. Critical care coronavirus Acute respiratory failure Hypoxaemia Intensive...

... Acute hypersensitivity pneumonitis Acute respiratory failure Bird fancier’s lung Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis Prognosis Acute exacerbation (AE) occasionally develops in the clinical course of fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), and its onset has a significant impact on short...

... Background: This study was carried out to compare characteristics and outcomes in patients with acute respiratory failure related to COVID-19 during first, second, and third waves. Methods: We included consecutive adults admitted to the intensive care unit between March 2020 and July 2021. We compared three...

...Teresa Renda; Raffaele Scala; Antonio Corrado; Nicolino Ambrosino; Adriano Vaghi; on behalf of the Scientific Group on Respiratory Intensive Care of the Italian Thoracic Society (ITS-AIPO) The imbalance between the prevalence of patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF) and acute-on-chronic...

... method to detect and monitor COVID-19 pneumonia. Most of the experts managed acute respiratory failure with CPAP (56.4%), high flow nasal cannula (18.6%), and non-invasive mechanical ventilation (8%), while an intensivist referral for early intubation was requested in 17% of the cases. Hydroxychloroquine...

..., the German Respiratory Society has appointed experts to develop therapy strategies for COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF). Here we present key position statements including observations about the pathophysiology of (ARF). In terms of the pathophysiology of pulmonary infection with SARS...

... respiratory insufficiency. For the clinical entity of ARDS, we applied the Berlin definition [ 10 ]. [email protected] Acute respiratory failure Acute respiratory distress syndrome Mechanical ventilation Invasive ventilation Ventilation mode Ventilation parameter...

.... The aim of this study is to (1) develop and establish validity evidence for a simulation-based competency assessment test, and (2) establish a pass/fail-standard to enable mastery learning. Education Training Ultrasound Virtual reality Acute respiratory failure Respiratory symptoms...

... overtreatment, side effects, an increase in bacterial resistance, and last but not least high costs in these patients [ 11,12,13 ]. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation  Procalcitonin Mechanical ventilation Mortality Prognosis  Bacterial cause Etiology Acute respiratory failure...

..., quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Acute respiratory failure Malignancy Pulmonary infection Acute...

.... No data exist about the impact of opening a RICU on hospital outcomes. Objectives: We wondered if opening a RICU may improve the outcomes of patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF), acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD), or community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Methods...

... intervention to reverse acute respiratory failure in a significant number of patients with COPD exacerbations, and overall, helmet-treated patients present better tolerance and fewer complications than those treated with a mask [ 9,10 ]. In these studies, the patients who failed NPPV delivered by helmet...

...E. Chiner; J.N. Sancho-Chust; M. Llombart; C. Senent; A. Camarasa; J. Signes-Costa Background: Various methods have been described for safely performing fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FB) while applying non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) in patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF...

...Corrado Mollica; Gregorino Paone; Vittoria Conti; Daniela Ceccarelli; Giovanni Schmid; Paolo Mattia; Nicola Perrone; Angelo Petroianni; Alfredo Sebastiani; Luca Cecchini; Remo Orsetti; Claudio Terzano Background: Acute respiratory failure (ARF) occurring during idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Por pulmonale Tumor microemboli Lymphangitic carcinomatosis Acute respiratory failure Occult carcinoma Respialon Case Report Respiration 1997;64:384-387 Received: September 2.1996 Accepted after revision: January 23,1997 Majed...

...M. Confalonieri; S. Aiolfi; L. Gondola; A. Scartabellati; R. Della Porta; P. Parigi Bi-level pressure support ventilation via a nasal mask (NIPSV) was provided to 28 consecutive unselected patients with acute respiratory failure due to exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary failure (COPD...

...J.L. Deveze; J.M. Sainty; Ph. Ohresser 24 subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were investigated in the course of acute respiratory failure defined by hypoxaemia, hypercapnia and respiratory acidosis. Haemodynamic data of right heart catheterization and coagulation tests were...

...E. Weitzenblum; C. Hirth; N. Roeslin; A. Vandevenne; P. Oudet Gaseous exchange and pulmonary hemodynamic data were studied in 34 patients with chronic obstructive lung disease, during acute respiratory failure. Control tests were carried out in 20 patients after recovery. Pulmonary hemodynamic...

... Coccidioides immitis Acute respiratory failure • Acute eosinophilic pneumonia is uncommon but may be life-threatening. • Primary pulmonary Coccidioides immitis infection most often presents as a community-acquired pneumonia. • Awareness of the possible co-occurrence of Coccidioides...