... Critical care coronavirus Acute respiratory failure Hypoxaemia Intensive care unit Infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus can have an asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic course or lead to multi-organ involvement. Respiratory disease is common and typically causes lung changes with consolidation...

... 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...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Acute respiratory failure Acute respiratory distress syndrome Mechanical ventilation Invasive ventilation Ventilation mode Ventilation parameter setting...

... Virtual reality Acute respiratory failure Respiratory symptoms Acute respiratory failure and dyspnoea are two major causes of hospitalization and key symptoms of several lung diseases as well as diseases in other organ systems [ 1, 2 ]. Determining the underlying disease that causes respiratory...

... lavage. Changes in antibiotic treatment after the microbiological results were also recorded. All patients had acute respiratory failure and were supported by either invasive ventilation (mechanical ventilation with intubation) or NIV. The degree of hypoxemia, initial mechanical ventilation...

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.... 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...

... has recently been proposed as first-line 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...

...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...

... carcinomatosis Acute respiratory failure Occult carcinoma 2 09 1996 23 01 1997 21 1 2009 © 1997 S. Karger AG, Basel 1997 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be translated into other languages, reproduced or utilized...

...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...

... 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. Coccidioidomycosis Eosinophilic pneumonia Coccidioides immitis Acute respiratory failure • Acute...

... pulmonary disease (COPD) and acute respiratory failure (ARF). Objectives: The purpose of this matched case-control study was to compare the usefulness of mNPPV to noninvasive ventilation using a nasal or oronasal mask (nNPPV) or standard medical treatment (SMT) in COPD patients with ARF. Methods: Twenty...