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Early voice changes may signal asthma and COPD flare-ups

Daily voice recordings reveal early signs of asthma and COPD exacerbations, suggesting voice analysis could enhance remote ...
Medscape

Ross Procedure: A ‘New Benchmark’ for Aortic Valve Replacement?

The Ross procedure for aortic valve replacement, which involves a pulmonary valve autograft, achieved low rates of ...
ahajournals.org

Republished: Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Expert Consensus Statement: Anesthetic Management of Endovascular Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke*

Literature on the anesthetic management of endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is limited. Anesthetic management during these procedures is still mostly dependent on individual or ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Diagnostic Performance of the Pulse Oxygen Saturation to Fraction of Inspired Oxygen Ratio in Adults with Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure in an Intensive Care Unit in Sub ...

1 Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMBS), University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon. 2 Douala General Hospital, Douala, Cameroon. 3 Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences (FMSP), ...
The Lancet

When to intubate in acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure? Options and opportunities for evidence-informed decision making in the intensive care unit

iDepartment of Medicine, Division of Respirology, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada jInstitute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation at the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, ...
BMJ

Effect of high flow nasal cannula oxygenation on incidence of hypoxia during sedated gastrointestinal endoscopy in patients with obesity: multicentre randomised controlled trial

1 Department of Anesthesiology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China 2 Department of Anesthesiology, East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, ...
Europe PMC

Respiratory Failure in Adults

The respiratory system provides oxygen to and removes carbon dioxide from the body; however, the inability to perform either or both of these tasks results in respiratory failure. Type 1 respiratory ...
BMJ

Effectiveness and harms of high-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) for acute respiratory failure: a systematic review protocol

Introduction High-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) use in adults hospitalised with acute respiratory failure (ARF) is increasing. However, evidence to support widespread use of HFNO compared with non-invasive ...
BMJ

Efficacy of awake prone positioning in patients with covid-19 related hypoxemic respiratory failure: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials

1 Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada 2 Department of Medicine, Division of Respirology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada 3 ...
The Hospitalist

Is VBG an Alternative to the Troublesome ABG?

A 70-year-old man with hypertension and insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes mellitus initially presented for evaluation of left hip pain after sustaining a mechanical fall and was found to have a left ...
Frontiers

Oxidative Stress and Hyper-Inflammation as Major Drivers of Severe COVID-19 and Long COVID: Implications for the Benefit of High-Dose Intravenous Vitamin C

Oxidative stress is a pivotal point in the pathophysiology of COVID-19 and presumably also in Long-COVID. Inflammation and oxidative stress are mutually reinforcing each other, thus contributing to ...