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Introduction
Ventilatory strategies in pediatric intensive care are fre-
quently based on strategies developed in adult or neonatal
intensive care units [1]. Recently two new ventilatory tech-
niques ... Because of the ability to breathe sponta-
neously during every ventilatory phase, ventilation is being
ASB = assisted spontaneous breathing; BIPAP = biphasic positiv...
... activity in any phase of the ventilatory cycle. By allowing patients with the acute respiratory
distress syndrome to breathe spontaneously, one can expect improvements in gas exchange and
systemic ... ventilatory
support that maintain, rather than suppress, spontaneous ventilatory effort, especially in patients with
severe pulmonary dysfunction.
Keywords acute respiratory distress syndrome, a...
... gastrointesti-
nal toxicity. The gastrointestinal toxicity of NSAIDs is
apparently related to inhibition of the cyclooxygenase-1
(COX-1) isoform [1]. Following the discovery by Fu et al.
of a novel ... 8
COX-1 = cyclooxygenase-1; COX-2 = cyclooxygenase-2; MI = myocardial infarction; NSAID = nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agent; PGI
2
= prosta-
cyclin; TXA
2
= thromboxane A
2
.
Arthritis ... s...
... those
who are in respiratory arrest, medically unstable otherwise,
uncooperative, and unable to protect their airway or handle
airway secretions or accommodate a mask, are routinely
excluded. ... biases.
Commentary
Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation for respiratory failure
caused by exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease: a standard of care?
Nicholas S Hill
Pulmon...
... mediate
fast excitatory synaptic transmission are ion channels
permeable to cations and are classified as a-amino-3-
hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoazolepropionic acid (AMPA),
kainite, and N-methyl-D-aspartate ... inhibition.
Neuropharmacology 2005, 49(1):73-85.
13. Campbell UC, et al: The mGluR5 antagonist 2-methyl-6-(phenylethynyl)-
pyridine (MPEP) potentiates PCP-induced cognitive deficits in r...
... respiratory
symptoms since her surgery. She is currently not under
therapy, with normal inflammatory markers and no evi-
dence of consolidation on her chest X-ray 18 months after
surgery.
Discussion
There ... malignancy in 306
lymph nodes resected, the sensitivity of PET was 73%, and
the positive predictive value of PET, that is, the percentage
of truly positive nodes in those reported as...
... FEV
1
/forced vital capacity (FVC) ≤ 0.70;
no history o f asthma, atopy (as assessed by an allergy
skin prick test during screening) or any other active
lung disease. Patients on home oxygen or with raised
carbon ... irreversible chronic inflammatory disease of
the lung caused predominantly by cigarette smoking, is
one of the most important causes of mortality globally
[1]. The i nflammatory...
... relies on physical
signs of pulmonary congestion, is uncertain. Reliable PAOP
measurement can be performed by pulmonary artery catheter, but
it is possible also by the use of echocardiography. Several ... echocardiography (TTE) are increasingly used
for diagnostic and hemodynamic assessment and in critically
ill patients, allowing noninvasive estimation of PAOP by
Doppler technique [6]. Bas...
... statistical
analysis of the data. This study is endorsed by the European Society for
Intensive Care Medicine.
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