Role of Dexmedetomidine by Improving Sleep Quality and Pain Control in Covid-19 Patients by Maliha Khalid, Faheem Feroze, Saad bin Qamar, Naseem Abbas, Saeed Farooq, Aisha Siddiqui

“…INTRODUCTION: Covid-19 disease is a deadly contagious disease with milder symptoms to a more severe form with acute respiratory failure, septic shock leading to even death. …”
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Hemoglobin Variant (Hemoglobin Aalborg) Mimicking Interstitial Pulmonary Disease by Vasiliki Panou, Peter-Diedrich Mathias Jensen, Jan Freddy Pedersen, Lars Pilegaard Thomsen, Ulla Møller Weinreich

“…Our index person was a healthy woman of 58, not previously diagnosed with hemoglobinopathy Aalborg, who developed acute respiratory failure after a routine cholecystectomy. Initially she was suspected of idiopathic interstitial lung disease, yet a series of tests uncovered various abnormal physiological parameters and set the diagnosis of hemoglobinopathy Aalborg. …”
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Rapid Glomerulotubular Nephritis as an Initial Presentation of a Lethal Diquat Ingestion by Daniel Guck, Reynaldo Hernandez, Steven Moore, Andry Van de Louw, Philippe Haouzi

“…Progressive multiorgan system failure then developed with a significant delay (24–38 hours) including acute renal, liver failure, and then respiratory failure with refractory hypoxemia. Despite maximal supportive care, the end organ failure was lethal. …”
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Reexpansion Pulmonary Edema following Tube Thoracostomy in a Pediatric Patient with Anterior Mediastinal Mass by Sung-Wook Choi, Deborah A. Romeo, David A. Gutman, Jennifer V. Smith

“…Clinical presentations can range from mild radiographic changes to acute respiratory failure and hemodynamic instability. The rapidly progressive nature of the disease makes it important for clinicians to appropriately diagnose and manage patients who develop RPE. …”
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Massive Scrotal Hematoma due to Ruptured Anastomotic Pseudoaneurysm in a Patient with Aortobifemoral Bypass Surgery: CTA Evaluation by Magdalini Smarda, Dimitrios Fagkrezos, Ilias Dodos, Anastasios Potouridis, Dimitrios Staramos, Charikleia Triantopoulou, Petros Maniatis

“…His medical history included hypertension, coronary artery disease, respiratory failure, and an aortobifemoral bypass surgery performed 7 years ago. …”
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A unique case of extranodal marginal zone lymphoma with synchronous pulmonary and dermatologic manifestations by Carlo Arevalo, Fernando Camacho, Joseph Modrak

“…An 89-year-old male with a medical history of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy was initially admitted with acute hypoxic respiratory failure attributed to heart failure exacerbation. …”
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Treatment with Herbal Formula Extract in the hSOD1G93A Mouse Model Attenuates Muscle and Spinal Cord Dysfunction via Anti-Inflammation by Eun Jin Yang, Sun Hwa Lee, Mudan Cai

“…Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a multicomplex neurodegenerative disease, has multiple underlying pathological factors and can induce other neuromuscular diseases, leading to muscle atrophy and respiratory failure. Currently, there is no effective drug for treating patients with ALS. …”
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Nuclear Imaging to Detect Diaphragmatic Perforation as a Rare Complication of Microwave Ablation by Stephanie Cull, Gebran Khneizer, Abhishek Krishna, Razi Muzaffar, Sameer Gadani, Zafar Jamkhana

“…Acquired diaphragmatic perforation leading to massive hepatic hydrothorax and respiratory failure is a rare complication of microwave ablation (MWA) of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). …”
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Leclercia adecarboxylata Cholecystitis with Septic Shock in Immunocompetent Patient by Nooraldin Merza, John Lung, Ahmed Taha, Ahmed Qasim, Jill Frost, Tarek Naguib

“…A few hours after admission she developed respiratory failure for which she underwent endotracheal intubation. …”
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Do Not Huff, Puff, or Vape That Stuff: Interstitial Airspace Disease in a Teenager by Amee A. Amin, Erica Haught, Youmna Mousattat

“…Due to persistent hypoxic respiratory failure, worsening respiratory distress clinically, with tachypnea and retractions, and lab findings of elevated D-dimer, a chest CT was performed to rule out a pulmonary embolism (PE). …”
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Cutaneous Mucormycosis Co-infection in a Patient with COVID-19 by Raham Rahgoshai, Peter Goldberg, Rayhaneh Rahgoshai, Shadi Zain

“…They were intubated approximately 2 weeks later and their course was complicated by renal failure, for which continuous renal replacement therapy was started, and by refractory hypoxaemic and hypercapnic respiratory failure in which they were placed on venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. …”
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A Case of De Novo Antiglomerular Basement Membrane Disease Presenting during Pregnancy by F. A. K. Lodhi, T. Akcan, J. N. Mojarrab, S. Sajjad, R. Blonsky

“…At 24 weeks and 4 days of gestation, the patient had hypoxic respiratory failure as well as preterm premature rupture of membranes. …”
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Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Associated with 2019 Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) Infection by Helen Kest, Ashlesha Kaushik, William DeBruin, Mario Colletti, David Goldberg

“…Two patients had respiratory failure requiring advanced respiratory support and one had cardiac dysfunction. …”
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Prehospital ultrasound from a neurological point of view by Lučić-Prokin Aleksandra, Ružička-Kaloci Svetlana, Živanović Željko, Popović Nemanja, Vlahović Dmitar

“…The prehospital POCUS is currently used as an adjunct tool for clinical assessments in trauma patients, cardiac arrest, hemodynamic instability, respiratory failure, and various other types of applications. …”
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IL-17 and IL-22 in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Plasma Are Elevated in Guillain-Barré Syndrome by Shujuan Li, Ming Yu, Haifeng Li, Hongliang Zhang, Yanfang Jiang

“…Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute autoimmune-mediated inflammatory demyelinating disease that causes rapidly progressing paralysis and occasionally respiratory failure. We hypothesized that interleukin (IL)-17 and IL-22 are elevated in GBS and participate in the autoimmune inflammatory response of GBS. …”
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Surgical treatment coarctation of the aorta in a premature newborn weighing 800 g by B.M. Todurov, V.G. Karpenko, V.Y. Vashkeba, V.V. Sakalov, O.A. Lastochkina, I.V. Galamay, V.B. Demyanchuk

“…At the time of hospitalization, the condition of the child was regarded as severe due to severe heart and respiratory failure. Due to the serious condition of the patient, it was decided to perform a resection of coarctation of the aorta, despite the critically low body weight of the child. …”
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Ultrasonographic evaluation of the thorax in dogs with tick paralysis by Erdem Gülersoy, Canberk Balıkçı, İsmail Günal, Adem Şahan, Esma Kısmet

“…Delayed diagnosis can lead to increased mortality due to respiratory failure. Thus, the aim of this study is to describe thoracic ultrasonography lesions in dogs with tick paralysis and to identify potential patterns that could aid in diagnosis and prognosis prediction. …”
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Oligonucleotide-Based Therapy for FTD/ALS Caused by the C9orf72 Repeat Expansion: A Perspective by Stephanie A. Fernandes, Andrew G. L. Douglas, Miguel A. Varela, Matthew J. A. Wood, Yoshitsugu Aoki

“…Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive and lethal disease of motor neuron degeneration, leading to paralysis of voluntary muscles and death by respiratory failure within five years of onset. Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is characterised by degeneration of frontal and temporal lobes, leading to changes in personality, behaviour, and language, culminating in death within 5–10 years. …”
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Prognosis of Severe Covid-19 patients after treatment with Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE) by Maliha Khalid, Faheem Feroze, Saad Bin Qamar, Naseem Abbas, Saeed Farooq, Aisha Siddiqui

“…INTRODUCTION: Covid-19 disease is a deadly contagious disease with milder symptoms to a more severe form with acute respiratory failure, septic shock leading to even death. …”
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Acute Pulmonary Aspergillosis as a Severe Complication of Influenza, Pneumococcal Pneumonia, and Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia in ICU by Tamara Seitz, Wolfgang Hoepler, Stephanie Neuhold, Christoph Wenisch

“…The patient improved at first due to antimicrobial therapy; nine days after admission, her clinical condition deteriorated again, and she was transferred to ICU due to septic shock accompanied by respiratory failure, necessitating mechanical ventilation and high-dose catecholamine support. …”
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