Severe Atelectasis due to Aspirated Valproic Acid Tablet by Tomomi Tanigaki, Takunori Ogawa, Sakika Nomura, Koki Ito, Yuhei Kurata, Akira Matsukida, Morio Ishihara, Aihide Yoshino, Akihiko Kawana, Yoshifumi Kimizuka

“…A 60-year-old man treated with valproic acid (VPA) for epilepsy developed atelectasis and respiratory failure after an accidentally aspirated VPA tablet-induced mucus hypersecretion. …”
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Immunosuppression with Antitumour Necrosis Factor Therapy Leading to Strongyloides Hyperinfection Syndrome by Muhammad Farhan Khaliq, Rayan E. Ihle, James Perry

“…Despite aggressive treatment including broad-spectrum antibiotics and antihelminths, his respiratory failure worsened and he died after palliative extubation. …”
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Prone Position Ventilation Used during a Transfer as a Bridge to Ecmo Therapy in Hantavirus-Induced Severe Cardiopulmonary Syndrome by R. Cornejo, D. Ugalde, O. Llanos, P. Bisbal, L. De la Barrera, C. Romero, R. Neira, Roberto González, J. Gajardo

“…ECMO was deemed necessary due to severe respiratory failure and severe shock. A critical retrieval team of our center was assembled to attempt transfer. …”
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Case Report: Innovative anesthetic approaches for whole lung lavage in an infant with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis by Jiaxiang Chen, Xiaoli Shi, Youbing Tu, Yuanzhen Chen, Xueqing Wang, Jing Shen, Liang Xu, Ligang Meng

“…The child presented with respiratory failure requiring WLL. The anesthesia method employed was intravenous general anesthesia, and airway management involved using a BB placed outside the endotracheal tube to facilitate one-lung ventilation (OLV). …”
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Tracheoesophageal Fistula in a COVID-19 Ventilated Patient: A Challenging Therapeutic Decision by Riccardo Rosati, Paola De Nardi, Antonio Dell’Acqua, Maria Rosa Calvi, Ugo Elmore, Elena Scarparo, Luigi Beretta

“…COVID-19 associated severe respiratory failure frequently requires admission to an intensive care unit, tracheal intubation, and mechanical ventilation. …”
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Relationships between multiple patient safety outcomes and healthcare and hospital-related risk factors in colorectal resection cases: cross-sectional evidence from a nationwide sa... by Ralf Kuhlen, Jochen Schmitt, Felix Walther, Martin Roessler, Peter Scriba, Maria Eberlein-Gonska, Olaf Schoffer

“…In rectum resections hospital volume was protectively associated with death, renal failure and postoperative respiratory failure (ORs ranged from 0.7 to 0.8).Conclusions Transfer from other hospital and emergency admission are constantly associated with poor patient safety outcome. …”
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CMV Pancreatitis in an Immunocompromised Patient by Jaffer Ahmad, Najia Sayedy, Raghavendra Sanivarapu, Jagadish Akella, Javed Iqbal

“…She eventually succumbed to respiratory failure. Discussion. CMV is a Herpesviridae virus that is prevalent among more than half of the world’s population. …”
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Familial Pulmonary Capillary Hemangiomatosis Early in Life by Johannes Wirbelauer, Helge Hebestreit, Alexander Marx, Eugene J. Mark, Christian P. Speer

“…She subsequently developed progressive respiratory failure and pulmonary hypertension and died at the age of five months. …”
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Relation between pulmonary function changes and diaphragmatic ultrasound in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by Alaa Ahmed Ibrahim, Aya Mohamed Mohamed Abd-Eldayem, Hossam Eldin Mohamed Abdel Hamid

“…Group B: 15 IPF patients without hypoxia or respiratory failure. Group C: 15 healthy participants as controls. …”
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A new epidemic wave of Bordetella pertussis in paediatric population: impact and role of co-infections in pertussis disease by Rossana Scutari, Giulia Linardos, Stefania Ranno, Mara Pisani, Anna Chiara Vittucci, Luana Coltella, Luna Colagrossi, Velia Chiara Di Maio, Annamaria Sisto, Livia Mancinelli, Simona Landi, Sebastian Cristaldi, Massimiliano Raponi, Paola Bernaschi, Alberto Villani, Cristina Russo, Carlo Federico Perno

“…A higher co-infection rate was observed in patients with respiratory failure than in those without failure (92.9% vs. 69.0%, p-value:0.041). …”
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Septicemia and Aortic Valve Endocarditis due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a Homeless Man by Dean Campbell, Mark Cowan

“…His course was complicated by an allergic reaction to ampicillin, urinary bladder infection, respiratory failure, and acute kidney injury. He recovered completely after aortic valve replacement and a 6-week course of intravenous ceftriaxone.…”
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CASE REPORT ON TWO CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS WITH NEUROINVASIVE WEST NILE VIRUS INFECTION IN AN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT by Silviya Stoyanova, Raynichka Mihaylova-Garnizova, Emilia Naseva, Severina Dakova, Iva Christova, Konstantin Ramshev

“…The patient was admitted to ICU due to worsened mental and neurological status, coma and development of acute respiratory failure, necessitating intubation and assisted pulmonary ventilation. …”
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Parallel-group, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial of high-flow nasal cannula versus non-invasive ventilation for emergency patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary oed... by Apichaya Monsomboon, Onlak Ruangsomboon, Nattakarn Praphruetkit

“…Introduction High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) is an innovative oxygen-delivering technique, which has been shown to effectively decrease the intubation risk in patients with hypoxaemic respiratory failure of various aetiologies compared with conventional oxygen therapy. …”
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Metabolic Perturbations and Severe COVID-19 Disease: Implication of Molecular Pathways by Ersilia Nigro, Fabio Perrotta, Rita Polito, Vito D’Agnano, Filippo Scialò, Andrea Bianco, Aurora Daniele

“…Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus, which can result in serious respiratory illnesses such as pneumonia leading to respiratory failure. It was first reported in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019 and rapidly spread globally, becoming a pandemic in March 2020. …”
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Clinical Evaluation of Acute Pancreatitis Caused by SARS-CoV-2 Virus Infection by Hulya Vatansev, Mehmet Aykut Yıldırım, Serkan Kuccukturk, Mehmet Ali Karaselek, Cengiz Kadiyoran

“…All 29 patients with pancreatitis had respiratory failure during hospitalization. After the diagnosis of pancreatitis, there was no change in respiratory failure. …”
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A Fatal Case of Legionella bozemanii Pneumonia in an Immunocompetent Patient by Atif Saleem Siddiqui

“…We describe a case of a 59-year-old immunocompetent female presented with pneumonia, acute respiratory failure, acute respiratory distress, and septic shock, who was treated with azithromycin, goal-directed resuscitation, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) but did not survive. …”
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High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation by AC Bryan, D Bohn

“…High frequency oscillatory (HFO) ventilation using low tidal volume and peak airway pressures is extremely efficient at eliminating carbon dioxide and raising pH in the newborn infant with acute respiratory failure. Improvement in oxygenation requires a strategy of sustained or repetitive inflations to 25 to 30 cm H2O in order to place the lung on the deflation limb of the pressure-volume curve. …”
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Massive Pulmonary Embolism Complicating Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pneumonia: A Case Report by Shruti Hegde, Gemini Yesodharan, John Tedrow, Alena Goldman

“…This case describes an otherwise healthy 55-year-old man with respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilatory support secondary to COVID-19 pneumonia. …”
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Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Dilemmas by Abebaw Fekadu, Jonathan I. Bisson

“…We here report on a case of NMS complicated by renal failure, and possibly respiratory failure. The report underscores the seriousness of delayed diagnosis and puts forward a comprehensive management recommendation based on our experience and the existing literature.…”
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The Predictive Role of Lactate in the Emergency Department in Patients with Severe Dyspnea by Maciej Niczewski, Szymon Gawęda, Paulina Kluszczyk, Mikołaj Rycerski, Daria Syguła, Anna Danel, Szymon Szmigiel, Konrad Mendrala, Aleksandra Oraczewska, Czarosław Kijonka, Monika Nowicka, Michał Wita, Tomasz Cyzowski, Grzegorz Brożek, Maciej Dyrbuś, Szymon Skoczyński

“…The aim of our analysis was to assess whether blood gas parameters in patients with dyspnea at an increased risk of respiratory failure admitted to the ED can predict short-term outcomes. …”
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