Bóa cáo y học: "Acute respiratory failure in the elderly: etiology, emergency diagnosis and prognosis" doc

... causes of acute respiratory failure (ARF) in elderly patients and to assess the accuracy of the initial diagnosis by the emergency physician, and that of the prognosis. Method In this prospective ... leaving the emergency room for either the observation unit of our ED or another ward, including the ICU. According to the final diagnosis made by the experts...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... myocardial infarction [7]. In extreme old age (> 85 years), atypical symptoms become the rule and the clinician must be prepared to screen for the diagnosis in most acutely ill patients. Riquelme and ... mortality — the risk of death increasing with the number of comorbidities, a low cognitive function and the difficulty in instrumental activity. It is worthy of n...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 01:20

... life-sustaining treatments. One study [22] included nosocomial pneumo- nia occurring during the ICU stay among the causes of ARF, and another [30] included mostly postsurgical patients. In our study, ... their everyday practice. Therefore, we included patients with ARF due to cardiogenic pulmon- ary edema. The strengths of our study include the mul- ticenter design, including nine...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... hormone and can increase systemic vascular resistance even in advanced vasodilatory shock unresponsive to increases in standard catecholamine therapy. Introduction Since its first detection in 1895 ... approved by the Austrian Min- istry of Science and Research. While the animals were under intraperitoneal pentobarbital anesthesia (50 mg/kg body weight), a viewing window was ins...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... failure. Competing interests The author(s) declare that they have no competing inter- ests. Authors' contributions PK has been involved in the conception, design, drafting, and revising the manuscript. ... discontinued in a timely manner and life-threatening electrolyte imbalances can be avoided. Hemodialysis will not be necessary in the majority of cases, given the...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 23:21

... universal, particularly in developing countries. Until then, we have to continue to rely on, and improve, the clinical clock. Currently, consensus definitions for AKI exist and are being increasingly used in the ... neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalcin and cystatin C, give us a view of the biological clock, and the use of commercially available assays for cystatin C...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20

... for review by the Editor -in- Chief of this journal. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests. Authors' contributions GD contributed in visiting the case, and in ... chelating agent. Case presentation The patient was a 33 year immigrant female worker in a battery factory for 3 months. The women worked as a cleaner in the plan. T...

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Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... organism rather than the source of infection may be more important in determining outcome. Finding an association between illness severity and incidence of BSI in the ICU is in keeping with pr ... with those in similar stu- dies conducted in the USA and Europe suggesting a degree of external validity. During the 11-year study period changes in case-mix, clinical worklo...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:21

... oxygen for low birthweight infants causes retinopathy of prematu- rity, while extreme lack of oxygen leads to death. Chronic deficiency of oxygen may result in long-term injury to the brain and ... necessity for umbilical arterial and venous catheters; 2. position of the arterial catheter in the aorta with the tip at the level of Th6–Th10 and the venous catheter in th...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:20