Treatment of respiratory failure following chest injuries.

Treatment of respiratory failure following chest injuries.

Treatment of respiratory failure: introduction.

The present supplement of the European Respiratory Journal contains a number of reviews concerning Treatment of Respiratory Failure. Important progress has been made in this area since the early 1990s. This supplement is the result of a symposium held in Barcelona on January 18, 2003. The symposium was organised by the European Institute of Healthcare, set up by AstraZeneca. It was the fifth sy...

Effective Factors of INSURE Method Failure in Treatment of Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Preterm Infants

Background INtubate-SURfactant-Extubate (INSURE) method is one of the effective methods in treatment of infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). This study was performed to predict risk factors for the failure of  INSURE method in treatment of RDS in preterm infants. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 192 infants who born between July 2011 and April 2016 at women and...

Respiratory chest pain: diagnosis and treatment.

Chest pain from respiratory causes is a common complaint and may indicate the presence of a serious or even life-threatening pathologic condition. Most chest pains are the result of irritation or inflammation of the parietal pleura, as the visceral pleura is insensate, although pain may arise from direct malignant invasion or trauma to the chest wall. Rapid recognition with appropriate understa...

Tracheobronchial injuries in blunt chest trauma

Introduction: Tracheobronchial injuries are uncommon but potentially fatal complication of blunt thoracic trauma harboring a high morbidity and mortality if not diagnosed early . A recent series gleaning cases from four major Trauma Center in Los Angeles nine cases in a seven- year period , but the incidence of these injuries has been increasing recently. This has been attributed to improvement...