P atients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) who has normal systemic arterial pressure and right ventricular (RV) dysfunction are considered to have sub-massive pulmonary embolism (SPE), with 3-month mortality risk of 21% (1). The benefit of the current therapy other than anticoagulation including thrombolytic therapy (TT), embolectomy, and IVC filter insertion, in the absence of cardiogenic sh...

Successful treatment of inflammatory airway disease (IAD) requires environmental management to minimize exposure to irritants and combination drug therapy to reduce pulmonary inflammation and prevent bronchoconstriction. Aerosolized drug therapy is an efficient means of treatment for most horses with IAD. Aerosolized drug therapy has been standard treatment for human patients with non-infectiou...

PURPOSE To demonstrate blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of vascular oxygenation changes in normal, unanesthetized human retinas associated with oxygen and carbogen challenge. METHODS MRI was performed with a 3-T human scanner and a custom-made surface-coil detector on normal volunteers. BOLD MRI with inversion recovery was used to suppress the vitreous...

AIM To evaluate the efficacy and safety of nitrous oxide-sedated endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration. METHODS Enrolled patients were divided randomly into an experimental group (inhalation of nitrous oxide) and a control group (inhalation of pure oxygen) and heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, blood pressure, electrocardiogram (ECG) changes, and the occurrence of complication...

Radon therapy using radon gas is performed in several countries. The main indications of this therapy are for pain-related diseases. Although several clinical studies have been reported, the mechanism underlying radon’s beneficial effects is still unknown. We have demonstrated that low-dose Xor γ-irradiation activates antioxidant functions and inhibits several kinds of oxidative damage in mice....

OBJECTIVES Inhalation therapy is the main treatment for asthma and its adequate use has been a factor responsible for disease control; therefore, the aim of the study was to determine whether a digital media tool, which features portability on mobile phones, modifies the assimilation of the inhalation technique. METHODS A total of 66 professionals working in the health care area with the pedi...

Inhalation of acid fumes and aspiration liquid substances or gastric contents may not initiate dyspnea within several hours after exposure but result in delayed onset alveolar edema. The present report presents three cases inhalation chemical that resulted acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Due to different underlying reasons, patients developed ARDS resulting from pneumonitis pulmonar...

A 92-year-old African-American woman suffered from smoke inhalation during ahousefire.Thepatientwas transferred from a cross-town hospital to receive hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy for carbon monoxide intoxication. Before arrival shewas sedated, intubated, and administered hydroxocobalamin (CyanoKit ; King Pharmaceuticals, Bristol, TN) 5 g intravenously for presumed cyanide poisoning. In the E...

Objective Among elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), there are some patients who cannot inhale tiotropium via Respimat® due to poor hand-lung coordination. This study aimed to examine whether or not tiotropium inhalation therapy using Respimat® with a spacer increased the forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) in patients with COPD. Methods A randomized, crossover...