BACKGROUND No single pulmonary-specific variable, including the severity of hypoxemia, has been found to predict the risk of death independently when measured early in the course of the acute respiratory distress syndrome. Because an increase in the pulmonary dead-space fraction has been described in observational studies of the syndrome, we systematically measured the dead-space fraction early...

objective: to predict hospital stay by using various clinical parameters at admission.patients and methods: this prospective observational study was conducted over a period of one year (jan – dec 2010) in a tertiary level teaching hospital in north india. out of 344 neonates admitted, 41 left against medical advice and were excluded. at time of admission, initial vital signs were noted along wi...

background: paraquat (pq) poisoning is highly fatal; and therefore, clinicians should be familiar with prompt approach to and poor prognostic features of this type of poisoning. hence, in this study, clinical profile, management and outcome of a series of patients with pq poisoning are presented. methods: a retrospective review of medical records of patients poisoned with pq who were treated at...

Influenza RNA in blood (viremia) was detected in 9 of 79 (11.4%) hematopoietic cell transplant recipients with influenza, and was less frequently observed in patients with upper respiratory tract disease only and more frequently in patients infected with 2009 pandemic influenza A/H1N1 strain (versus seasonal strains). Viremia increased the risk of progression to lower respiratory tract disease ...

BACKGROUND Concerns exist regarding increased risk for mortality associated with some chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) medications. OBJECTIVE To examine the association between various respiratory medications and risk for death in veterans with newly diagnosed COPD. DESIGN Nested case-control study in a cohort identified between 1 October 1999 and 30 September 2003 and followed ...

Respiratory dysfunction has been recognized as a cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) (1-3). Respiratory complications, in particular aspiration pneumonia, are the most common causes of death in these patients (1,2). A variety of respiratory problems such as aspiration pneumonia, respiratory dysrhythmias, which may or may not be associated with L-dopa thera...

introduction: trauma has been recognized as one of the leading causes of death in many countries for decades. reduction in mortality and morbidity rate of trauma cases is one of the most important attitudes in this field. evaluation of different risk factors have been considered as the main goal of some studies. the purpose of this study was determining potential risk factors of death in trauma...

The objective of this study was to identify factors related death in patients diagnosed with ventilator-associated pneumonia admitted the intensive care unit University Hospital Brasília. Methodology: Retrospective study, based on analysis medical records 73 pneumonia, from March 2017 December 2020. Statistical analyzes were performed using unpaired Student's t test and Chi test. -Pearson squar...