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This page shows you the most recent publications within this specialty of the MedWorm directory. This is page number 30.

Peri-lung transplant renal issues in patients with cystic fibrosis.
PMID: 23276857 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Chest - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: O'Connell OJ, Harrison MJ, Murphy DM, Plant WD, Plant BJ Tags: Chest Source Type: research

Diastolic dysfunction with nondilated left atrium.
PMID: 23276858 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Chest - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Claver E, Cubero N, Cequier AR Tags: Chest Source Type: research

Response.
PMID: 23276859 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Chest - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Quon BS, Mayer-Hamblett N, Aitken ML, Goss CH Tags: Chest Source Type: research

Can omalizumab be effective in chronic eosinophilic pneumonia?
PMID: 23276861 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Chest - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Domingo C, Pomares X Tags: Chest Source Type: research

Response.
PMID: 23276862 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Chest - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Kaya H, Gümüş S, Uçar E, Aydoğan M, Muşabak U, Tozkoparan E, Bilgiç H Tags: Chest Source Type: research

Weekend effect for pulmonary embolism and other acute cardiovascular diseases.
PMID: 23276863 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Chest - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Manfredini R, Salmi R, Gallerani M Tags: Chest Source Type: research

Does Spirometry Still Measure Up in the Diagnosis of COPD?
PMID: 23276864 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Chest - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: van Dijk WD Tags: Chest Source Type: research

Response.
PMID: 23276865 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Chest - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Nanchal R, Whittle J, Kumar G Tags: Chest Source Type: research

Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with increased high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T levels.
PMID: 23276866 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Chest - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Argulian E Tags: Chest Source Type: research

Response.
PMID: 23276867 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Chest - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Mohamed Hoesein FA, Zanen P Tags: Chest Source Type: research

Acute Exacerbations of COPD: Will On-Call Physiotherapy Allow for Early Rehabilitation?
PMID: 23276870 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Chest - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Babu AS Tags: Chest Source Type: research

Endobronchial ultrasound needle biopsy with and without aspiration: the "core" issue.
PMID: 23276871 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Chest - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Madan K, Guleria R Tags: Chest Source Type: research

Response.
PMID: 23276872 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Chest - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Hill K, Goldstein RS Tags: Chest Source Type: research

Sensitivity of Point-of-Care Ultrasonography for Common Thoracic Injuries.
PMID: 23276874 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Chest - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Mackenzie DC, Liteplo AS, Noble VE Tags: Chest Source Type: research

Consider talc too in poorly controlled asthma and unexplained bronchiolitis.
PMID: 23276875 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Chest - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Medford AR Tags: Chest Source Type: research

Premature termination of life is not palliative care.
PMID: 23276876 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Chest - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Van Mol A Tags: Chest Source Type: research

Shock: a case of mistaken identity.
PMID: 23276877 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Chest - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: J Koenig S, Narasimhan M, H Mayo P Tags: Chest Source Type: research

Systems Approach to Tuberculosis Vaccine Development
Abstract Tuberculosis is both highly prevalent across the world and eludes our attempts to control it. The current BCG vaccine has unreliable protection against adult pulmonary tuberculosis. As a result, tuberculosis vaccine development has been an ongoing area of research for several decades. Only recently have research efforts resulted in the development of several vaccine candidates that are further along in clinical trials. The majority of the barriers surrounding tuberculosis vaccine development are related to the lack of defined biomarkers for tuberculosis protective immunity and the lack of understanding of the comp...
Source: Respirology - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Charles C. Wang, Bingdong Zhu, Xionglin Fan, Brigitte Gicquel, Ying Zhang Tags: Invited Review Source Type: research

Comparison of high spatial resolution respiratory triggered inversion recovery‐prepared spoiled gradient echo sequence with standard breathhold T1 sequence MRI of the liver using gadoxetic acid
Conclusion:BH sequence had better overall image quality than RT in several quantitative and qualitative factors including number of lesions detected and level of artifact. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2013;. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Source: Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging - January 1, 2013 Category: Radiology Authors: Phillip V.P. Tran, Kartik S. Jhaveri Tags: Original Research Source Type: research

Commentary on the january 2013 issue.
Authors: PMID: 23271816 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Respiratory Care - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Respir Care Source Type: research

The story of oxygen.
Abstract The history of oxygen from discovery to clinical application for patients with chronic lung disease represents a long and storied journey. Within a relatively short period, early investigators not only discovered oxygen but also recognized its importance to life and its role in respiration. The application of oxygen to chronic lung disease, however, took several centuries. In the modern era, physiologists pursued the chemical nature of oxygen and its physiologic interaction with cellular metabolism and gas transport. It took brazen clinicians, however, to pursue oxygen as a therapeutic resource for patient...
Source: Respiratory Care - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Heffner JE Tags: Respir Care Source Type: research

Supplemental oxygen needs during sleep. Who benefits?
Abstract The physiologic changes that occur in ventilation during sleep contribute to nocturnal oxygen desaturation in those with lung disease. Nocturnal supplemental oxygen is often used as therapy, although convincing data exist only for those who are hypoxemic both during sleep and wake. Ongoing trials may help address whether oxygen should be used in those with only desaturation during sleep. If used, oxygen should be dosed as needed, and patients should be monitored for hypercapnia. Because of its prevalence, obstructive sleep apnea may commonly overlap with lung disease in many patients and have important con...
Source: Respiratory Care - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Owens RL Tags: Respir Care Source Type: research

Ambulatory home oxygen: what is the evidence for benefit, and who does it help?
Abstract The beneficial effects of ambulatory home oxygen have been demonstrated since the 1950s, when Cotes and Gibson gave oxygen to ambulatory COPD patients from small portable high pressures cylinders in the United Kingdom. Over the ensuing 7 decades, oxygen has been prescribed to millions of COPD patients in the home setting. Additionally, it is common clinical practice to prescribe supplemental oxygen when chronic hypoxemic respiratory failure not due to COPD (eg, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, kyphoscoliosis, and cystic fibrosis) is present or in patients with hypoxemia at hospital discha...
Source: Respiratory Care - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Criner GJ Tags: Respir Care Source Type: research

Options for home oxygen therapy equipment: storage and metering of oxygen in the home.
Abstract Home oxygen therapy equipment options have increased over the past several decades, in response to innovations in technology, economic pressure from third-party payers, and patient demands. The delivery of oxygen in the home has evolved from packaged gas systems containing 99% United States Pharmacopeia oxygen provided by continuous-flow delivery to intermittent-flow delivery, with oxygen concentrators delivering < 99% oxygen purity. The majority of published papers indicating the value of long-term oxygen therapy have been based on continuous-flow delivery of 99% United States Pharmacopeia oxygen. The ...
Source: Respiratory Care - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: McCoy RW Tags: Respir Care Source Type: research

Pre-hospital oxygen therapy.
Abstract Oxygen use in prehospital care is aimed at treating or preventing hypoxemia. However, excess oxygen delivery has important consequences in select patients, and hyperoxia can adversely impact outcome. The unique environment of prehospital care poses logistical and educational challenges. Oxygen therapy in prehospital care should be provided to patients with hypoxemia and titrated to achieve normoxemia. Changes to the current practice of oxygen delivery in prehospital care are needed. PMID: 23271821 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Respiratory Care - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Branson RD, Johannigman JA Tags: Respir Care Source Type: research

High-flow oxygen administration by nasal cannula for adult and perinatal patients.
Abstract The nasal cannula has been a commonly used patient interface to provide supplemental oxygen since its introduction in the 1940s. Traditionally, it has been categorized as a low-flow device and capable of delivering a 0.4 F(IO(2)) with flows up to 6 L/min to adults with normal minute ventilation. However, there is considerable performance variability among patients and design, which results in an exponential decline in delivered F(IO(2)) as breathing frequencies increase. The nasal cannula has also been successfully adapted for use in perinatal and pediatric respiratory care; flows are reduced, in the range...
Source: Respiratory Care - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Ward JJ Tags: Respir Care Source Type: research

Hyperoxic acute lung injury.
Abstract Prolonged breathing of very high F(IO(2)) (F(IO(2)) ≥ 0.9) uniformly causes severe hyperoxic acute lung injury (HALI) and, without a reduction of F(IO(2)), is usually fatal. The severity of HALI is directly proportional to P(O(2)) (particularly above 450 mm Hg, or an F(IO(2)) of 0.6) and exposure duration. Hyperoxia produces extraordinary amounts of reactive O(2) species that overwhelms natural anti-oxidant defenses and destroys cellular structures through several pathways. Genetic predisposition has been shown to play an important role in HALI among animals, and some genetics-based epidemiologic researc...
Source: Respiratory Care - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Kallet RH, Matthay MA Tags: Respir Care Source Type: research

Supporting oxygenation in acute respiratory failure.
Abstract Strategies to support oxygenation can cause substantial harm through lung stretch injury, oxygen toxicity, transfusion risks and cardiac over-stimulation. Traditional goals of maintaining near normal cardiorespiratory parameters are most likely overly simplistic and are insensitive and nonspecific for tissue hypoxic effects. In order to reduce iatrogenic harm, it is conceivable that clinicians could be comfortable with lower levels of arterial oxygen content (eg, oxyhemoglobin values of < 88%: so called "permissive hypoxemia"), provided that there are ways to effectively monitor tissue hypoxia. We can l...
Source: Respiratory Care - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Macintyre NR Tags: Respir Care Source Type: research

Automated closed loop control of inspired oxygen concentration.
Abstract Oxygen therapy is extensively used in premature infants and adults with respiratory insufficiency. In the premature infant the goal during manual control of the F(IO(2)) is to maintain adequate oxygenation and to minimize the exposure to hypoxemia, hyperoxemia, and oxygen. However, this is frequently not achieved during routine care, which increases the risks of associated side effects affecting the eye, lungs, and central nervous system. In the adult the primary goal is to avoid hypoxemia, but conventional methods of oxygen supplementation may fall short during periods of increased demand. On the other ha...
Source: Respiratory Care - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Claure N, Bancalari E Tags: Respir Care Source Type: research

Targeting brain tissue oxygenation in traumatic brain injury.
Abstract The management of patients with traumatic brain injury has evolved in the last several years, due to the introduction of new, invasive monitoring devices. The ability to monitor parameters other than measurements related to pressures has generated substantial interest. Brain tissue oxygenation monitoring has been consistently shown to provide prognostic information, as indicated by poor prognosis associated with low brain tissue oxygen values. Furthermore, various physiologic manipulations, including increasing the P(aO(2)), have been associated with an increase in brain tissue oxygenation. Whether brain-o...
Source: Respiratory Care - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Martini RP, Deem S, Treggiari MM Tags: Respir Care Source Type: research

Oxygen supplies in disaster management.
Abstract Mass casualty events and disasters, both natural and human-generated, occur frequently around the world and can generate scores of injured or ill victims in need of resources. Of the available medical supplies, oxygen remains the critical consumable resource in disaster management. Strategic management of oxygen supplies in disaster scenarios remains a priority. Hospitals have large supplies of liquid oxygen and a supply of compressed gas oxygen cylinders that allow several days of reserve, but a large influx of patients from a disaster can strain these resources. Most backup liquid oxygen supplies are att...
Source: Respiratory Care - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Blakeman TC, Branson RD Tags: Respir Care Source Type: research

Chemical oxygen generation.
Abstract While pressurized oxygen in tank form, as well as oxygen concentrators, are ubiquitous in civilian healthcare in developed countries for medical use, there are a number of settings where use of these oxygen delivery platforms is problematic. These settings include but are not limited to combat casualty care and healthcare provided in extreme rural environments in undeveloped countries. Furthermore, there are a number of settings where delivery of oxygen other than the pulmonary route to oxygenate tissues would be of value, including severe lung injury, airway obstruction, and others. This paper provides a ...
Source: Respiratory Care - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Ward KR, Huvard GS, McHugh M, Mallepally RR, Imbruce R Tags: Respir Care Source Type: research

Oxygen in respiratory care: a personal perspective from 40 years in the field.
Abstract Oxygen is necessary for all aerobic life, and nothing is more important in respiratory care than its proper understanding, assessment, and administration. By the early 1970s P(aO(2)) had become the gold standard for clinically assessing oxygenation in the body. Since the 1980s the measurement of arterial oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry has also been increasingly used as an adjunct to (but not a replacement for) P(aO(2)). Despite the desirability of measuring tissue oxygenation directly, no reliable and clinically relevant such measure has emerged. The 2 areas in which oxygen has proven most important i...
Source: Respiratory Care - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Pierson DJ Tags: Respir Care Source Type: research

[Detection of local influenza outbreaks and role of virological diagnostics].
Abstract For many years, the Working Group on Influenza (AGI) has been the most important influenza surveillance system in Germany. An average sample of the population is covered by both syndromic and virological surveillance, which provides timely data regarding the onset and course of the influenza wave as well as its burden of disease. However, smaller influenza outbreaks cannot be detected by the AGI sentinel system. This is achieved by the information reported by the mandatory notification system (Protection Against Infection Act, IfSG), which serves as the second pillar of the national influenza surveillance....
Source: Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz - January 1, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Schweiger B, Buda S Tags: Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz Source Type: research

Nasal issues in athletes.
Abstract Nasal problems in athletes can have detrimental impacts on athletic performance. Increasingly strenuous physical exercise requires the nasal respiratory system to function efficiently in order to meet the increasing oxygen demand. Generally, nasal issues can be grouped into traumatic and nontraumatic categories. Rhinitis is the most common nasal issue in athletes and can have numerous effects on athletes. Recent studies demonstrate the "J curve" and "open window" theories of upper respiratory infection incidence in athletes yet are unable to link immunoglobulin or serum immune markers to incidence of sympt...
Source: Current Sports Medicine Reports - January 1, 2013 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Navarro RR, Romero L, Williams K Tags: Curr Sports Med Rep Source Type: research

Development of an artificial placenta V: 70h veno-venous extracorporeal life support after ventilatory failure in premature lambs
Abstract: Purpose: An artificial placenta would change the paradigm of treating extremely premature infants. We hypothesized that using a veno-venous extracorporeal life support (VV-ECLS) artificial placenta after ventilatory failure would stabilize premature lambs and maintain normal fetal physiologic parameters for 70h.Methods: A near-term neonatal lamb model (130days; term=145) was used. The right jugular vein (drainage) and umbilical vein (reinfusion) were cannulated with 10–12 Fr cannulas. Lambs were then transitioned to an infant ventilator. After respiratory failure, the endotracheal tube was filled with amniotic ...
Source: Journal of Pediatric Surgery - January 1, 2013 Category: Surgery Authors: Brian W. Gray, Ahmed El-Sabbagh, Sara J. Zakem, Kelly L. Koch, Alvaro Rojas-Pena, Gabe E. Owens, Martin L. Bocks, Raja Rabah, Robert H. Bartlett, George B. Mychaliska Tags: APSA Papers Source Type: research

EXIT-to-resection for fetuses with large lung masses and persistent mediastinal compression near birth
Conclusion: The EXIT-to-resection procedure is a favorable delivery approach for those fetuses with large LM and PMC near birth.
Source: Journal of Pediatric Surgery - January 1, 2013 Category: Surgery Authors: Darrell L. Cass, Oluyinka O. Olutoye, Christopher I. Cassady, Irving J. Zamora, R. Todd Ivey, Nancy A. Ayres, Olutoyin A. Olutoye, Timothy C. Lee Tags: APSA Papers Source Type: research

Persistent airway obstruction in asthma.
PMID: 23281346 [PubMed - in process]
Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Lange P Tags: Am J Respir Crit Care Med Source Type: research

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cardiovascular diseases: a "vulnerable" relationship.
PMID: 23281347 [PubMed - in process]
Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Sin DD, Macnee W Tags: Am J Respir Crit Care Med Source Type: research

Are tyrosine kinase inhibitors the better serotonin inhibitors?
PMID: 23281348 [PubMed - in process]
Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Kosanovic D, Schermuly R Tags: Am J Respir Crit Care Med Source Type: research

The injury theory, endothelial progenitors, and sleep apnea.
PMID: 23281349 [PubMed - in process]
Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Kheirandish-Gozal L, Farré R Tags: Am J Respir Crit Care Med Source Type: research

Central fat and peripheral muscle: partners in crime in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
PMID: 23281350 [PubMed - in process]
Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: van den Borst B, Gosker HR, Schols AM Tags: Am J Respir Crit Care Med Source Type: research

Fat Embolism Syndrome with Purtscher's Retinopathy.
PMID: 23281351 [PubMed - in process]
Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Scotton WJ, Kohler K, Babar J, Russell-Hermanns D, Chilvers ER Tags: Am J Respir Crit Care Med Source Type: research

Hooray for the VA/TLC and DLCO/VA.
PMID: 23281352 [PubMed - in process]
Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Hansen JE Tags: Am J Respir Crit Care Med Source Type: research

Airway Compliance Studied by Lumen Area Changes Alone Cannot Discriminate between Collapsibility and Elasticity.
PMID: 23281353 [PubMed - in process]
Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Dournes G, Berger P, Laurent F Tags: Am J Respir Crit Care Med Source Type: research

Voice box symptoms: a hitherto unknown presentation of pulmonary embolism.
PMID: 23281354 [PubMed - in process]
Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine - January 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Polverino F, Ricciardi M, Polverino M, Santoriello C, Palladino R, Pistolesi M Tags: Am J Respir Crit Care Med Source Type: research