ALLMedicine™ Barotrauma Center

Jan 20th, 2022 - Lesion calcification is frequently encountered during percutaneous coronary intervention and has been directly linked to procedural complications and future cardiac events. Intravascular lithotripsy is a novel balloon-based modality that does not ...

Jan 11th, 2022 - Airway emergencies and respiratory failure frequently occur in the prehospital setting. Patients undergoing advanced airway management customarily receive manual ventilations. However, manual ventilation is associated with hypo- and hyperventilati...

Jan 10th, 2022 - Severe Bleeding Gastric Barotrauma Unmasking Collagenous Gastritis.|2022|Leung K,Thung I,Hammami MB,|

Jan 2nd, 2022 - Round window rupture following barotrauma such as diving and air travel is well documented. However, we describe a case of round window rupture following a slap to the ear, which has not been described previously. A 12-year-old boy was slapped by ...

Dec 30th, 2021 - Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is the most significant respiratory complication of prematurity, and its consequences last from birth into adulthood. Unfortunately, the dramatic improvements in the management of premature infants have not led to ...

Nov 11th, 2021 - Mechanical ventilation is likely lifesaving in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) but may also result in adverse events. Only few studies describe the strategies used and adverse effect of mechanical ventilation in an unselected pop...

Oct 1st, 2021 - Spontaneous pneumomediastinum (PMS) is defined as free air within the mediastinum. Spontaneous pneumothorax (PNX) consists of the presence of air inside the pleural space. PMS and PNX may sometimes occur secondly to an underlying pathology, or der...

Sep 27th, 2021 - The most common problem with haemodialysis arteriovenous fistulas (AVF) and arterio-venous grafts (AVG) is stenosis, which can lead to inadequate dialysis, and eventual access thrombosis. Conventional plain old balloon angioplasty (CBA) is associa...

Sep 21st, 2021 - Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a disease that has an incidence of 5% of hospitalized mechanically ventilated patients. ARDS is associated with high morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients, with mortality reported as high ...

Aug 24th, 2021 - Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) and middle ear barotrauma (MEB) are common reported complications during hyperbaric oxygen treatment. The Phase I study data was the first to demonstrate a statistically significant decrease in the occurrence of s...

Sep 25th, 2020 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. This starts with observing droplet precautions to prevent exposure to droplets larger than 5 microns in size, Charles Griffis, PhD, CRNA, said at ...

Aug 7th, 2020 - The benefits from sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor drugs proven during the past year for cutting heart failure hospitalization rates substantially in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and slowing progression of chr...

Jul 15th, 2020 - Lung damage has been observed in some patients with COVID-19 on invasive mechanical ventilation, according to a new study. In a series of 601 patients, 24% experienced barotrauma events (including pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum), compared with...

Jul 15th, 2020 - Lung damage has been observed in some patients with COVID-19 on invasive mechanical ventilation, according to a new study. In a series of 601 patients, 24% experienced barotrauma events (including pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum), compared with...

May 13th, 2020 - Total underwater colonoscopy can surmount challenges with insertion, simplify endoscopic mucosal resection, and lessen pain and the need for sedation, according to a “Here and Now: Clinical Practice” article published in Clinical Gastroenterology.