ALLMedicine™ Respiratory Failure Center

May 28th, 2022 - Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked neuromuscular disease caused by a deficiency in dystrophin - a structural protein which stabilizes muscle during contraction. Dystrophin deficiency adversely affects the respiratory system leading t...

May 28th, 2022 - In March 2020, WHO announced the COVID-19 a pandemic and a major global public health emergency. Mortality from COVID-19 is rapidly increasing globally, with acute respiratory failure as the predominant cause of death. Many patients experience sev...

May 27th, 2022 - Background: Patients infected with COVID-19 have an unpredictable risk to worsen and die, making it difficult to decide who can quarantine at home and who should be monitored for respiratory failure as an inpatient. This risk may be related in par...

May 27th, 2022 - Background: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease associated with loss of upper and lower motor neurones. It leads to death by respiratory failure and has a typical prognosis of 2-3 years. The immune system has been sh...

May 27th, 2022 - Respiratory failure is one of the most common reasons for hospitalization and intensive care unit (ICU) admissions, and a diverse range of etiologies can precipitate it. Respiratory failure can result from various mechanisms such as hypoventilatio...

Oct 16th, 2021 - High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) has become a frequently used noninvasive form of respiratory support in acute settings; however, evidence supporting its use has only recently emerged. These guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations for the ...

Jun 9th, 2021 - The imbalance between the prevalence of patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF) and acute-on-chronic respiratory failure and the number of intensive care unit (ICU) beds requires new solutions. The increasing use of non-invasive respiratory ...

Apr 27th, 2021 - The American College of Physicians (ACP) developed this guideline to provide clinical recommendations on the appropriate use of high-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) in hospitalized patients for initial or postextubation management of acute respiratory fa...

Dec 11th, 2020 - Mechanical ventilation (MV) is an essential part of modern intensive care medicine. MV is performed in patients with severe respiratory failure caused by respiratory muscle insufficiency and/or lung parenchymal disease; that is, when other treatme...

Dec 11th, 2020 - Long-term mechanical ventilation is a well-established treatment for chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure (CHRF). It is aimed at improving CHRF-related symptoms, health-related quality of life, survival, and decreasing hospital admissions. In S...

May 27th, 2022 - Background: Patients infected with COVID-19 have an unpredictable risk to worsen and die, making it difficult to decide who can quarantine at home and who should be monitored for respiratory failure as an inpatient. This risk may be related in par...

May 27th, 2022 - Eligible patients will be randomized to two treatment arms: current clinical practice (control arm) and early treatment with CPAP in addition to current clinical practice (experimental arm). To deal with the current emergency situation, the study ...

May 26th, 2022 - Five million Americans require admission to intensive care units (ICU) annually due to life threatening illnesses, and this number is expected to rise.4 Two million of these ICU admissions are secondary to Acute Respiratory Failure (ARF) with more...

May 24th, 2022 - To compare two approaches for surfactant administration during CPAP in preterm infants, the INSURE and the LISA technique, using premedication intubation protocols, and investigate aspects of safety, stress and pain, timely administration of the d...

May 24th, 2022 - One of the hallmark features of the progression of COVID-19 is lung injury from the viral infection leading to potentially acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and respiratory failure requiring ventilator support. In patients who survive ARD...

May 26th, 2022 - Severe airway injuries are a “not infrequent” consequence after children swallow button batteries, which are commonly found in many household electronics, according to a systematic review published online in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery.

Apr 27th, 2022 - Even mundane tasks like making a meal can be exhausting for Louise Salant. "I'm totally wiped out," said the 71-year-old former private music instructor with asthma who lives in New York City and has been coping with debilitating symptoms of fatig...

Apr 12th, 2022 - Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) encompass a large and varied group of parenchymal lung disorders, including diseases of unknown cause, which are known as idiopathic interstitial pneumonias, as well as those associated with other diseases or envi...

Apr 4th, 2022 - Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic fibrosing lung disease of unknown origin primarily affecting older adults. It is the most common form of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia and accounts for approximately 20%-50% of all cases of inte...

Mar 1st, 2022 - Children who survive an episode of acute respiratory failure that requires invasive mechanical ventilation may be at risk for slightly lower long-term neurocognitive function, new research suggests. Investigators found lower IQ's in children witho...