Fatal pulmonary mucormycosis case highlights diagnostic delays in uncontrolled diabetes
A case report describes the death of a 45-year-old woman with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes from pulmonary mucormycosis after a ...
Tag: respiratory failure
New ARDS Definition Expands Global Diagnostic Access
The 2024 Global Definition of ARDS expands diagnostic criteria to include non-intubated patients and resource-constrained settings, promoting global equity in ...
Probable Chlamydia abortus infection linked to severe pneumonia
A case report describes severe pneumonia and multiorgan dysfunction in a woman with poultry exposure, where blood metagenomic sequencing supported ...
Chinese Cancer Association issues unified guideline for tumor-related lung injury care
The Chinese Anti-Cancer Association has published an open access guideline standardizing diagnosis and treatment of respiratory injury caused by tumors ...
Severe Perioperative Anaphylaxis and Cardiac Arrest Complicate Vascular Access Surgery
A clinical case report details a 25-year-old hemodialysis patient who suffered severe perioperative anaphylaxis and cardiac arrest during vascular access ...
ECMO shows promise as rescue therapy for combat casualties, but evidence remains thin
A new review argues extracorporeal membrane oxygenation can rescue selected trauma patients with refractory respiratory failure, while stressing that combat-specific ...
Fatal Pneumocystis pneumonia with rapidly progressive lung disease in anti-MDA5 dermatomyositis
A case report describes a 70-year-old woman with anti-MDA5-positive dermatomyositis who died 13 days after admission despite treatment for Pneumocystis ...
SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Competes with ENaC for Plasmin Cleavage, Driving Pulmonary Edema
A new study reports that the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein competitively inhibits plasmin-mediated cleavage of the epithelial sodium channel ENaC at ...
Age and Low Blood Pressure Predict Lung Complications After Blunt Chest Trauma
A retrospective cohort study in Thailand found that increasing age and lower initial systolic blood pressure were independently associated with ...
High-Flow Oxygen During NIV Breaks Shows No Clear Advantage Over Standard Oxygen
A pooled analysis of observational data indicated that while high-flow nasal oxygen showed a crude benefit in reducing extubation failure, ...
Respiratory failure linked to mortality in adult invasive Salmonella cohort
In a 106-patient observational cohort in southern Vietnam, respiratory failure was strongly associated with in-hospital death among adults with invasive ...
Prediction of respiratory failure in severe pediatric pneumonia via CT and electronic medical records fusion
A retrospective study of 364 hospitalized children found that a Random Forest model combining CT features with electronic medical records ...
Retrospective Pediatric Study Finds Divergent PICU Stays at Equal Phoenix Scores
A retrospective study of 107 children found that equal Phoenix Sepsis Scores were associated with different PICU stays depending on ...
Severe Airway Leak During Surgery Exposes Rare Undiagnosed Tracheal Disorder in Elderly Patient
A 69-year-old man's severe intraoperative airway leak during hip replacement surgery revealed previously undiagnosed Mounier-Kuhn syndrome, a rare tracheobronchomegaly disorder.
Five Weeks on a Artificial Lung: Child with Leukemia Survives Severe Respiratory Failure
A five-year-old boy with low-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia survived 34 days of venovenous ECMO for severe pediatric respiratory distress syndrome ...
Doctors Feed a Child Through His Duodenum in a World-First Endoscopic Feat
In a reported first, Chinese clinicians established long-term feeding access directly into the duodenum of a 12-year-old boy whose reconstructed ...
Cannula Position Makes or Breaks Carbon Dioxide Removal in High-Flow ECCO2R
A French study of high-flow ECCO2R found that centrally positioned draining cannulas cut recirculation from 59 percent to 9 percent ...
A Simple Nerve Test Could Predict When ALS Patients Will Need Breathing Support
A large pre-registered study shows that the effort-independent amplitude of the phrenic nerve compound muscle action potential predicts the timing ...
Lung Ultrasound and Heart Index Predict Preterm Infant Outcomes
In a pioneering exploration into neonatal respiratory care, researchers have probed the intricate relationship between lung ultrasound imaging and cardiac ...
