Credit: Getty Images A 65-year-old White man is brought in by EMS for worsening shortness of breath over the previous 2 days, cough producing purulent sputum, and fever of 103°F. A 65-year-old White ...
Machine learning can enhance ARF outcome predictions but faces challenges like data quality, system heterogeneity, and clinician acceptance. High ARF mortality and mechanical ventilation risks ...
Hospital visits for acute respiratory failure occurred more frequently among healthy adolescents and young adults receiving trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole versus amoxicillin or cephalosporins. The ...
Hospitalised adults with SARS‑CoV‑2, parainfluenza virus, or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection are more likely to develop acute respiratory failure than those with influenza A/B infection — ...
Adolescents and young adults on TMP-SMX have a higher 30-day risk of acute respiratory failure than those on amoxicillin or cephalosporins. The study supports the FDA's warning about TMP-SMX, with ...
Data are needed on the effect of oxygen delivered through a high-flow nasal cannula, as compared with standard oxygen therapy, on intubation and mortality in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory ...
Dr. Ignacio Lopez Saubidet: A 52-year-old man presented to the emergency department of Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas (CEMIC) in Buenos Aires in early autumn with fever that had ...
Dr Dhiren Gupta and Dr Nikhil Modi explain how heat and humidity can cause breathlessness or suffocation. Here is what ...
In a large randomized trial, treating patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure with high-flow oxygen didn't improve survival compared with standard oxygen. However, high-flow oxygen did ...