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Mashup Score: 0A Case of Sonographic Blackout Lung - 1 year(s) ago
A 56-year-old Asian male farmer with no medical history presented to our pulmonology clinic with progressive breathlessness for 3 months and dry cough for 2 months duration. No history of any occupational exposure to silica or asbestos was reported.
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Mashup Score: 0Nebulized vs IV Tranexamic Acid for Hemoptysis - 1 year(s) ago
Nebulized TA may be more efficacious than IV TA in reducing the amount of hemoptysis and need for ED interventional procedures. Future larger studies are needed to further explore the potential of nebulized TA compared with IV TA in patients with mild hemoptysis.
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Mashup Score: 0Health Expectations and Quality of Life after Acute Respiratory Failure: A multicenter prospective cohort study - 1 year(s) ago
Fulfillment of health expectations is associated with better QoL after ARF, suggesting a mechanism under-pinning successful ICU recovery programs that incorporate normalization and expectation management.
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Mashup Score: 1A 44-Year-Old Woman with Dyspnea and Hemoptysis in the Setting of Remote Bariatric Surgery - 1 year(s) ago
A 44-year-old woman was transferred to the ED from an outside hospital because of hemoptysis and concern for left-sided pulmonary infiltrate with associated pleural effusion. The patient presented to this outside hospital multiple times over the past 3 months because of left-sided shoulder pain, diffuse myalgias, and supraventricular tachycardia. On her third visit, she was found to have a…
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Mashup Score: 1Guided bronchoscopy for the evaluation of pulmonary lesions: An updated meta-analysis - 1 year(s) ago
Despite the reported advances in bronchoscopic technology to diagnose peripheral pulmonary lesions, the diagnostic yield of guided bronchoscopy has not improved.
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Mashup Score: 0Radiographic Lung Abnormalities in First-Degree Relatives of Patients with Different Subtypes of Pulmonary Fibrosis - 1 year(s) ago
Article InfoPublication HistoryAccepted: January 10, 2023Received: December 20, 2022Publication stageIn Press Journal Pre-ProofFootnotesSummary conflict of interest statements: CFM, KMC, and BDS reports no competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. DZ reports…
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Mashup Score: 1
Each year, nearly 500,000 Americans suffer from acute pulmonary embolism (PE). Of these, 5% will be classified as “massive” with hemodynamic compromise, and 25% will have right ventricular injury and are classified as “submassive.” Both presentations carry substantial morbidity and mortality risk and require prompt evaluation and aggressive treatment. The use of systemic thrombolysis is guideline…
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Mashup Score: 0Ultrasound Accurately Reflects the Jugular Venous Examination but Underestimates Central Venous Pressure - 1 year(s) ago
Bedside ultrasound examination could be used to assess jugular venous pressure (JVP), and thus central venous pressure (CVP), more reliably than clinical examination.
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Mashup Score: 1Perceived autonomy support in telerehabilitation by people with chronic respiratory disease: a mixed methods study. - 1 year(s) ago
Telerehabilitation was perceived as an autonomy supportive environment, in part by making it easier to undertake pulmonary rehabilitation. Support for behavior change, understanding and motivation were derived from clinicians and patient-peers. The extent to which autonomy support translates into ongoing self-management and behavior change is not clear.
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Mashup Score: 4
A 45-year-old man sought treatment at the ED during the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic with a month-long history of fatigue, cough, myalgia, and hand stiffness. He did not report dyspnea. He had no past medical history and previously was fit and active, working as a farmer. He was a lifelong nonsmoker and had no family history of lung disease.
Source: CHESTCategories: Hem/Oncs, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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