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1 dzień temu · Lung injury is closely associated with the heterogeneity, severity, mortality, and prognosis of various respiratory diseases. Effective monitoring of lung injury is crucial for the optimal management and improved outcomes of patients with lung diseases. This review describes acute and chronic respiratory diseases characterized by significant lung injury and current clinical tools for assessing ...
16 lip 2020 · This review of reviews maps evidence-based practices (EBPs) that are associated with better outcomes among adult patients with acute respiratory failure or ARDS on the continuum of care, from intubation to liberation.
3 gru 2015 · Although not confirmatory of COPD, a chest X-ray helps eliminate other diagnoses, such as interstitial lung diseases, congestive heart failure, pleural effusions and most pulmonary infections.
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common clinical syndrome of acute respiratory failure as a result of diffuse lung inflammation and oedema. ARDS can be precipitated by a variety of causes.
Feedback of afferent information from lung and chest wall mechanoreceptors provides respiratory motor and pre-motor neurons with important information regarding the mechanical status of the ventilatory pump as well as changes in length and force of contraction of the respiratory muscles.
12 kwi 2018 · Chest X-ray has poor sensitivity to detect COPD; possible findings include prominence of the hilar vessels and decreased peripheral bronchovascular markings, flattened diaphragm due to hyperexpansion and hyperkyphosis and increased lung lucency (especially seen in the retrosternal region in LL projection) and bullae (round focal lucency over 1 cm).
11 gru 2021 · Electrocardiograms, chest X-rays and echocardiography in patients with increased NT-proBNP may detect the presence of significant comorbidities, such as CVD, heart failure, lung cancer, pleural disease and changes associated with COPD [1, 129–131].
