Jacob Zeiler,Steven Idell,Scott Norwood et al.
Jacob Zeiler et al.
Hemothorax is a collection of blood in the pleural cavity usually from traumatic injury. Chest X-ray has historically been the imaging modality of choice upon arrival to the hospital. The sensitivity and specificity of point-of-care ultraso...
Judith A Voynow,Richard Auten
Judith A Voynow
In this review, we discuss the impact of environmental tobacco smoke and particulate and gaseous air pollutants derived from fossil fuel combustion on a particularly vulnerable population, infants and children. Indoor and outdoor air pollut...
Time-Limited Trials in the Intensive Care Unit to Promote Goal-Concordant Patient Care [0.03%]
重症监护病房的时间限制性试验以促进患者一致性的目标护理
Todd D VanKerkhoff,Elizabeth M Viglianti,Michael E Detsky et al.
Todd D VanKerkhoff et al.
Consider the hypothetical case of a 75-year-old patient admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for acute hypoxic respiratory failure due to pneumonia and systolic heart failure. Although she suffers from a potentially treatable infection...
Respiratory Tract Colonization by Candida species Portends Worse Outcomes in Immunocompromised Patients [0.03%]
念珠菌呼吸道定植预示免疫功能低下的患者预后不良
Kathryn M Pendleton,Robert P Dickson,Duane W Newton et al.
Kathryn M Pendleton et al.
Background: The significance and clinical management of Candida colonization of the respiratory tract are ill-defined. We now report the frequency of Candida species from the lower respiratory tract in hematopoietic stem ...
Sarcoidosis-associated Pulmonary Hypertension: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment [0.03%]
肉芽肿性肺病相关肺动脉高压：发病机制、诊断和治疗
Heng Duong,Catherine A Bonham
Heng Duong
Clinicians in pulmonary medicine frequently confront the challenge of screening, diagnosis and management of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in sarcoidosis patients who present with unexplained dyspnea. Sarcoidosis associated pulmonary hyperten...
Andrew J Goodwin,Dee W Ford
Andrew J Goodwin
Hospital readmissions are common and result in increased mortality and cost while reducing quality of life. Readmission rates have been subjected to increasing scrutiny in recent years as part of a larger effort to improve the quality and v...
Systemic lupus erythematosus-associated diffuse alveolar hemorrhage: A case report and review of the literature [0.03%]
系统性红斑狼疮相关弥漫性肺出血1例并文献复习
Luisa Morales-Nebreda,Omolola Alakija,Keith T Ferguson et al.
Luisa Morales-Nebreda et al.
Systemic lupus erythematosus is associated with numerous pleuropulmonary complications. Although uncommon, diffuse alveolar hemorrhage represents a life-threatening cause of acute respiratory failure among patients with lupus. Here, we pres...
Interstitial Pneumonia with Autoimmune Features: Overview of proposed criteria and recent cohort characterization [0.03%]
自身免疫特征间质性肺炎：提出标准及最近病例队列特征概述
Cathryn T Lee,Justin M Oldham
Cathryn T Lee
The accurate diagnosis of interstitial lung disease (ILD) is essential for optimal prognostication and management. While connective tissue disease (CTD) is among the most common causes of ILD, some patients have features suggestive of autoi...
Precision-guided, Personalized Intrapleural Fibrinolytic Therapy for Empyema and Complicated Parapneumonic Pleural Effusions: The Case for the Fibrinolytic Potential [0.03%]
精准的、个性化的胸腔纤维蛋白溶解疗法治疗脓胸和复杂性肺炎旁胸腔积液：关于纤维蛋白溶酶潜能的病例报告
Steven Idell,Galina Florova,Sreerama Shetty et al.
Steven Idell et al.
Complicated pleural effusions and empyema with loculation and failed drainage are common clinical problems. In adults, intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy is commonly used with variable results and therapy remains empiric. Despite the intrapl...
Leah J Witt,James J Curran,Mary E Strek
Leah J Witt
Anti-synthetase syndrome is an autoimmune condition, characterized by antibodies directed against an aminoacycl transfer RNA synthetase along with clinical features that can include interstitial lung disease, myositis, Raynaud's phenomenon,...