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Combined approach to define the clinical impact and decision making in asthmatics.
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Treatment of acute infections of the respiratory tract. The cytiolone-ampicillin relationship: A study of therapeutic effectiveness and tolerability
No full textA random double-blind study is reported, investigating whether the addition of a mucolytic and muco-regulating drug such as cytiolone is advantageous over the antibiotic ampicillin alone in the treatment of a febrile infection of the respiratory system (acute bronchitis, acute tracheobronchitis and bronchial pneumonia with mucous hypersecretion). An expectoration volume greater than 20 ml per day was a criterion for participation in the study. Patients were randomly divided into two groups of 20 each. Each group received either (i) Mucorex-Ampicillin (0.3 g of cytiolone, 1.2 g of benzidine ampicillin and 0.3 g of sodium ampicillin) by i.m. injection once daily in the morning; or (ii) 1.2 g of benzidine ampicillin by one i.m. injection in the morning. The duration of treatment was seven days. The results indicate that the addition of cytiolone reduces the severity of the clinical pattern, with rapid improvement and a reduction of the principle symptoms. © 1990
Prognostication by concomitant organ failure in mechanically ventilated patients in ICU: important issue to face with
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Conventional programs: Settings, cost, staffing, and maintenance
No full textPulmonary rehabilitation (PR) can be implemented and delivered successfully in a variety of settings [1, 2]. Inpatient, outpatient, and home-based programs exist. In these settings, PR can be delivered to medically stable individuals with chronic respiratory diseases, as well as to those with COPD early following COPD exacerbation. The location and composition of PR programs varies widely within and across countries [3-5]. Program settings, components, and staff depend principally on individual countries' health systems, as well as on locally available program funding and resources. To be considered PR, however, the core components including patient assessments [at least including exercise capacity, symptoms and health status/quality of life (QOL)], supervised multimodality exercise training of the upper and lower extremities, education geared towards health-enhancing behavior change, and outcomes measures must be included [1, 6, 7]. The severity of the patient's respiratory disease, complexity of comorbidities, patient preference, and availability of transportation also influence the optimal setting for PR. Maintenance of benefits achieved in PR is an important goal. While resources for maintenance PR programs are not universally available, several models of such programs have been investigated. The settings, staffing, and cost for conventional PR programs will be considered further below
An Italian sacrifice to COVID-19 epidemic.
No full textIn order to better understand the problem of “deaths on the field” of Italian doctors during the COVID-19 outbreak, we have performed a descriptive statistic of colleagues who died. Data have been extracted from the national federation of medical doctor website (FNOMCEO, https://portale.fnomceo.it) reporting the daily bulletin of deaths. The present report is based on the available information by April 27th 2020 as the latest update. Cross-check by each name/surname has been made on a web search across local press and the individual’s professional order to obtain any other useful information. We included only those who were active or called back from retirement (122/151)
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