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Non-invasive pressure support ventilation in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: common strategy for different pathologies?
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Patient–clinician alliance during prolonged mechanical ventilation “never give up on a dream”
No full textIn conclusion, this study, besides beingwell conducted and providing
important clinical information, clarifies the issue that perception in
medicine may be very misleading. Therefore, the patient and clinician,
allied together, should never give up on the dream to liberate the patient
from prolonged ventilation and recover a satisfactory quality of lif
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis management: Caring is sparing
Full text link© Journal of Thoracic Disease. All rights reserved. J Thorac Dis 2020;12(10):5265-5268 | http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jtd.2020.04.44
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive
and scarring lung disease characterized by irreversible
decline in lung function leading to chronic respiratory
failure (1). About 5 million of people are affected globally (2)
and average life expectancy following diagnosis is about
4 years. Health Related Quality of life (HRQoL) is low
and characterized by symptoms such as shortness of
breath, dry cough and limited exercise tolerance (3,4)
Pulmonologists and intensivists: ‘‘two hearts are better than one’’
No full textThe Respiratory Intensive Care Assembly at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) is composed of two areas of interest: noninvasive ventilation and acute critical care. Both of them are mainly focused on respiratory issues related to critically ill patients, aiming to promote the exchange of information between pneumonologists and intensivists, and to foster and encourage education, research and scientific progress
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