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Early detection of tuberculosis: a systematic review

Tuberculosis remains a significant global health challenge. Tuberculosis affects millions of individuals worldwide. Early detection of tuberculosis plays a relevant role in the management of treatment of tuber...

Josef Yayan, Karl-Josef Franke, Melanie Berger, Wolfram Windisch, Kurt Rasche in Pneumonia (2024)

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RSV vaccination strategies for high-risk patients 2023: a collaborative position paper by leading German medical societies and organizations

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) inflicts severe illness and courses of infections not only in neonates, infants, and young children, but also causes significant morbidity and mortality in older adults and in...

Marylyn Addo, Oliver Cornely, Michael Denkinger, Georg Ertl, Susanne Herold… in Infection (2024)

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Dyspnoea in acutely ill mechanically ventilated adult patients: an ERS/ESICM statement

This statement outlines a review of the literature and current practice concerning the prevalence, clinical significance, diagnosis and management of dyspnoea in critically ill, mechanically ventilated adult p...

Alexandre Demoule, Maxens Decavele, Massimo Antonelli… in Intensive Care Medicine (2024)

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Adhesion, metastasis, and inhibition of cancer cells: a comprehensive review

This comprehensive review delves into cancer’s complexity, focusing on adhesion, metastasis, and inhibition. It explores the pivotal role of these factors in disease progression and therapeutic strategies. Thi...

Josef Yayan, Karl-Josef Franke, Melanie Berger… in Molecular Biology Reports (2024)

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Adherence enhancing interventions for pharmacological and oxygen therapy in patients with COPD: protocol for a systematic review and component network meta-analyses

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterised by hyperinflation and expiratory airflow limitation due to long-term exposure to irritants. The variety and complexity of COPD treatment and the po...

Omar Ammous, Stefan Andreas, Tim Friede, Regina Kampo, Sarah Schwarz… in Systematic Reviews (2023)

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Clinical and imaging factors that can predict contagiousness of pulmonary tuberculosis

Knowledge on predicting pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) contagiosity in the hospital admission setting is limited. The objective was to assess clinical and radiological criteria to predict PTB contagiosity.

Markus Unnewehr, Florian Meyer-Oschatz, Hendrik Friederichs… in BMC Pulmonary Medicine (2023)

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Therapiealternativen bei amyopathischer MDA5-positiver Dermatomyositis

Wir berichten über den Fall eines atypischen Therapieverlaufs bei amyopathischer MDA5-Antikörper-positiver Dermatomyositis mit Lungenbeteiligung. Aufgrund der schlechten Prognose erfolgte initial neben der Gab...

Falk Schumacher, Maximilian Wollsching-Strobel, Doreen Kroppen… in Die Innere Medizin (2023)

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Long-term health-related quality of life in patients on home mechanical ventilation

It is fundamental to optimize and retain health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in the long term in patients with home mechanical ventilation (HMV). Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the evolution of the...

Carla Ribeiro, Cristina Jácome, Luísa Castro, Sara Conde… in BMC Pulmonary Medicine (2022)

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Complete countrywide mortality in COVID patients receiving ECMO in Germany throughout the first three waves of the pandemic

Christian Karagiannidis, Arthur S. Slutsky, Thomas Bein, Wolfram Windisch… in Critical Care (2021)

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Living conditions and autonomy levels in COPD patients receiving non-invasive ventilation: impact on health related quality of life

Research on health-related quality of life (HRQL) has become increasingly important in recent decades. However, the impact of both living conditions and the level of autonomy impairments on HRQL in COPD patien...

Sarah Bettina Schwarz, Tim Mathes, Daniel Sebastian Majorski… in BMC Pulmonary Medicine (2021)

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Portable NIV for patients with moderate to severe COPD: two randomized crossover trials

Long-term non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is as an established treatment option for chronic hypercapnic COPD patients. Beneficial effects have also been shown during exercise, but this is restricted to rehabili...

Daniel Sebastian Majorski, Friederike Sophie Magnet… in Respiratory Research (2021)

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Validation of the Hungarian version of the SRI Questionnaire

Home mechanical ventilation is a reliable treatment for patients suffering from chronic respiratory failure, improving survival and quality of life. Prevalence has been increasing worldwide as a result of evol...

Luca Valko, Szabolcs Baglyas, Laszlo Kunos, Attila Terray-Horvath… in BMC Pulmonary Medicine (2020)

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Low-flow assessment of current ECMO/ECCO₂R rotary blood pumps and the potential effect on hemocompatibility

Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO₂R) uses an extracorporeal circuit to directly remove carbon dioxide from the blood either in lieu of mechanical ventilation or in combination with it. While the potenti...

Sascha Gross-Hardt, Felix Hesselmann, Jutta Arens, Ulrich Steinseifer… in Critical Care (2019)

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Respiratory acidosis during bronchoscopy-guided percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy: impact of ventilator settings and endotracheal tube size

The current study investigates the effect of bronchoscopy-guided percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) on the evolution of respiratory acidosis depending on endotracheal tube (ET) sizes. In addition, th...

Christian Karagiannidis, Michaela L. Merten, Leo Heunks… in BMC Anesthesiology (2019)

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Control of respiratory drive by extracorporeal CO₂ removal in acute exacerbation of COPD breathing on non-invasive NAVA

Veno-venous extracorporeal CO₂ removal (vv-ECCO₂R) and non-invasive neurally adjusted ventilator assist (NIV-NAVA) are two promising techniques which may prevent complications related to prolonged invasive mechan...

Christian Karagiannidis, Stephan Strassmann, Sarah Schwarz… in Critical Care (2019)