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Echocardiographic and lung ultrasound characteristics in ambulatory patients with dyspnea or prior heart failure.

2013

Purpose Lung ultrasound (LUS) represents a novel, noninvasive method in the assessment of extravascular lung water. We investigated the utility of LUS in ambulatory subjects with dyspnea or prior heart failure (HF). Methods We studied 81 ambulatory subjects with HF history or dyspnea who underwent transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) with LUS of 8 zones. Subjects with heart transplantation or pulmonary conditions known to interfere with LUS were excluded. A reviewer blinded to the clinical data performed echocardiographic measurements and quantified B-lines (reverberation artifacts arising from the pleural line). Results Of 81 subjects, 74 (91%) (median age 66 years, 39% men, median left ve…

Malemedicine.medical_specialtymedicine.medical_treatmentBlood PressureRisk AssessmentSensitivity and SpecificityNuclear Medicine and ImagingInternal medicinemedicine.arterymedicineAmbulatory CareHumansRadiology Nuclear Medicine and imagingSingle-Blind MethodLungDyspnea; Echocardiography; Heart failure; Lung ultrasound; Aged; Ambulatory Care; Blood Pressure; Dyspnea; Echocardiography; Extravascular Lung Water; Female; Heart Failure; Humans; Lung; Male; Middle Aged; Prognosis; Reproducibility of Results; Risk Assessment; Sensitivity and Specificity; Single-Blind Method; Stroke Volume; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Radiology Nuclear Medicine and ImagingAgedHeart transplantationHeart FailureLung ultrasoundEjection fractionbusiness.industryReproducibility of ResultsStroke VolumeStroke volumeMiddle Agedmedicine.diseasePrognosisBlood pressureDyspneaEchocardiographyHeart failureAmbulatoryPulmonary arteryExtravascular Lung WaterCardiologyVentricular pressureFemaleRadiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinebusinessEchocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.)
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Should we use gait speed in COPD, FEV 1 in frailty and dyspnoea in both?

2016

Frailty is a progressive physiological decline in multiple organ systems marked by loss of function, loss of physiological reserve and increased vulnerability to disease [1]. Biological (inflammation and loss of hormones), clinical ( e.g. sarcopenia and osteoporosis) and social factors are involved in frailty onset, evolution and prognosis [2, 3]. Links between frailty, dyspnoea and chronic respiratory diseases represent a novel and practical approach

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Patient-Ventilator Asynchronies: Clinical Implications and Practical Solutions

2020

Mechanical ventilation is a supportive treatment commonly applied in critically ill patients. Whenever the patient is spontaneously breathing, the pressure applied to the respiratory system depends on the sum of the pressure generated by the respiratory muscles and the pressure generated by the ventilator. Patient-ventilator interaction is of utmost importance in spontaneously breathing patients, and thus the ventilator should be able to adapt to patient's changes in ventilatory demand and respiratory mechanics. Nevertheless, a lack of coordination between patient and ventilator due to a mismatch between neural and ventilator timing throughout the respiratory cycle may make weaning difficul…

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Palliative sedation in patients with advanced cancer followed at home: A systematic review

2011

Abstract Context Patients with advanced cancer who are near the end of life may experience intolerable suffering refractory to targeted palliative therapies. Palliative sedation (PS) is considered to be an effective treatment modality for these refractory symptoms when aggressive efforts fail to provide relief. Objectives The aim of this study was to systematically review articles regarding PS performed at home in patients with intractable symptoms. Methods Literature databases searched included MedLine, PubMed, and EMBASE. The text words and MeSH/EMTREE terms "home care" and "sedation" were used for electronic database searches. Results Six articles met the inclusion criteria for research …

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Effect of high-flow nasal therapy on dyspnea, comfort, and respiratory rate

2019

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Day and Night Control of COPD and Role of Pharmacotherapy: A Review

2020

Abstract The topic of 24-hour management of COPD is related to day-to-night symptoms management, specific follow-up and patients’ adherence to therapy. COPD symptoms strongly vary during day and night, being worse in the night and early morning. This variability is not always adequately considered in the trials. Night-time symptoms are predictive of higher mortality and more frequent exacerbations; therefore, they should be a target of therapy. During night-time, in COPD patients the supine position is responsible for a different thoracic physiology; moreover, during some sleep phases the vagal stimulation determines increased bronchial secretions, increased blood flow in the bronchial circ…

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Relationship between Multimorbidity and Quality of Life in a Primary Care Setting: The Mediating Role of Dyspnea

2022

Multimorbidity is known to impair Quality of Life (QoL) in patients in a primary setting. Poor QoL is associated with higher dyspnea perception. How multimorbidity and dyspnea perception are related to QoL needs clarification. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the mediating role of dyspnea perception in the relationship between multimorbidity and QoL in adults with and without airflow obstruction in a primary care setting. Seventeen general practitioners participated in the study: a total of 912 adult patients attending the practitioner’s surgery for a generic consultation completed a preliminary respiratory screening; 566 of them answered a respiratory questionnaire between…

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