Spontaneous pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax and subcutaneous emphysema in COVID-19 pneumonia: a rare case and literature review

TS Elhakim, HS Abdul, CP Romero… - … Case Reports CP, 2020 - casereports.bmj.com
Spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM) and pneumothorax (PNX) unrelated to positive
pressure ventilation has been recently reported as an unusual complication in cases of …

[HTML][HTML] Inhalable nanoparticulate powders for respiratory delivery

P Muralidharan, M Malapit, E Mallory… - … , Biology and Medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles are extensively studied for drug delivery and are proving to be effective in
drug delivery and the diagnostic field. Drug delivery to lungs has its advantages over other …

Nowcasting and forecasting the potential domestic and international spread of the 2019-nCoV outbreak originating in Wuhan, China: a modelling study

JT Wu, K Leung, GM Leung - The lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Since Dec 31, 2019, the Chinese city of Wuhan has reported an
outbreak of atypical pneumonia caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Cases …

Learning to diagnose with LSTM recurrent neural networks

ZC Lipton, DC Kale, C Elkan, R Wetzel - arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.03677, 2015 - arxiv.org
Clinical medical data, especially in the intensive care unit (ICU), consist of multivariate time
series of observations. For each patient visit (or episode), sensor data and lab test results …

[HTML][HTML] Facemasks simple but powerful weapons to protect against COVID-19 spread: Can they have sides effects?

E Atangana, A Atangana - Results in physics, 2020 - Elsevier
In the last few months, the spread of COVID-19 among humans has caused serious
damages around the globe letting many countries economically unstable. Results obtained …

[PDF][PDF] Global prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: systematic review and meta-analysis

M Varmaghani, M Dehghani, E Heidari, F Sharifi… - … Mediterr Health J, 2019 - apps.who.int
Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of morbidity
and mortality worldwide. Aims: To synthesize data on the worldwide prevalence and severity …

Towards an ecology of the lung: new conceptual models of pulmonary microbiology and pneumonia pathogenesis

RP Dickson, JR Erb-Downward… - The lancet Respiratory …, 2014 - thelancet.com
Pneumonia is a major cause of morbidity and mortality for which no new methods of
treatment have entered clinical practice since the discovery of antibiotics. Innovations in the …

Does this dyspneic patient in the emergency department have congestive heart failure?

CS Wang, JM FitzGerald, M Schulzer, E Mak, NT Ayas - Jama, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
ContextDyspnea is a common complaint in the emergency department where physicians
must accurately make a rapid diagnosis. ObjectiveTo assess the usefulness of history …

Stimulation of airway mucin gene expression by interleukin (IL)-17 through IL-6 paracrine/autocrine loop

Y Chen, P Thai, YH Zhao, YS Ho, MM DeSouza… - Journal of Biological …, 2003 - ASBMB
Mucus hypersecretion and persistent airway inflammation are common features of various
airway diseases, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cystic fibrosis …

The relationship between chronic hypoxemia and activation of the tumor necrosis factor-α system in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

N TAKABATAKE, H NAKAMURA, S ABE… - American journal of …, 2000 - atsjournals.org
Although circulating tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α levels have been found to be increased in
weight-losing patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the main causes …