ADULTStext>Pneumonia is the biggest single cause of childhood deaths under the age of five years in developing countries. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a valuable therapeutic option for patients with acute lung failure. In our study, ECMO and mechanical ventilation treatment was used ...
and do not rely on admission to ICU.44 The precise criteria for turning to induction of coma for the treatment of focal complex SE are debated45–49 because the treatment can lead to various complications, such as infections (many patients with mechanical ventilation develop pneumonia) or drug ...
C. pneumoniae is a Gram-negative bacillus and an intracellular parasite that causes respiratory infection in more than 50% of adults. The route of transmission is usually by aerosol and in most cases these infections are mild. The bacterium is, however, an important cause of pneumonia, bronchiti...
􀂃Pneumococcal (PPV; pneumonia). This disease accounts for 500,000 cases of pneumonia, 50,000 cases of bacteremia (blood infection), and claims 25,000 lives each year. Everyone 65 or older should receive this vaccine, as well as people who have had diabetes, chronic heart diseas...
AICT and the individual drugs may also be effective to other high-mortality respiratory viral infections, besides avian influenza. It might be modified and then used for other disease therapies, such as SARS, neonatal respiratory distress syndrome and organ transplantation-associated viral pneumonia. ...
” Baker, a certified medical assistant, never heard of the disease before and initially thought she had bronchitis or pneumonia. In May 2013, she was admitted to the Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, Michigan, because her body wasn’t responding to any antibiotics. After about another ...
Pneumonia (28) Tuberculosis (29) Typhoid (30) Dysentery (31) Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, or SIBO, is another possible result of PPI usage. (32) SIBO can inhibit nutrient absorption, damage the bowel lining, and cause diarrhea and other GI symptoms. One research study found that 50...
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Comparison of roxithromycin with cefixime in the treatment of adults with community-acquired pneumonia. This study compared the efficacy and tolerability of once-daily dosing with either roxithromycin or cefixime in previously healthy adult patients aged between 18 and 60 with markers of uncomplicated com...
In severe cases, the infection can cause pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome and sometimes death, especially in people with underlying health challenges like organ malfunction, hypertension, and diabetes 2, 3. The Global Coronavirus Infections sums up to 11,179,168 with 528,347 deaths ...