local steroid injections are useful in treating painful joints and ligaments. Steroid creams are used extensively to treat eczema and other inflammatory skin conditions. Steroids make the whole immune system less active, which can be very useful in illnesses where there is an immune component - a ...
Interestingly, inborn errors of type-I IFN immunity, which accounts for life-threatening COVID-19 pneumonia was detected in at least 2.6% of women and 12.5% of men. This observation suggests that more men than women exhibit inborn errors of immunity. These findings provide an alternative ...
Pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome are life-threatening complications after pneumonectomy carrying high mortality. Because pulmonary reserve is inadequately low, an effective therapeutic strategy is needed to treat hypoxia. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is a highly effective method to ...
Background We aimed to determine the impact of tocilizumab use on severe COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 19) pneumonia mortality.Methods We performed a multicentre retrospective cohort study in 18 tertiary hospitals in Spain from March to April 2020. Consecutive patients admitted with severe COVID-19...
Chronic bronchitis is defined as an inflammatory disorder of the lower airways that causes a daily cough, for which other causes of cough (including heartworm disease, pneumonia, lungworms, and neoplasia) have been excluded. Asthma is more loosely defined as a disorder of the lower airways that...
Of these 13 patients, 11 (84.6%) achieved complete remission, one had partial remission, and one, which was ticlopidine-induced, had no response and died of a progressive disease complicated with pneumonia. Within a median follow-up period of 31 months, 4 of 11 patients who achieved complete...
Of these 13 patients, 11 (84.6%) achieved complete remission, one had partial remission, and one, which was ticlopidine-induced, had no response and died of a progressive disease complicated with pneumonia. Within a median follow-up period of 31 months, 4 of 11 patients who achieved complete...
The plant is known for its medicinal uses, and an infusion of dried chopped onion from this plant is commonly used orally to treat cough, bronchitis, pneumonia, febrile illnesses, and abscesses [162,163]. Shaanxi fir (b) is a tree that grows in Gansu, Hubei, and Sichuan. Abies ...