The hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterized by defects in oxygenation due to pulmonary
abnormalities associated with chronic liver disease. Dyspnea and hypoxemia can be …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a global health problem, and since 2001,
the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) has published its strategy …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains a major public health problem. It is
the fourth leading cause of chronic morbidity and mortality in the United States, and is …

One hundred and twenty consecutive episodes of nosocomial pneumonia (NP) in 118
nonneutropenic adults admitted to a 1,000-bed teaching hospital were studied in order to …

Background The BODE index (including body-mass index, airflow obstruction, dyspnoea, and
exercise capacity) was an important contribution to the prognostic assessment of patients …

Hospital admissions due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations
have a major impact on the disease evolution and costs. The current authors postulated that a …

This Executive Summary of the Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention
of COPD, Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) 2017 report …

▪ Objective: To determine if the semirecumbent position (45-degree angle) decreases
aspiration of gastric contents to the airways in intubated and mechanically ventilated patients. ▪ …

Seventy-eight (24%) episodes of nosocomial pneumonia (NP) were detected in 322 consecutive
mechanically ventilated patients admitted to a 1,000-bed teaching hospital from April …

… Hervé and R. Rodríguez-Roisin, personal communications) 31. The behaviour of P a,O 2
in advanced cirrhotic patients without HPS remains unknown 32, as does the outcome of HPS …