2 Research Support Unit, Dean’s Office, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Health System, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 3 Department of Emergency ...

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1 Service de Médecine Intensive Réanimation, Hôpital Robert Debré, Université de Reims, Reims, France 2 Unité HERVI, Hémostase et Remodelage Vasculaire Post-Ischémie, Reims, France Asthma encompasses ...

1 Medical Intensive Care Unit, Ambroise Paré Hospital, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Boulogne-Billancourt, France 2 Inserm, CESP, Paris-Saclay University, Université de Versailles ...

Objective There is a lack of objective measures to assess children with acute wheezing episodes. Increased respiratory rate (RR) and pulsus paradoxus (PP) are recognised markers, but poorly recorded ...

A 31-year-old male with cystic fibrosis (CF) presented with 5 days of worsening respiratory status as well as increasing abdominal girth, bilateral lower extremity swelling, and 20-pound weight gain.

Pulsus paradoxus is an exaggerated drop in blood pressure when you breathe in. It isn’t a disease. Instead, it’s a symptom of an underlying condition. Your heart and lungs work together to take in ...

Off-label use of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in severe renal insufficiency can pose an elevated risk of pericardial bleeding. In patients at high-risk of bleeding, the available laboratory ...

Pulsus paradoxus is an exaggeration of the normal fall in stroke volume and systolic pressure that occurs during inspiration. It’s paradoxical only because it is possible to detect heart beats by ...