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Filter by:Retrospective analysis of clinical data from 50 hospital-admitted patients with suspected pulmonary infection (as judged by clinical manifestations and imaging findings) was performed on study participants who had collected two different samples of alveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and sputum and underwent metagenomic next generation sequencing (mNGS) and routine pathogen detection, respectively. The positive rate of pathogen detection and the consistency of pathogen detection results of the two detection methods were compared to evaluate the clinical manifestation and role of mNGS in pathogen diagnosis.
Acute severe ischemic stroke is a life-threatening subtype of stroke. Due to stress ulcer and gastric reflux in acute stage, patients with severe ischemic stroke are always complicated with stomach bleeding and pulmonary infections, resulting in poor prognosis and even death. Reducing stomach acidity and avoiding gastric reflux play a pivotal role on controlling serious complications after austere ischemic attack. Gastrointestinal decompression is an cheap, safe, effective and acknowledgemented strategy for treating stomach bleeding and preventing gastric reflux in clinical settings. Early gastrointestinal decompression seems to be an available method to reduce stomach acidity and avoid gastric reflux after severe ischemic stroke. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of early gastrointestinal decompression in patients with acute severe ischemic stroke.
One lung ventilation (OLV) is essential during thoracic surgery. During OLV, intrapulmonary shunt can be increased resulting hypoxemia. Although OLV technique had been advanced so far, hypoxemia during OLV reaches about 10% in spite of inspired oxygen fraction 100%. Iloprost is a prostaglandin analogue used for pulmonary hypertension, which can decrease pulmonary artery resistance by selectively dilating pulmonary artery. In this prospective, randomized, double blind study, the investigator is planning to investigate the effects of iloprost on respiratory physiology (intrapulmonary shunt, deadspace, oxygenation, etc) in obese patients.
The incidence and prevalence of pulmonary disease due to Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is increasing worldwide, and this trend has been confirmed in Korea. Treatment of NTM pulmonary disease is difficult and usually requires more than two years of long-term treatment, and the antibiotic regimens used in treatment vary. Therefore, it is difficult to track the natural history of patients with NTM pulmonary disease, to evaluate the treatment outcome, and to understand the effect of specific medicines on the outcome. Establishing a prospective registry of patients with NTM pulmonary disease is expected to accurately evaluate the progress, treatment modality, and treatment outcome of NTM pulmonary disease.