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Original Source: Survival and quality of life after tracheostomy for acute respiratory failure in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
BACKGROUND: Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is a common event in the advanced stage of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and may be rarely a presenting symptom. Frequently, such patients require intubation and mechanical ventilation (MV) and, in a large proportion, receive tracheostomy, as a consequence of weaning failure. In our study, we investigated postdischarge survival and quality of life (QoL) after tracheostomy for ARF in patients with ALS. METHODS: Design: This study is a retrospective chart revi...
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No Downside to Postponing Tracheotomy (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Delaying a tracheotomy until at least day 10 of a ventilated patient's stay in the intensive care unit has no effect on 30-day mortality, researchers reported.
TAT-ARC fusion protein helps treat acute liver failure
Acute liver failure is a life-threatening disease, characterized by a sudden, massive death of liver cells. Unfortunately, few treatment options exist, especially for advanced-stage liver failure. As...
Liver stiffness predicts liver failure, cancer and mortality
Researchers have established that liver stiffness, measured by transient elastography (TE), is an independent predictor of liver failure, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and mortality in cirrhotic pat...
Measuring Liver Stiffness Can Predict Liver Failure, Cancer And Mortality In Cirrhotic Patients
Researchers from Spain established that liver stiffness, measured by transient elastography (TE), is an independent predictor of liver failure, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and mortality in cirrhot...
Researchers develop new approach to treat acute liver failure
Acute liver failure is a life-threatening disease, characterized by a sudden, massive death of liver cells. Unfortunately, few treatment options exist, especially for advanced-stage liver failure. As...
Scale-up of a temporary bioartificial liver support system described in BioResearch Open Access
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) Acute liver failure is usually fatal without a liver transplant, but the liver can regenerate and recover if given time to heal.
Study finds excellent outcomes for patients with acute liver failure after LDLT
Patients in Japan who underwent living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) for acute liver failure (ALF) were classified as having excellent outcomes, with ten-year survival at 73%.
New Approach For Treating Acute Liver Failure
Acute liver failure is a life-threatening disease, characterized by a sudden, massive death of liver cells. Unfortunately, few treatment options exist, especially for advanced-stage liver failure. As...
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Tracheostomy: pediatric considerations.
Pediatric patients for whom tracheotomy is a consideration have different anatomy, medical conditions, and prognoses than adults; even the tracheotomy tubes are different. Indications for pediatric tr...
Acute bleeding from the innominate artery after removal of percutaneous tracheotomy.
Percutaneous tracheotomy is a standard procedure in intensive care units. Even though complications associated with this intervention have been described, acute massive bleeding from the innominate ar...
Late haemorrhage from truncus brachiocephalicus following tracheotomy.
Haemorrhage following tracheotomy is a well-known complication. Late bleedings from the innominate artery should be considered to indicate a tracheal fistula until proven otherwise. A case with late a...
Liver transplantation is the only curative therapy for many liver diseases, mostly chronic liver diseases, occasionally also in acute or fulminant liver failure. Currently, about 100 liver transplanta...
