Fibrinous pericarditis was present, with a definite membrane of fibrin present over most of the heart. When peeled away this left slightly congested surfaces. The heart weighed 400 gm. [dokumen.tips]

This patient had no access to formal healthcare and presented with a now rare and “forgotten” clinical entity. [shmabstracts.com]

The pneumococcal organism produces a neuramidase enzyme, which can expose an antigen (T-antigen) present on erythrocytes, platelets, and glomeruli. [latunisiemedicale.com]

This is a case presentation of 27 year male with past medical history of unspecified congenital heart disease, presented with worsening shortness of breath, pleuritic chest pain, cough and hemoptysis for five days duration. [imedpub.com]

• Coarse Rales

  He had marked pallor, with a hyperdynamic precordium and coarse rales bilaterally. There was no jugular venous distension, pericardial friction rub, stupor, asterixis or peripheral edema. [shmabstracts.com]

Workup to identify the predisposing factor including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), parvovirus (B19), cytomegalovirus (CMV), quantiferon tuberculosis testing were all negative. Genetic testing was deferred to the outpatient setting. [imedpub.com]

“Every adult is entitled to one episode of uveitis before you do a workup,” he adds. [creakyjoints.org]

Now, although empiric antibiotic coverage is mainly based on the treatment setting, the diagnostic workup and empiric antibiotics can differ a bit based on the organisms that are suspected based on the appearance of the chest x-ray. [osmosis.org]

The workup to define antibiotic failure includes a tube dilution MIC/MBC ratio; the higher the ratio, the greater limitation of antibiotics. A serum bacteriocidal level (Schlicter test) is also useful. [antimicrobe.org]

• Pulmonary Infiltrate

  On day 6, an AP chest radiograph displayed increased pulmonary vasculature accompanied by bilateral patchy amorphous dense areas. Pulmonary infiltrates partially obscured the margins of the heart, enhancing bilateral air bronchograms (Figure 3). [mdmag.com]

  Focal pulmonary crackles 5. Leukocytosis 6. New or progressive pulmonary infiltration B. [cancertherapyadvisor.com]

  A patient was considered to have CAP if, at the time of hospital admission, he/she presented with respiratory symptoms and sputum, and exhibited pulmonary infiltrates on chest radiographs. [birpublications.org]

  There are episodes compatible with lung infection and isolation of microorganisms in significant concentrations in ventilated patients that do not present visible pulmonary infiltrate, known as respirator-associated tracheobronchitis. [archbronconeumol.org]

• Pleural Adhesions

  adhesions, Ieft. third postoperative day. [dokumen.tips]

Lists the latest drugs used for the treatment of cardiopulmonary disorders. Includes information on laboratory medicine and pediatrics to help you apply cardiopulmonary principles to practice. [books.google.com]

Randomized controlled trial of pulse methyl prednisolone × placebo in treatment of pulmonary involvement associated with severe leptospirosis. [ISRCTN74625030]. Azevedo AF, Miranda-Filho Dde B, Henriques-Filho GT, Leite A, Ximenes RA. [pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Do not delay the start of treatment while waiting for the culture results (A-1). Treatment: 1. Obtain samples for culture before initiating the empirical treatment, if possible (A-3). 2. Initiate empirical treatment as soon as possible (A-3). 3. [archbronconeumol.org]

The goal of treatment is to reduce inflammation in the eye. [healthline.com]

What's the treatment for uveitis? Uveitis treatments primarily try to eliminate inflammation, alleviate pain, prevent further tissue damage, and restore any loss of vision. Treatments depend on the type of uveitis a patient displays. [nei.nih.gov]

However, when smokers do develop hypersensitivity pneumonitis, it is more commonly fibrosing disease with a worse prognosis 10. [radiopaedia.org]

Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease* / diagnosis, epidemiology, etiology, pathology, radiography, therapy Capillary Permeability Female Humans Lung / pathology Male Middle Aged Pneumonia / complications*, pathology, physiopathology, radiography Prognosis [biomedsearch.com]

[Epidemiology, clinical aspects and prognosis of severe progressive community-acquired pneumonia]. Höltermann W, Krämer M, Geppert P, van Wickern M, Lukasewitz P. Höltermann W, et al. Pneumologie. 1998 May;52(5):263-70. Pneumologie. 1998. [pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A subgroup of (young) patients presenting with a mild nephropathy and not requiring dialysis has a good prognosis, however. [adc.bmj.com]

This case highlights two important facts: the possibility of occurrence of pHUS in young infants on one hand and the fact that the histological study is a valuable pointer of prognosis on the other. 1. Kaplan BS, Cleary TG, Obrig TG. [sjkdt.org]

pathology, radiography, therapy Capillary Permeability Female Humans Lung / pathology Male Middle Aged Pneumonia / complications*, pathology, physiopathology, radiography Prognosis Pulmonary Edema / physiopathology Uremia / etiology* From MEDLINE®/PubMed [biomedsearch.com]

High affinity to the respiratory epithelium makes Chlamydophila pneumoniae a common etiological agent. Constitutional symptoms (malaise, lethargy etc.) [medicaljoyworks.com]

Incidence of specific etiology and role of methods for specific etiologic diagnosis of primary acute pericarditis. Am J Cardiol. 1995;75(5):378–382. 13. Ginzton LE, Laks MM. [aafp.org]

The reported rates for polymicrobial etiology differ considerably between 5.7 and 38.4% [7], [8]. [ejbronchology.eg.net]

Uremic encephalopathy may occur in a patient with acute kidney injury or chronic kidney failure of any etiology. One contributing factor to uremic encephalopathy may involve imbalances of neurotransmitter amino acids within the brain. [emedicine.medscape.com]

JAPAN Other Details: Languages: jpn Pagination: 1639-48 Citation Subset: IM Export Citation: APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex MeSH Terms Descriptor/Qualifier: Adolescent Adult Aged Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease* / diagnosis, epidemiology [biomedsearch.com]

[Epidemiology, clinical aspects and prognosis of severe progressive community-acquired pneumonia]. Höltermann W, Krämer M, Geppert P, van Wickern M, Lukasewitz P. Höltermann W, et al. Pneumologie. 1998 May;52(5):263-70. Pneumologie. 1998. [pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] effects on workers of the levels of airborne Thermoactinomyces Spp. spores present in Australian raw sugar mills. 61 Dawson MW...Cox LM 8931309 1996 6 Occupational hypersensitivity pneumonitis in Japan: data on a nationwide epidemiological study. 61 [malacards.org]

The new vaccine virus was developed by the WHO Collaborating Center for the Surveillance, Epidemiology and Control of Influenza at the CDC in Atlanta. [cidrap.umn.edu]

Children Pneumonia Epidemiology © 2014 ERS [erj.ersjournals.com]

It integrates key concepts of pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic tests and laboratory information and findings with clinically important medical and surgical interventions and pharmacologic therapies — then applies the material to physical [books.google.com]

The results suggest that uremic pneumonitis does, indeed, exist as part of the pathophysiology of renal failure, and may occur without detectable evidence of cardiac decompensation. [annals.org]

Keywords Uremic pneumonitis; Pathophysiology; Pleuritic chest pain Introduction Uremic pneumonitis is a complication of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) that is rarely seen nowadays with hemodialysis (HD) becoming more accessible. [imedpub.com]

Renal Failure Prevention and Treatment in the 19808 It appears logical to juxtapose in this volume prevention-low cost and nonmorbid-with uremia therapy, which is very morbid and very high cost. [books.google.com]

Preventing the spread of E.coli To help prevent infection with STEC and the development of HUS: Ensure proper hand washing, especially after handling raw meat. [betterhealth.vic.gov.au]

In the same manner, the manipulation of the respirator tubes is also a risk for NP. 12 Preventive Measures The strategies involved in the prevention of NP can be directed towards modifiable risk factors for colonization and aspiration, 5,7,13–15 in addition [archbronconeumol.org]

The treatment of a pleural effusion usually requires that the underlying illness or disease is treated and controlled to prevent accumulation of the pleural fluid. [emedicinehealth.com]