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Predictors of Ineffective Cough during a Chest Infection in Patients with Stable Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
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Rationale: In patients with neuromuscular diseases, a chest infection is associated with a reduction in respiratory muscle function that may result in decreased cough effectiveness.
Objectives: To determine if a clinical or functional parameter in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in a stable condition could predict spontaneous cough ineffectiveness during a respiratory tract infection.
Methods: Forty consecutive patients with ALS referred to our Respiratory Care...
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No antibiotics necessary for lower respiratory tract infection.(POEMs)
American Family Physician
; Clinical Question: What is the optimal management strategy for acute uncomplicated lower respiratory tract infection? Setting: Outpatient (primary care) Study Design: Randomized controlled trial (single-blinded) Allocation: Concealed Synopsis: Investigators enrolled 807 adults and children who
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Predictors of Ineffective Cough during a Chest Infection in Patients with Stable Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
; Rationale: In patients with neuromuscular diseases, a chest infection is associated with a reduction in respiratory muscle function that may result in decreased cough effectiveness. Objectives: To determine if a clinical or functional parameter in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
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Characteristics of patients with upper respiratory tract infection presenting to a walk-in clinic
Mayo Clinic Proceedings
; * Objective: To profile patients with upper respiratory tract infection (URI) presenting to a walk-in clinic, to quantify their perspectives on the need for antibiotic therapy, and to find out their predictions of future behavior for similar illnesses. * Patients and Methods: In the spring of 1998,
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Herpes Simplex Virus Lung Infection in Patients Undergoing Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
; Rationale: It is not known whether the isolation of herpes simplex virus (HSV) from lower respiratory tract samples of nonimmunocompromised ventilated patients corresponds to bronchial contamination from the mouth and/or throat, local tracheobronchial excretion of HSV, or true HSV lung involvement
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Flu vaccine found safe for patients with lupus.
Internal Medicine News
; LONDON -- Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus who don't get the influenza vaccine risk getting pneumonia or bronchitis--or making their underlying disease worse, a new study suggested. Influenza vaccination for patients with autoimmune disease has long been a subject of contention. For lupus
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RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION FOUND CIRCULATING IN STATE HOSPITAL UNIT
The Boston Globe
; State Public Health Department officials looking into reports that an illness has been circulating among patients in a unit at Metropolitan State Hospital in Waltham yesterday reported finding signs of a mild upper respiratory tract infection. Advocates and relatives of some patients became alarmed
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New virus found to infect lower respiratory tract.(Infectious Diseases)
Pediatric News
; A newly identified parvovirus appears to cause lower respiratory tract infections in children, a team of scientists in Sweden and Singapore reported. They detected the virus--provisionally named human bocavirus (HBoVthrough a rapid new system for large-scale molecular virus screening of clinical
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Assessment of patients with chronic cough / Reply
Mayo Clinic Proceedings
; Assessment of Patients With Chronic Cough To the Editor: Drs. Yu and Ryu's article on the assessment of patients with chronic cough, which was published in the October 1997 issue of the Mayo Clinic Proceedings (pages 957 to 959), presents some useful points. I agree with their comments regarding
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Ambulatory management of lower respiratory tract infections.
American Family Physician
; Bronchitis and pneumonia account for millions of office visits and antibiotic prescriptions each year. Antibiotics generally are ineffective in acute bronchitis, which is most frequently viral in origin. Since acute bronchial infection in association with chronic lung disease may be caused by
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Virus infects lower respiratory tract.(Clinical Capsules)(Brief Article)
Family Practice News
; A newly identified parvovirus appears to cause lower respiratory tract infections in children, a team of scientists in Sweden and Singapore reported. They detected the virus--provisionally named human bocavirus (HBoVthrough a rapid new system for large-scale molecular virus screening of clinical
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