Publications by authors named "A Lovis"
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- The Avalanche Victim Resuscitation Checklist (AVRC) was created to enhance the management of avalanche victims experiencing cardiac arrest, as prior compliance with international guidelines was poor.
- A study over ten years examined the effectiveness of the AVRC, revealing significant improvements in guideline compliance (from 59% to 95%) and complete documentation after its implementation.
- The findings suggest that while the AVRC enhances patient management for critically buried victims, further quality improvements are needed for those buried for extended periods.
Central sleep apneas (CSA) can occur de novo at high-altitude in individuals without sleep-disordered breathing at low altitude. These apneas are usually brief, lasting only 5-15 s. This report presents the first documented case of a man experiencing extreme altitude-induced CSA lasting more than 100 s in the absence of any sleep breathing disorder in normoxia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: A BCG booster vaccination administered via the respiratory mucosa may establish protective immune responses at the primary site of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. The primary objective of this trial was to compare the safety and immunogenicity of inhaled versus intramuscular administered ChAdOx1-85A.
Methods: We conducted a single-centre, randomised, double-blind, controlled phase 1 study (Swiss National Clinical Trials Portal number SNCTP000002920).
Lung cancer is responsible for one in five cancer-related deaths. Screening for lung cancer using low-dose chest CT (LDCT) is supported by several international studies targeting the at-risk population as part of an organised programme. Given the organisational challenges for the healthcare systems of the countries concerned, this involves setting up pilot screening projects.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To evaluate the effect of lung stabilization using high-frequency non-invasive ventilation (HF-NIV) and breath-hold (BH) techniques on lung nodule detection and texture assessment in PET/CT compared to a free-breathing (FB) standard lung CT acquisition in PET/CT.
Materials And Methods: Six patients aged 65 ± 7 years, addressed for initial assessment of at least one suspicious lung nodule with F-FDG PET/CT, underwent three consecutive lung PET/CT acquisitions with FB, HF-NIV and BH. Lung nodules were assessed on all three CT acquisitions of the PET/CT and characterized for any size, volume and solid/sub-solid nature.