Publications by authors named "Antonio Quezada"
The Region of Arica and Parinacota (Atacama Desert) offers several unexplored remote sites with unique characteristics that would allow for the formulation of new bioproducts for agriculture. Among them, Jurasi Hot Springs, Polloquere Hot Springs, and Amuyo Lagoons represent a group of open pools fed by thermal water springing from the mountains. Their microbiomes remain unspecified, providing a unique opportunity to characterize the endemic community of these sites and develop new bioproducts for sustainable agriculture.
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- Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is essential for preventing intubation in myasthenic crisis, but there is limited research on its long-term use in stable myasthenia gravis (MG) patients.
- A study analyzed 50 MG patients, finding 20% required long-term home NIV, particularly among those with more severe MG symptoms (grades IIB and IIIB).
- The research suggests that identifying MG severity can help predict which patients may need NIV, highlighting the prevalence of this intervention in stable individuals with generalized MG and bulbar or respiratory involvement.
Background: High-Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) therapy is useful treatment in patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF). The ROX index (ratio of pulse oximetry/fraction of inspired oxygen to respiratory rate) has been evaluated to predict success of HFNC in patients with pneumonia.
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine whether the ROX Index could predict HFNC therapy success in patients with ARF due to SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia.
Objectives: To identify predictors of poor prognosis in previously healthy young individuals admitted to hospital with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Methods: We studied a cohort of patients hospitalized with COVID-19. All patients without co-morbidities, without usual treatments and ≤65 years old were selected from an international registry (HOPE-COVID-19, NCT04334291).