Neurodegenerative diseases are associated with oxidative stress, due to an imbalance in the oxidation-reduction reactions at the cellular level. Various treatments are available to treat these diseases, although they often do not cure them and have many adverse effects. Therefore, it is necessary to find complementary and/or alternative drugs that replace current treatments with fewer side effects.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To establish the epidemiological characteristics, ventilator management, and outcomes in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF), with or without acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), in the era of lung-protective mechanical ventilation (MV).
Design: A 6-month prospective, epidemiological, observational study.
Setting: A network of 22 multidisciplinary ICUs in Spain.
Background And Aims: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the sole causative agent of coronavirus infectious disease-19 (COVID-19).
Methods And Results: We performed a retrospective single-center study of consecutively admitted patients between March 1st and May 15th 2020, with a definitive diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection. The primary end-point was to evaluate the association of lipid markers with 30-days all-cause mortality in COVID-19.
Food allergy (FA) is a potentially life-threatening condition, food allergen immunotherapy, targeting the underlying mechanisms, is a potentially curative strategy in FA. A 46-year-old woman had an episode of facial angioedema and urticaria after mandarin ingestion and other episode of urticaria, abdominal pain, and facial angioedema after eating hazelnuts and almonds 4 years ago and contact urticaria (CU) with the manipulation of the peach skin. Three years ago, she suffered a facial and glottis angioedema, generalized urticaria, vomiting, and abdominal pain 10-15 minutes after eating green beans.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWhen using ventilators in the management of the coronavirus disease 2019 patient, dense and abundant mucous secretions are formed, obstructing the endotracheal tube and making its aspiration difficult. This situation is worsened if in order to minimize the risk of infection of the medical personnel, the humidifier is disconnected. This circumstance forces the tube to be removed, cleaned, or changed, increasing the workload of the intensive care unit staff.
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