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Monaldi Arch Chest Dis
January 2025
Section of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara.
Mucus hypersecretion is a trait of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) associated with poorer outcomes. As it may be present before airway obstruction, its early treatment may have a preventive role. This narrative review of the literature presents the role of mucus dysfunction in COPD, its pathophysiology, and the rationale for the use of N-acetylcysteine (NAC).
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January 2025
Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Aim: To report on the management of a toddler who had accidental ingestion of an unknown amount of paraquat, with treatment including continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), steroids and antifibrinolytics at a tertiary-level health system.
Methods: A 16-month-old child weighing 10 kg accidentally ingested an unknown amount of Gramoxone containing paraquat. The child was transferred to a tertiary centre Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) where she was electively intubated and commenced on CRRT at 7 hours and 15 minutes post-ingestion.
Neurotherapeutics
January 2025
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address:
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a technique used to support severe cardiopulmonary failure. Its potential life-saving benefits are tempered by the significant risk for acute brain injury (ABI), from both primary pathophysiologic factors and ECMO-related complications through central nervous system cellular injury, blood-brain barrier dysfunction (BBB), systemic inflammation and neuroinflammation, and coagulopathy. Plasma biomarkers are an emerging tool used to stratify risk for and diagnose ABI, and prognosticate neurofunctional outcomes.
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January 2025
The Aurum Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa; Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland USA; Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville USA.
Background: Half the global tuberculosis health burden is due to post-tuberculosis lung disease. Host-directed therapies have been proposed to reduce this burden. N-acetylcysteine (NAC) provides the conditionally essential amino acid cysteine required for synthesis of glutathione, an antioxidant thiol.
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December 2024
Department of Intensive Care Unit, The 940 Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of Chinese PLA, Lanzhou, China.
High-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) is a life-threatening altitude sickness afflicting certain individuals after rapid ascent to high altitude above 2500 m. In the setting of HAPE, an early diagnosis is critical and currently based on clinical evaluation. The aim of this study was to utilize the metabolomics to identify the altered metabolic patterns and potential biomarkers for HAPE.
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