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Noninvasive ventilation.

Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NPPV) is the delivery of mechanical-assisted breathing without placement of an artificial airway such as an endotracheal tube or tracheostomy. During the first half of 20th century, negative-pressure…

Tags: 2007, Barreiro Timothy J, Chronic Obstructive/*therapy, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure/methods, Critical care clinics, Critical Care/*methods, Department of Internal Medicine, Gemmel David J, Heart Failure/*therapy, Humans, NEOMED College of Medicine, Positive-Pressure Respiration/adverse effects/*methods/trends, Pulmonary Disease, Pulmonary Gas Exchange/physiology, Terminal Care, Ventilator Weaning/*methods

A 21-year-old woman with dyspnea and an abnormal chest radiograph.

Idiopathic pulmonary vein thrombosis?

Idiopathic pulmonary vein thrombosis (PVT) is a rare disease which is likely under-diagnosed because of nebulous presentations. Accurate diagnosis is essential to prevent complications.

Tags: *CT scan, *idiopathic, *pulmonary vein thrombus, 2018, Barreiro Timothy J, Department of Internal Medicine, Gemmel David J, Kollipara Venkateswara K, NEOMED College of Medicine, Respirology case reports

Over diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in an underserved patient population.

INTRODUCTION: While cross-national studies have documented rates of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) misdiagnosis among patients in primary care, US studies are scarce. Studies investigating diagnosis among uninsured patients are lacking.…

Tags: *Diagnostic Errors, *Medically Underserved Area, *Spirometry, *Vulnerable Populations, 2013, Administration, Adult, Awad Magdi H, Bronchodilator Agents/administration & dosage, Cholinergic Antagonists/administration & dosage, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Chronic Obstructive/*diagnosis/drug therapy/epidemiology/physiopathology, COPD, Dai Allen, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Female, Forced Expiratory Volume, Gemmel David J, Ghattas Christian, Humans, Inhalation, International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Lung/drug effects/*physiopathology, Male, Medically Uninsured, Middle Aged, misdiagnosis, NEOMED College of Pharmacy, Ohio/epidemiology, over diagnosis, Predictive Value of Tests, Prevalence, Pulmonary Disease, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Smoking/adverse effects/epidemiology, Spirometry, underserved, uninsured, Vital Capacity

Rapidly progressive dyspnea in gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) with imatinib cardiac toxicity.

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are rare and current estimates range from 4,000 to 6,000 number of GIST cases in the USA annually. Imatinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, has shown a survival benefit in GISTs, and the presence of KIT mutation…

Tags: 2018, Bhayani Shahzeem, cardiac toxicity, Department of Internal Medicine, fluid retention, Garg Sudershan K, Gastrointestinal stromal tumors, Gemmel David J, Ghias Adnan Asif Parvez, GISTs, Heart failure, imatinib, imatinib toxicity, Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives, LV dysfunction, NEOMED College of Medicine, rare

Browse Items (5 total)

Noninvasive ventilation.

A 21-year-old woman with dyspnea and an abnormal chest radiograph.

Idiopathic pulmonary vein thrombosis?

Over diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in an underserved patient population.

Rapidly progressive dyspnea in gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) with imatinib cardiac toxicity.