Chronic respiratory failure in severe asthma – Questions answered after biological therapy, a clinical case

Hair restoration: answered questions.

Dr. Dzubow's comments in "Hair Restoration: Turbo Transplants and Fractured Follicles" (Dermatol Surg 1995;21:283), regarding Dr. William Rassman's recent article "Micrografting in Extensive Quantities" (Dermatol Surg 1995;21:306-11), state that "questions remain unanswered." I have been working closely with Dr. Rassman for some time and perform extensive micrografting myself. In addition, I ha...

Clinical intervention in chronic respiratory failure.

D espite the obvious partnership of the lungs and the respiratory muscles in ventilation and gas exchange, only within the past 10 years has the possible contribution ofthe respiratory muscles to chronic respiratory failure been investigated in any detail. The opinion has been challenged that the respiratory muscles, albeit a vital pump, are not immune to fatigue.' Increase in the elastic and r...

Severe Chronic Asthma: Chiropractic Care in a Pediatric Case

Acute respiratory failure in asthma

A b st ra ct Although asthma is a condition that is managed in the outpatient setting in most patients, the poorly control­ led and severe cases pose a major challenge to the health-care team. Recognition of the more common insidious and the less common rapid onset “acute asphyxic” asthma are important. The intensivist needs to be familiar with the factors that denote severity of the exacerbati...

Asthma: Achievements and Questions in Front

       Asthma, which is mainly distinguished by airway inflammation and bronchial hyper responsiveness, is known as one of the most common chronic diseases worldwide. It also is the most frequent chronic respiratory disorder amongst all age groups. On one side of the asthma story, there are massive investment of time, effort and money, a large number of pharmaceutical and academic research stud...