Ventilatory failure due to improper capnography connector

Refractory Hypothyroidism Due to Improper Storage of Levothyroxine Tablets

CONTEXT A not negligible part of hypothyroid patients on levothyroxine therapy do not normalize serum thyrotropin (TSH) concentrations. "Refractory hypothyroidism," i.e., a condition characterized by persistently abnormal serum TSH levels despite adequate titration of l-T4 substitution therapy, requires biochemical and instrumental investigation, but no definite etiology is found in up to 15% o...

Noninvasive ventilation in chronic ventilatory failure due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) has been one of the major advances in respiratory medicine in the last decade. In particular, it has found widespread application in the management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). There is a robust evidence base for its use in acute exacerbations of COPD, but the evidence that it is effective in chronic COPD is much less strong. Despi...

Fulminant hepatic failure due to metastatic choroidal melanoma

Ventilatory failure in myasthenia gravis.

This retrospective study over the decade 1969-1978 examines the precipitating factors and outcome in thirty-one patients with myasthenia gravis who developed ventilatory failure. An unusual example of chronic alveolar hypoventilation is discussed in detail. The most favourable outcome occurred in younger patients with a hyperplastic thymus, in contrast to a poorer outlook for older patients wit...

multi-organ failure due to paraquat poisoning

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