Alessandro Brunelli; Michele Salati Curr Opin Pulm Med.  2008;14(4):275-281.  ©2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Posted 12/12/2008 The objective of this review is to summarize the best clinical evidence published in the last year and regarding the functional evaluation and the residual quality of life (QOL) after lung resection in patients with lung cancer. A recent [...]

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M. Bower; S. Collins; C. Cottrill; K. Cwynarski; S. Montoto; M. Nelson; N. Nwokolo; T. Powles; J. Stebbing; N. Wales; A. Webb HIV Med.  2008;9(6):336-388.  ©2008 Blackwell Publishing Posted 12/15/2008 HIV infection is associated with three AIDS-defining malignancies (Kaposi’s sarcoma, high-grade B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and invasive cervical cancer) as well as an increased risk of [...]

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Jamie B. Rosenberg, MD; Lewis A. Eisen, MD Crit Care Med. 2008;36(12):3151-3155. ©2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Posted 12/12/2008 Medical and nursing staff in the intensive care unit (ICU) concentrate the majority of their efforts on problems seen as immediately life-threatening. This may lead to lack of attention to other serious issues. Mechanically ventilated patients [...]

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Analgesics and sedatives are administered to most patients who are being mechanically ventilated in an intensive care unit (ICU), not only to combat anxiety, agitation, and pain but also to achieve optimal benefits of the ventilatory support. Historically, sedation has been administered via continuous infusion until it is determined that the patient can effectively breathe [...]

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Ventilab (03/2011): Ventilazione assistita controllata, tempo inspiratorio e rapporto inspirazione/espirazione: attenzione agli equivoci! Ventilab (02/2011): PEEP nel paziente ostruttivo. Quando? Quanto? (1a parte: pazienti ventilati in modalità controllata) Ventilab (02/2011): Svezzamento e riabilitazione Ventilab (02/2011): La ventilazione noninvasiva dopo l’estubazione: indicazioni e controindicazioni Ventilab (12/2010): La Ventilazione non-invasiva nell’insufficienza respiratoria post-esofagectomia Ventilab (12/2010): Ventilazione Meccanica [...]

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