Respiratory Complications: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Chylothorax, Diaphragmatic Palsy, and Functional and Respiratory Physiotherapy

2009 ◽  
pp. 653-659
Author(s):  
Jennifer Exo ◽  
Ricardo Muñoz
Keyword(s):  
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ◽  
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ◽  
Respiratory Distress ◽  
Distress Syndrome ◽  
Respiratory Complications ◽  
Diaphragmatic Palsy ◽  
Respiratory Physiotherapy

scholarly journals First Wave of COVID-19 in French Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 3624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harriet Corvol ◽  
Sandra de Miranda ◽  
Lydie Lemonnier ◽  
Astrid Kemgang ◽  
Martine Reynaud Gaubert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cystic Fibrosis ◽  
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ◽  
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ◽  
Respiratory Distress ◽  
Lung Transplant ◽  
Distress Syndrome ◽  
Rt Pcr ◽  
Respiratory Complications ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Transplant Patients

Viral infections are known to lead to serious respiratory complications in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Hypothesizing that CF patients were a population at high risk for severe respiratory complications from SARS-CoV-2 infection, we conducted a national study to describe the clinical expression of COVID-19 in French CF patients. This prospective observational study involves all 47 French CF centers caring for approximately 7500 CF patients. Between March 1st and June 30th 2020, 31 patients were diagnosed with COVID-19: 19 had positive SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR in nasopharyngeal swabs; 1 had negative RT-PCR but typical COVID-19 signs on a CT scan; and 11 had positive SARS-CoV-2 serology. Fifteen were males, median (range) age was 31 (9–60) years, and 12 patients were living with a lung transplant. The majority of the patients had CF-related diabetes (n = 19, 61.3%), and a mild lung disease (n = 19, 65%, with percent-predicted forced expiratory volume in 1 s (ppFEV1) > 70). Three (10%) patients remained asymptomatic. For the 28 (90%) patients who displayed symptoms, most common symptoms at admission were fever (n = 22, 78.6%), fatigue (n = 14, 50%), and increased cough (n = 14, 50%). Nineteen were hospitalized (including 11 out of the 12 post-lung transplant patients), seven required oxygen therapy, and four (3 post-lung transplant patients) were admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Ten developed complications (including acute respiratory distress syndrome in two post-lung transplant patients), but all recovered and were discharged home without noticeable short-term sequelae. Overall, French CF patients were rarely diagnosed with COVID-19. Further research should establish whether they were not infected or remained asymptomatic upon infection. In diagnosed cases, the short-term evolution was favorable with rare acute respiratory distress syndrome and no death. Post-lung transplant patients had more severe outcomes and should be monitored more closely.

scholarly journals Tricyclic Antidepressant Overdose causing Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-77
Author(s):  
Tom Heaps ◽  
◽  
Sarah Hoye ◽  
Ruby Roy ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ◽  
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ◽  
Respiratory Distress ◽  
Distress Syndrome ◽  
Tricyclic Antidepressant ◽  
Previous Literature ◽  
Respiratory Complications ◽  
Antidepressant Overdose ◽  
Tricyclic Antidepressant Overdose

We report two recent cases of tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) overdose complicated by the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The previous literature documenting an association between TCAs and ARDS is reviewed. We propose that the respiratory complications of TCA overdose should be more widely publicised and included in national toxicology databases.

scholarly journals Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Caused by Methadone Syrup

2013 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 439-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbas Aghabiklooei ◽  
Shahin Shadnia ◽  
Hossein Hassanian-Moghaddam ◽  
Nasim Zamani
Keyword(s):  
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ◽  
Respiratory Distress ◽  
Pulmonary Oedema ◽  
Distress Syndrome ◽  
Close Monitoring ◽  
Respiratory Complications

Abstract Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) due to methadone (MTD) toxicity is a known but rather uncommon phenomenon. In most of the previously reported cases of MTD-related ARDS, MTD was ingested orally in the form of tablets in high or unknown amounts. Despite the findings from the available literature, this case report is aimed at demonstrating that even small amounts of MTD syrup can cause ARDS earlier than it is usually expected. We present a non-addicted MTD-overdosed patient who developed ARDS after ingesting a very small amount of MTD syrup. We suggest close monitoring of MTD-overdosed patients from at least 48 h to 72 h for possible respiratory complications such as pulmonary oedema.

COVID-19 – eine vaskuläre Systemerkrankung

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (10) ◽  
pp. 418-421
Author(s):  
Christopher Werlein ◽  
Peter Braubach ◽  
Vincent Schmidt ◽  
Nicolas J. Dickgreber ◽  
Bruno Märkl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ◽  
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ◽  
Respiratory Distress ◽  
Distress Syndrome

ZUSAMMENFASSUNGDie aktuelle COVID-19-Pandemie verzeichnet mittlerweile über 18 Millionen Erkrankte und 680 000 Todesfälle weltweit. Für die hohe Variabilität sowohl der Schweregrade des klinischen Verlaufs als auch der Organmanifestationen fanden sich zunächst keine pathophysiologisch zufriedenstellenden Erklärungen. Bei schweren Krankheitsverläufen steht in der Regel eine pulmonale Symptomatik im Vordergrund, meist unter dem Bild eines „acute respiratory distress syndrome“ (ARDS). Darüber hinaus zeigen sich jedoch in unterschiedlicher Häufigkeit Organmanifestationen in Haut, Herz, Nieren, Gehirn und anderen viszeralen Organen, die v. a. durch eine Perfusionsstörung durch direkte oder indirekte Gefäßwandschädigung zu erklären sind. Daher wird COVID-19 als vaskuläre Multisystemerkrankung aufgefasst. Vor dem Hintergrund der multiplen Organmanifestationen sind klinisch-pathologische Obduktionen eine wichtige Grundlage der Entschlüsselung der Pathomechanismen von COVID-19 und auch ein Instrument zur Generierung und Hinterfragung innovativer Therapieansätze.

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