Venoarteriovenous ECMO in Concomitant Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Cardiomyopathy Associated with COVID-19 Infection by Zachary R. Bergman, Saranya Prathibha, Brent D. Bauman, Demetris Yannopoulos, Melissa E. Brunsvold

“…There are growing reports of the use of venovenous (VV) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in these cases. A subset of critically ill COVID-19 patients develops cardiomyopathy as well, manifested by cardiogenic shock with reduced ejection fraction, dysrhythmias, and subsequent increase in mortality. …”
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Exogenous Surfactant Therapy for Pediatric Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome by James F Lewis, Jasvinder S Dhillon, Ram N Singh, Craig C Johnson, Timothy C Frewen

“…Surfactant was administered to 13 patients with severe lung dysfunction, and eight of these patients experienced a significant improvement in oxygenation after the first dose of surfactant. In these patients the exogenous surfactant was administered within 48 h of the diagnosis of ARDS, whereas in the five patients who did not respond, surfactant was administered several days after the onset of ARDS. …”
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BOLD Noise Assumptions in fMRI by Alle Meije Wink, Jos B. T. M. Roerdink

“…This paper discusses the assumption of Gaussian noise in the blood-oxygenation-dependent (BOLD) contrast for functional MRI (fMRI). …”
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A Case of Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic Syndrome Causing Mitral Valve Papillary Muscle Rupture by Tiffany Tamse, Avind Rampersad, Alejandro Jordan-Villegas, Jill Ireland

“…She went into cardiogenic shock due to papillary rupture of her mitral valve requiring extreme life support measures including intubation and extracorporal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as well as mitral valve replacement. …”
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Yarrowia lipolytica and Its Multiple Applications in the Biotechnological Industry by F. A. G. Gonçalves, G. Colen, J. A. Takahashi

“…The choice of carbon and nitrogen sources to be used, as well as their concentrations in the growth medium, and the careful determination of fermentation parameters, pH, temperature, and agitation (oxygenation), are essential for efficient metabolites production. …”
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Checklist of freshwater red algae (Rhodophyta) in Bosnia and Herzegovina by Šovran Sanja, Knežević Ana, Mašić Ermin

“…All taxa were found in clear, cold, well-oxygenated water. Bosnia and Herzegovina is very rich in different types of aquatic habitats. …”
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A Rare Complication of Tracheal Intubation: Tongue Perforation by Loreto Lollo, Tanya K. Meyer, Andreas Grabinsky

“…Direct perforation of the tongue with an ETT and ability to ventilate and oxygenate subsequently is a rare injury.…”
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Early systemic insults following severe sepsis-associated encephalopathy of critically ill patients: association with mortality and awakening—an analysis of the OUTCOMEREA database... by Michael Thy, Romain Sonneville, Stéphane Ruckly, Bruno Mourvillier, Carole Schwebel, Yves Cohen, Maité Garrouste-Orgeas, Shidasp Siami, Cédric Bruel, Jean Reignier, Elie Azoulay, Laurent Argaud, Dany Goldgran-Toledano, Virginie Laurent, Claire Dupuis, Julien Poujade, Lila Bouadma, Etienne de Montmollin, Jean-François Timsit, on the behalf of the OUTCOME R. E. A. network

“…The absence of correction of the following systemic insults at day 3 was independently associated with mortality: blood pressure (adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) = 1.77, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.34–2.34), oxygenation (aHR = 1.78, 95% CI 1.20–2.63), temperature (aHR = 1.46, 95% CI 1.12–1.91) and glycemia (aHR = 1.41, 95% CI 1.10–1.80). …”
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Positive Fluid Balance Is Associated with Higher Mortality and Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation in Pediatric Patients with Acute Lung Injury by Heidi R. Flori, Gwynne Church, Kathleen D. Liu, Ginny Gildengorin, Michael A. Matthay

“…Positive fluid balance (in increments of 10 mL/kg/24 h) was associated with a significant increase in both mortality and prolonged duration of mechanical ventilation, independent of the presence of multiple organ system failure and the extent of oxygenation defect. These relationships remained unchanged when the subgroup of patients with septic shock (n=39) were excluded. …”
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Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis with Disseminated Infection in Immunocompetent Patient by Gabriel Moreno-González, Antoni Ricart de Mesones, Rachid Tazi-Mezalek, Maria Teresa Marron-Moya, Antoni Rosell, Rafael Mañez

“…A severe obstructive pattern with impossibility of ventilation because of bilateral atelectasis was observed, requiring emergent venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenator device insertion. Bronchoscopy revealed occlusion of main bronchi, demonstrating by biopsy an invasive infection by Aspergillus fumigatus and A. flavus. …”
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Propofol Infusion Syndrome in Adults: A Clinical Update by Aibek E. Mirrakhimov, Prakruthi Voore, Oleksandr Halytskyy, Maliha Khan, Alaa M. Ali

“…Management of overt propofol infusion syndrome requires immediate discontinuation of propofol infusion and supportive management, including hemodialysis, hemodynamic support, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in refractory cases. However, we must emphasize that given the high mortality of propofol infusion syndrome, the best management is prevention. …”
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Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Management of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in a Patient with Fulminant Myocarditis by Alexander J. Meyer, Michael A. Biersmith, Ernest L. Mazzaferri, Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas

“…Due to refractory ventricular fibrillation, he was placed on venoarterial extracorporeal membranous oxygenation (VA-ECMO). Coronary angiography at that time showed nonobstructive coronary artery disease. …”
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Acute Myocardial Infarction of the Left Main Coronary Artery Presenting with Cardiogenic Shock and Pulmonary Edema during Noncardiac Surgery by Sakae Takenaka, Takao Konishi, Tomoya Sato, Atsushi Tada, Takuya Koizumi, Yoshifumi Mizuguchi, Takahide Kadosaka, Ko Motoi, Yuta Kobayashi, Hirokazu Komoriyama, Yoshiya Kato, Miwa Sarashina, Kazunori Omote, Shingo Tsujinaga, Takuma Sato, Rui Kamada, Kiwamu Kamiya, Hiroyuki Iwano, Toshiyuki Nagai, Tatsuya Orimo, Hirofumi Kamachi, Akinobu Taketomi, Toshihisa Anzai

“…The patient underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) under the support of intra-aortic balloon pump, followed by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. The chest roentgenogram showed pulmonary edema. …”
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Maternal and Fetal Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients Infected with COVID‐19: A Case Series by Zenab Yusuf Tambawala, Fatima Cherifi, Wafa Mohsen, Tazeen Makhdoom, Lama Khaled Hamza

“…Results: Despite trying all available known therapies for COVID-19 at the time they presented, such as remdesivir, favipravir, steroid, hydroxychloroquine, pegylated interferon, N-acetyl cysteine, anticoagulants, prone positioning, mechanical ventilation, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and early delivery by cesarean, these young women in the reproductive age group could not be saved. …”
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Cardiopulmonary bypass associated acute kidney injury: better understanding and better prevention by Xutao Yang, Li Zhu, Hong Pan, Yi Yang

“…Based on recent research, we discuss the potential pathogenesis of AKI that may result from CPB, including compromised perfusion and oxygenation, inflammatory activation, oxidative stress, coagulopathy, hemolysis, and endothelial damage. …”
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Reporting the Presence of an Incision Similar to a Cardiac Notch in the Right Lung: A Case Report by Mehran Kamani, Ali Razavinasab, Seyed Hassan Eftekhar Vaghefi, Abbas Mohammadi, Reza Sadeghi

“…The lungs, through oxygenation, convert venous blood into arterial blood. …”
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Feira livre e reprodução camponesa no município de Irará/BA by Andréia Silva de Alcântara, Noeli Pertile

“…The free fair is an oxygenator of the peasant economy. It is where the peasant carries on the exchange of commodities produced by him (of what he exceeds in his establishment) for money and other commodities essential for his subsistence. …”
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VV-ECMO adjuvant therapy for Leptospira complicated with H1N1 infection: a case report by YuChou Zhang, MingJing Yin, HanChun Wen

“…After 5 days of treatment with venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO), Penicillium, and Oseltamivir, the condition improved.ConclusionLeptospirosis improves with VV-ECMO support and anti-infective treatment with penicillin and oseltamivir. …”
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The use of inhaled nitric oxide in newborns with persistent pulmonary hypertension by Cynthia Reyes Flores

“…The use of inhaled nitric oxide in neonates with persistent pulmonary hypertension has been investigated and questioned, however, it has been shown to be an effective treatment to improve oxygenation and reduce pulmonary arterial pressure in newborns with persistent pulmonary hypertension. …”
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Identification of RAGE and OSM as New Prognosis Biomarkers of Severe Pneumonia by Jing Lei, Li Wang, Qian Li, Lin Gao, Jing Zhang, Yan Tan

“…Compared with nonsurvival group, significant increase was noticed in PH, lymphocyte, albumin and platelet level in survival group, while significant decline was noticed in neutrophils, RBC, hemoglobin, hematocrit, creatinine, total bilirubin, CRP, PCT, OSM, RAGE and neutrophils/lymphocyte level. Oxygenation index level was related to APACHE II, LIS, SOFA, NUTRIC score, WBC, neutrophils, lymphocyte, RAGE, and albumin level (p<0.05). …”
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