The Effect of Nintedanib in Post-COVID-19 Lung Fibrosis: An Observational Study by Narongkorn Saiphoklang, Pimchanok Patanayindee, Pitchayapa Ruchiwit

“…Lung fibrosis is a sequela of COVID-19 among patients with severe pneumonia. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and lung fibrosis due to COVID-19 may share many similar features. …”
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Dementia and patient outcomes after hip surgery in older patients: A retrospective observational study using nationwide administrative data in Japan. by Noriko Morioka, Mutsuko Moriwaki, Jun Tomio, Kiyohide Fushimi, Yasuko Ogata

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Outcomes included in-hospital death, in-hospital pneumonia, in-hospital fracture, and longer hospital stay. …”
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Ischemic Strokes: Observations from a Hospital Based Stroke Registry in Bangladesh by Nirmalendu Bikash Bhowmik, Aamir Abbas, Mohammad Saifuddin, Md. Rashedul Islam, Rumana Habib, Aminur Rahman, Md. Amirul Haque, Zahid Hassan, Mohammad Wasay

“…Age greater than 70 years was associated with poor outcome on discharge [OR 1.79 (95% CI: 1.05 to 3.06)] adjusting for gender, duration of hospital stay, HDL, and pneumonia. Age, mRS, systolic blood pressure, urinary tract infection, pneumonia, and stroke severity explained the Barthel score. …”
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Stroke Outcome and Determinants among Patients with and without Diabetes in a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana by Josephine Akpalu, Alfred E. Yawson, Foster Osei-Poku, Yacoba Atiase, Ernest Yorke, Patrick Adjei, Kodwo Nkromah, Albert Akpalu

“…Older age, female gender, pneumonia, elevated temperature, and fasting plasma glucose were determinants of adverse outcome in stroke patients with diabetes.…”
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Current Antibiotic Treatment and Outcome for Lower Respiratory Tract Infections by Alasdair P MacGowan, Tracey Halladay, Andrew M Lovering

“…Clinical outcomes are best studied for both pneumonia and exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. …”
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Increased Mortality from Extrapancreatic Infections in Hospitalized Patients with Acute Pancreatitis by Guido Grajales-Figueroa, Héctor Adrián Díaz Hernández, Martín Alejandro Chacón Portillo, Luis F. Uscanga, Mario Peláez-Luna, Jorge Hernández Calleros

“…From the different extrapancreatic infections, only bacteremia (p=0.001) and pneumonia (p=0.011) were associated with higher mortality. …”
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IL-17A and Th17 Cells in Lung Inflammation: An Update on the Role of Th17 Cell Differentiation and IL-17R Signaling in Host Defense against Infection by Hsing-Chuan Tsai, Sharlene Velichko, Li-Yin Hung, Reen Wu

“…Cytokines such as IL-23, which are involved in Th17 differentiation, play a critical role in controlling Klebsiella pneumonia (K. pneumonia) infection. IL-17A acts on nonimmune cells in infected tissues to strengthen innate immunity by inducing the expression of antimicrobial proteins, cytokines, and chemokines. …”
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Pneumocystis carinii: A Review of an Important Opportunistic Pathogen in AIDS by M John Gill, Ron Read

“…Since the first report of human infection with Pneumocystis carinii in 1942, cases of pneumonia due to this opportunistic pathogen have become increasingly common. …”
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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Caused by Influenza B Virus Infection in a Patient with Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma by Silvio A. Ñamendys-Silva, María O. González-Herrera, Julia Texcocano-Becerra, Angel Herrera-Gómez

“…Critically ill patients with pneumonia caused by influenza virus may develop acute respiratory distress syndrome. …”
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Automated mechanical ventilator design and analysis using neural network by S. Hariharan, Hemalatha Karnan, D. Uma Maheswari

“…In this work, a computer-aided simulation of ventilator design is performed for clinical complications like pneumonia and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and is validated against normal ventilatory parameters. …”
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Legionnaires' Disease with Facial Nerve Palsy by Shailesh R. Basani, Salwa Mohamed Ahmed, Eyassu Habte-Gabr

“…Legionnaires' disease should be considered in patients with any neurological symptoms in the setting of pneumonia. Failure to recognize and treat the infection may lead to poor outcomes.…”
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Connatal Urinary Ascites in a Female Preterm by Barbara Brunner, Elisabeth Ralser, Elisabeth D’Costa, Kathrin Maurer, Ursula Kiechl-Kohlendorfer, Elke Griesmaier

“…The mother suffered from viral pneumonia requiring intensive care in the third trimester of pregnancy. …”
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COVID-19 or systemic lupus erythematosus: Attention to similarity by Erden Abdulsamet, Karakaş Özlem, Ulusoy Bahar Özdemir, Gemcioğlu Emin, İzdeş Seval, Güner Rahmet, Yarkan Handan, Erden Fatma, Omma Ahmet, Küçükşahin Orhan

“…We present six patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and/ or antiphospholipid syndrome mimicking COVID-19 pneumonia.…”
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Pulmonary Onset of Adult Onset Still’s Disease Complicated with Kikuchi Lymphadenitis by G. D. E. Kodithuwakku, C. L. Fonseka, S. Nanayakkara, H. M. M. Herath

“…We present a 40-year-old male, presenting with fever and bilateral alveolar shadows with pleural effusions mimicking community-acquired severe pneumonia. He was initially treated as severe pneumonia with poor response to broad spectrum antibiotics. …”
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Corticosteroids and Azathioprine Do Not Prevent Radiation-Induced Lung Injury by Eva Kwok, Charles K Chan

“…However, the airspace opacities extended beyond the radiation field into the periphery of the lungs together with mild airway dilation on the left side compatible with bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) or cryptogenic organizing pneumonia. …”
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Atrial Arrhythmias in Patients with Severe COVID-19 by Kai-Yue Han, Qi Qiao, Ye-Qian Zhu, Xin-Guang Chen, Xing-Xing Kang, Gao-Feng Zhang, Xun-Chao Cai, Yong Du, Jing Jin, Ruo-Min Di, Chen-Xi Yang, Feng-Xiang Zhang, Ying-Jia Xu

“…Compared with patients with bacterial pneumonia, those with COVID-19 had higher total, mean, and minimum heart rates (all P<0.01). …”
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Use of Pre- and Intensified Postprocedural Physiotherapy in Patients with Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Study (the 4P-TAVR Study) by M. Weber, U. Klein, A. Weigert, W. Schiller, V. Bayley-Ezziddin, D. C. Wirtz, A. Welz, N. Werner, E. Grube, G. Nickenig, J.-M. Sinning, A. Ghanem

“…Physiotherapy prior to open-heart surgery lowers the rate of pneumonia and length of the hospital stay. Pneumonia is a major contributor to short-term mortality following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). …”
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Phytochemical Constituents, Antimicrobial activities and Isolation of Eupatorin from the Seed Extract of <i>L. inermis</i> LINN by R.S. Ochu, H. Ibrahim, A.O. Oyewale

“…The eupatorin was found to show significant microbial activity against P. vulgaris, S. typhi, E. coli, S. pneumonia and S. pyogenes when compared with standard antibiotics used against these microbes. …”
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COVID-19 and Pulmonary Tuberculosis Coinfection in a Moroccan Patient with Pulmonary Embolism: A Case Report and Literature Review by Imane Zouaki, Zakaria Chahbi, Mohamed Raiteb, Mohamed Zyani

“…Here, we report a rare case and, to the best of our knowledge, the first reported case in Morocco of simultaneous diagnosis of an active pulmonary TB infection and a COVID-19 pneumonia. We present a case of a sixty-seven-year-old male patient who was admitted to our COVID-19 emergency department with a diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia, confirmed by nasopharyngeal swab’s polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for detection of SARS-CoV-2. …”
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Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes or Hydrogen Peroxide Enhance Biofilm Development of Mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Qi Tan, Qing Ai, Qi Xu, Fang Li, Jialin Yu

“…Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogenic bacterium involved in many human infections, including pneumonia, diabetic foot ulcers, and ventilator-associated pneumonia. …”
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