Effect of the modified snorkel mask as noninvasive ventilatory support in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19 by Raul Montalvo, Eyner Castro, Janet Rojas, Carlos Camargo, Carina Ninahuanca

“…ROX index < 4.8, consolidation-type tomographic pattern, and the presence of complications, such as bacterial pneumonia or thromboembolism, were independently associated with a higher risk of noninvasive ventilation failure with snorkels…”
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External Ophthalmomyiasis Caused by a Rare Infesting Larva, Sarcophaga argyrostoma by Shmuel Graffi, Avi Peretz, Amos Wilamowski, Heather Schnur, Fouad Akad, Modi Naftali

“…Here, we report the case of a patient with EO who had been hospitalized and sedated for 1 week because of unrelated pneumonia. Methods. Case report. Results. A total of 32 larvae were removed from the adnexae of both eyes. …”
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Ultrasonography of the Kidneys in Healthy and Diseased Camels (Camelus dromedarius) by Mohamed Tharwat

“…Examples of diseases evaluated by ultrasonography are paratuberculosis, trypanosomiasis, pneumonia, pleurisy, gastrointestinal neoplasms, chronic peritonitis, splenic abscessation, and hepatic disorders. …”
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Effect of Diseases on Livestock Animals in Kahungye Sub-County Kabale District. by Tibasiima, Charity

“…The findings revealed that colic (38%) and pneumonia (25%) were the most prevalent diseases among livestock, while coccidiosis (5%) was the least reported. …”
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Bilateral Chylothorax as a Unique Presentation of Pancreaticobiliary or Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer by Nooraldin Merza, John Lung, Mazin Saadaldin, Tarek Naguib

“…A week earlier, at an ED visit, he was diagnosed with pneumonia based on CT angiogram of the chest without contrast that showed bilateral pleural effusion and bilateral pulmonary infiltrates. …”
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Pediatric Heart Failure, Lagging, and Sagging of Care in Low Income Settings: A Hospital Based Review of Cases in Ethiopia by Solmon Gebremariam, Tamirat Moges

“…Rheumatic heart disease accounted for 53.7%; pneumonia, anemia, infective endocarditis, and recurrence of acute rheumatic fever were the main precipitating causes. …”
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Frequency and Intensive Care Related Risk Factors of Pneumothorax in Ventilated Neonates by Ramesh Bhat Yellanthoor, Vidya Ramdas

“…Respiratory distress syndrome, meconium aspiration syndrome, and pneumonia were the underlying lung pathology. Pneumothorax mostly (80%) occurred within 48 hours of life. …”
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Cognitive Biases in the Era of COVID-19 : A Case of Clostridium sporogenes Bacteremia in a Patient with Small Bowel Obstruction by Marc J. Vecchio, Matthew Jankowich, Hassan Qadir, Melissa Gaitanis, Anupama Menon

“…Upon review, bacteremia from Clostridium sporogenes was associated with high mortality rates and could produce similar elevations in the inflammatory markers observed in COVID-19 pneumonia. Further, we reviewed the cognitive biases encountered when monitoring these inflammatory markers during the management of our patient with Clostridium sporogenes bacteremia, who was initially thought to have COVID-19 disease. …”
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Diagnostic Agreement between Prehospital Emergency and In-Hospital Physicians by Nikolai Ramadanov, Roman Klein, Fabian Laue, Wilhelm Behringer

“…There was a low proportion of diagnostic agreement for chest wall pain (27%), pneumonia (32%), and cardiac decompensation (53%). …”
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Pulmonary Kaposi Sarcoma: An Uncommon Cause of Respiratory Failure in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy—Case Report and Review of the Literature by Stanley M. Nwabudike, Stefan Hemmings, Yonette Paul, Yordanis Habtegebriel, Octavius Polk, Alem Mehari

“…Clinical features of pulmonary KS might be difficult to distinguish from pneumonia in the immunocompromised patients and could lead to diagnostic challenges. …”
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Evaluation of Minnesota Score in the Allocation of Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation During Resource Scarcity by Jillian K. Wothe, Zachary R. Bergman, Arianna E. Lofrano, Melissa Doucette, Ramiro Saavedra-Romero, Matthew E. Prekker, Elizabeth R. Lusczek, Melissa E. Brunsvold

“…In this study, we evaluate the previously reported novel Minnesota Score for association with in-hospital mortality and allocation of venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome with or without SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia. Methods. This was a retrospective cohort study across four extracorporeal membrane oxygenation centers in Minnesota. …”
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Sinonasal Melioidosis in a Returned Traveller Presenting with Nasal Cellulitis and Sinusitis by Rebecca Sin Mei Lim, Sam Flatman, Markus C. Dahm

“…It is transmitted via cutaneous or inhaled routes, leading to pneumonia, skin or soft tissue abscesses, and genitourinary infections. …”
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PULSE OXIMETER USAGE IN PATIENT COVID-19 TREATMENT : AT A GLANCE by Amalia Ajrina

“…Pulse oximeter also helps diagnosing some severe pneumonia cases. It also can be realiable to diagnose an ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndroms) if the devices are found limited (WHO, 2020). …”
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Cardiac calcified amorphous tumor as a potential cause of cerebral infarction: A clinical case report by Hyunjin Kim, MD, Shotaro Kanao, MD, PhD, Satoshi Noma, MD, PhD, Sumika Yasumura, MD, Shinji Sumiyoshi, MD, PhD, Manabu Morishima, MD, PhD, Takeshi Kubo, MD, PhD

“…A chest computed tomography (CT), performed incidentally for pneumonia 6 months prior, revealed extensive calcifications in the mass. …”
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Hib Vaccines: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives by Adi Essam Zarei, Hussein A. Almehdar, Elrashdy M. Redwan

“…Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) causes many severe diseases, including epiglottitis, pneumonia, sepsis, and meningitis. In developed countries, the annual incidence of meningitis caused by bacteria is approximately 5–10 cases per population of 100,000. …”
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Thoracic Block Technique Associated with Positive End-Expiratory Pressure in Reversing Atelectasis by Luciana Carnevalli Pereira, Ana Paula de Souza Netto, Fernanda Cordeiro da Silva, Silvana Alves Pereira, Cristiane Aparecida Moran

“…A preschool four-year-old male patient had been admitted to the Mandaqui Hospital with a diagnosis of lobar pneumonia, pleural effusion, and right lung atelectasis. …”
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Advanced Role of Neutrophils in Common Respiratory Diseases by Jinping Liu, Zhiqiang Pang, Guoqiang Wang, Xuewa Guan, Keyong Fang, Ziyan Wang, Fang Wang

“…The traditional roles of neutrophils in severe asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), pneumonia, lung cancer, pulmonary fibrosis, bronchitis, and bronchiolitis had already been reviewed. …”
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Disseminated Histoplasmosis, Pulmonary Tuberculosis, and Cytomegalovirus Disease in a Renal Transplant Recipient after Infection with SARS-CoV-2 by Carvallo-Venegas Mauricio, Fuentes-López Elsa Angélica, Andrade-Ortega Antonio de Jesús, Torres-Baranda José Rodrigo, Carrasco-Carrizosa Aldo, Cerrillos-Gutierrez José Ignacio, Andrade-Sierra Jorge

“…Two months later, despite alterations to his immunosuppression regimen (tacrolimus (TAC) was reduced by 50%, and the mycophenolic acid (MMF) was suspended with the remission of symptoms), the patient presented with pulmonary tuberculosis, pneumonia due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonitis, and histoplasmosis (HP). …”
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Endoscopic Detection of Gastric Metastases in Skin Melanoma by M. Yu. Kabanov, K. V. Sementsov, D. B. Degterev, M. Ya. Belikova, D. K. Savchenkov, T. E. Koshelev, A. K. Stechishina

“…A 66-yo patient was hospitalised with dyspnoea, general weakness, cough and suspected community-acquired pneumonia. The patient had a complex examination, including computed tomography, which revealed a presumed malignancy of the right lung with secondary changes in the chest and abdominal organs. …”
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Successful Management of Immune Thrombocytopenia Presenting with Lethal Alveolar Hemorrhage by Keiki Nagaharu, Masahiro Masuya, Keiki Kawakami, Naoyuki Katayama

“…These patients had the following underlying pulmonary diseases: case 1, nontuberculous mycobacterial infection and sarcoidosis; case 2, cryptogenic organizing pneumonia; case 3, pulmonary emphysema. These patients recovered following treatment with romiplostim at a higher dose (10 μg/kg), in addition to conventional therapies including corticosteroids and high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin. …”
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