Toward Improved Diagnosis of Early Asthma

Abstract

remain with patients who spontaneously generate large tidal volumes, we agree with this recommendation that ICU clinicians should rarely set or target a tidal volume much above 6 ml/kg PBW.The issue of timing of treatment is familiar to critical care physicians in sepsis, trauma, acute myocardial infarction, and acute cerebrovascular accidents. It should not be surprising that timely recognition and treatment of ARDS should also be important. With this study, Needham and colleagues have brought the issue to forefront and started the clock. n

Impact of medically recalcitrant chronic rhinosinusitis on incidence of asthma

“…14,15 In our study, patients were defined as having asthma if they had at least 1 occurrence of a primary or secondary diagnosis of asthma. Early diagnosis of asthma is a complex process 16 and is often rendered based on symptoms only, without complete diagnostic evaluations. We did not evaluate any other subjective criteria for asthma and, therefore, it is very possible that a proportion of patients in the "asthma" group only presented with asthma symptoms.…”

Efficacy and safety of B-mode ultrasound-guided percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage combined with laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis in elderly and high-risk patients

“…In patients with cardiac insufficiency [ 30 ], the heart function grade was kept under grade 2. In patients with asthma [ 31 ], chronic bronchitis [ 32 ] and other respiratory diseases, the infection status was monitored and appropriately controlled, and anti-inflammatory and phlegm elimination was employed, with maximal ventilatory volume over 60 ~ 70 %.…”