Browsing by Subject "Respiratory failure"

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      Cancer and pregnancy: What should we know about the management with systemic treatment of pregnant women with cancer? 

      Pavlidis, Nicholas (2011)
      The incidence of cancer during pregnancy is a rare phenomenon and is estimated to occur in 1:1000 pregnancies. This co-existence is likely to rise since the delay of childbearing to the later reproductive age is nowadays ...
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      Immunomodulatory therapy for sepsis: An update 

      Christaki, Eirini; Anyfanti, Panagiota; Opal, Steven M. (2011)
      Currently the treatment mainstay of sepsis is early and appropriate antibiotic therapy, accompanied by aggressive fluid administration, the use of vasopressors when needed and the prompt initiation of measures to support ...
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      Is the mortality rate for septic shock really decreasing? 

      Christaki, Eirini; Opal, Steven M. (2008)
      Survival rates for patients in septic shock have gradually improved in critical care units worldwide over the last 25 years. Further improvement will be predicated on the discovery of new therapies to disrupt the underlying ...
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      Late toxicity in survivors from adolescent cancers 

      Pentheroudakis, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2007)
      Nowadays three quarters of adolescents with cancer are cured but half of them experience a late toxic effect of antineoplastic therapy that interferes with their physical and psychosocial health. This review recapitulates ...