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A case of a 63-year-old patient with motor neurone disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) with central sleep apnoea syndrome is being reported. His sleep architecture was fragmented with a high apnea-hypopnea index of 65 per hour and maximum oxygen-desaturation of 78 percent. Total correction of sleep pattern with nasal non-invasive ventilation (BiPAP-ST) was demonstrated.
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Esclerosis Amiotrófica Lateral/complicaciones , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Polisomnografía , Respiración con Presión Positiva , Apnea Central del Sueño/etiologíaRESUMEN
A patient of dengue hemorrhagic fever who progressed into acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is reported. The patient recovered after mechanical ventilation and supportive treatment.
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Adulto , Antiinfecciosos/uso terapéutico , Dengue Grave/complicaciones , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Humanos , Pulmón/microbiología , Masculino , Respiración con Presión Positiva , Síndrome de Dificultad Respiratoria/microbiología , Pruebas de Función Respiratoria , Resultado del TratamientoRESUMEN
A patient of tuberculous pyopneumothroax with broncho-pleural fistula in whom a mature roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides migrated from the intestine to lodge itself in the pleural cavity is being reported.