Could you please suggest an alternative to apixaban for pulmonary thromboembolism to a patient on medication with carbamazepine and phenytoin?

Have pathomorphological studies of the lungs been performed in patients with desminopathy?

It is known that patients with desminopathy often die from pneumonia. Have pathomorphological studies of the lungs been performed in patients with desminopathy?

15 June 2024 1,355 7 View

Answer the questions that follow?

Mr. Emmanuel Amoah a 55 years old man married with 4 kids with 2 living abroad. He loves with wife who works as a house manager. Mr. Amoah was a businessman but had to stop work due to difficulty...

07 June 2024 8,961 0 View

Calculate sample size in cross-sectional studies?

I want to compare the RDW index between 2 groups of patients with stable COPD and COPD in acute exacerbations, so I calculated the sample size using the formula to estimate a ratio or compare 2...

02 June 2024 2,994 1 View

Could diaphragm spasms cause obstructive sleep apnea and pulmonary hypertension?

Hypothesis: Diaphragm spasms contribute to obstructive sleep apneas and pulmonary hypertension. While in diaphragm spasm, which appears to happen most often in REM-sleep (in the form of...

30 May 2024 297 4 View

How the ventilator generates positive pressure in PSV?

I read that "PSV assists the patient's effort by delivering a positive pressure during inspiration. This reduces the work required to expand the lungs and overcome airway resistance, making...

20 April 2024 1,660 1 View

Could you advice me about rapid sample freezing with LN2, Isopentane?

Hi, I am a fresh master's student who just started to study Idiopathic Pulmonary fibrosis(IPF), and I am here to ask about how to freeze lungs with LN2 when I harvested lungs from mice because...

03 April 2024 2,213 1 View

Can you recommend me a good antibody for IL-6 Western blot or RT-PCR?

Hi, I am an MS student who is studying idiopathic Pulmonary fibrosis(IPF) My P.I asked to analyze cytokine IL-6 or TNF-a through Western blot despite Many researchers using ELISA for it because of...

26 March 2024 5,593 3 View

Is there a relationship between the width of red blood cell distribution in blood counts and the severity of COPD exacerbation?

a study on RDW and AECOPD

21 March 2024 6,348 2 View

Fluid mechanics of air embolism and blood leakage through arterial catheterization interventions?

How can I calculate the risk of air embolism or blood leakage when using a microchannel catheter (polyimide, ID ~ 0.015") in femoral arteries, considering the pressure differences and factors like...

07 March 2024 320 0 View

Renal impairment in COPD patient ???

paper

21 February 2024 4,605 2 View