Resp Care
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We report a very rare case of severe pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1, and discuss the pathology, pathogenesis, current pulmonary hypertension classification system, and outcomes of pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1.
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Editorial Comment
Noninvasive ventilation failure: the answer is blowing in the leaks.
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Editorial Comment
Prolonged mechanical ventilation: are you a lumper or a splitter?
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Case Reports
Surgical resection and liposomal amphotericin B to treat cavitary pulmonary zygomycosis in a patient with diabetes.
We describe a 24-year-old man with type 1 diabetes mellitus and a cavitary lesion in the right upper lobe, caused by a zygomycete. Surgical resection plus liposomal amphotericin B therapy was successful. We discuss predisposing condition, clinical findings, diagnosis, and treatment of pulmonary zygomycosis.