Background: Intrathoracic kidney (ITK) is a rare congenital disease, with only about 40 pediatric cases reported worldwide to date. ITK associated with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is even ...
However, because of the changes in venous tone, intrathoracic pressures (positive end expiratory pressure, etc.), left and right ventricular compliance and geometry that occur in critically ill ...
Ultrasound-guided FNA is the procedure of choice for sampling of thyroid nodules. [12] Nevertheless, for those lesions located below the thoracic inlet, the procedure becomes challenging and it ...
Worldwide, approximately 2 million children younger than 15 years of age are infected with multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis, with MDR tuberculosis developing in approximately ...
The report further explains that the mechanism of death was high-velocity blunt force trauma, which caused massive intrathoracic haemorrhage, leading to instant circulatory collapse and immediate ...
26 It stands to reason that the application of a non-invasive external thoraco-abdominal ventilator to enhance preload through increased negative intrathoracic pressure in the Fontan patient would be ...