In severe cases, intensive medical care is necessary, with continuous monitoring of respiratory function, management of fluid and electrolyte balance, and prevention of secondary infections.
Breathlessness was not related to objective assessments of respiratory function.
Nowadays, assessment of respiratory function is among the investigations used by Spanish pediatricians.
The animals developed a capillary leak syndrome, thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, and deterioration of respiratory function.
Furthermore, dexmedetomidine has advantages over other sedating agents because of minimal suppression of respiratory function [18].
Patients felt less secure and reported less improvement of respiratory function compared to nurses and physicians ratings.
Conclusions: Reducing the volume indicators of respiratory function after extensive laparoscopic surgery is less than after similar in volume laparotomy.
However, disability in COPD patients also is related to determinants such as exercise tolerance, which cannot be predicted on the basis of respiratory function.
Traditionally these diseases are evaluated with clinical testing, such as pulmonary function tests, but such tests provide only global measures of respiratory function.
But because the injections didn't target areas higher in the spinal cord, the animals still died from loss of respiratory function.
Self-reported breathlessness, feeling secure and improvement of respiratory function was reported at the end of a SBT by 11-point Numerical Rating Scales.
