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Research of Respiratory and Heart Diseases: Focus on Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Behavior, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2022) | Viewed by 3895

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Chief Guest Editor
Department of Internal Diseases, Medical University of Lublin, 20-081 Lublin, Poland
Interests: internal diseases; allergy; pulmonary function tests

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Guest Editor
Department of Internal Diseases, Medical University of Lublin, 20-081 Lublin, Poland
Interests: systemic hypertension; sleep apnoea; echocardiography

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Dear Colleagues,

Respiratory and circulatory system diseases are still a rising issue, especially in the ageing populations of the developed countries. The SARS-Cov-2 pandemic has shown us how our patients with respiratory and circulatory diseases are vulnerable when a new pathogenic factor arrives. Therefore, not only should we seek a way to protect the patients from the virus, but we should also do our best to gain knowledge on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of these chronic diseases.

Therefore, we would like to devote a Special Issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) to the current state of knowledge in the field of on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of respiratory and circulatory system diseases, with particular emphasis on the interaction between the cardiovascular and the respiratory system. We do not close our pages to all papers on the pathology of the cardiovascular system, although papers regarding cardiopulmonary disorders are especially welcome. We hope that this Special Issue will contribute to spreading the knowledge of these diseases, especially in times when affected patients are at extreme risk.

Prof. Dr. Jerzy Mosiewicz
Dr. Wojciech Myslinski
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Respiratory tract diseases
  • Cardiac diseases
  • Sleep apnoea
  • Pulmonary embolism
  • Echocardiography
  • Preventive care
  • Early diagnosis

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Case Report
Causes and Treatment of Hypoxia during Total Hip Arthroplasty in Elderly Patients: A Case Report
by Jae Young Ji, Jin Hun Chung, Nan Seol Kim, Yong Han Seo, Ho Soon Jung, Hea Rim Chun, Hyung Yoon Gong, Woo Jong Kim, Jae Min Ahn and Yu Jun Park
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(24), 12931; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182412931 - 8 Dec 2021
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Intraoperative hypoxia occurs in approximately 6.8% of surgeries and requires appropriate management to avoid poor outcomes, such as increased mortality or extended hospitalization. Hypoxia can be caused by a variety of factors, including laryngospasm, inhalational anesthetics, and surgery for abdominal pathology or hip [...] Read more.
Intraoperative hypoxia occurs in approximately 6.8% of surgeries and requires appropriate management to avoid poor outcomes, such as increased mortality or extended hospitalization. Hypoxia can be caused by a variety of factors, including laryngospasm, inhalational anesthetics, and surgery for abdominal pathology or hip fractures. In particular, elderly patients are more vulnerable to hypoxia due to their existing lung diseases or respiratory muscle weakness. This study presents the cases of two elderly patients who developed hypoxia during total hip arthroplasty under general anesthesia. Positive end expiratory pressure, the recruitment maneuver, and increased fraction of inspired oxygen improved hypoxia only temporarily, and patients’ oxygen saturation level again dropped to 79–80%. We suspected that hypoxia was caused by atelectasis and, therefore, resumed spontaneous respiration. Thereafter, both the patients showed an improvement in hypoxia. Intraoperative hypoxia that is suspected to be caused by atelectasis can be improved by securing sufficient lung volume for respiration through increased muscle tone with spontaneous respiration. Full article
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