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Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) is a devastating viral illness that originated in Wuhan China in late 2019. The number of confirmed cases worldwide has nearly reached 2 million and more than 125,000 people have died. Early studies from Wuhan reported a mortality rate of 2-3% with lower rates in
Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is a condition that occurs in small percentage of obese people, that leads to high carbon dioxide levels and low oxygen levels in the blood. OHS is associated with respiratory failure, pulmonary hypertension, hospital admissions, and death. Unfortunately, there
Introduction:
Breast pain, mastalgia or mastodynia, is recognized as an organic benign breast disease . It can be severe enough to cause disturbances in normal quality of life rating which leads to disorders in sexual, physical, and social activities. When compared with other conditions, it will be
BACKGROUND
Energy insufficiency:
Mitochondrial and metabolic myopathies are inherited diseases compromising cellular energy metabolism, which especially affects skeletal muscle because of its high energy needs. Chemical energy is stored in the body as adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which is derived
Pompe is a rare disease, which occurs in approximately 1 in 40,000 births. It is a progressive and often fatal neuromuscular disorder resulting from a mutation in the gene for acid alpha- glucosidase (GAA), an enzyme necessary for the degradation of glycogen. Common symptoms include skeletal and
Pseudomonas lung infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality occurring in multiple clinical settings. Patients with cystic fibrosis have lung colonization with Pseudomonas from an early age, and overwhelming pseudomonal lung infection is the most common cause of death in these patients. In
Study groups will include ALS patients with and without respiratory failure as judged by their FVC and use of either noninvasive or invasive ventilation along with normal controls. For all patients, nutritional status will be assessed by measurement of weight, and determination of Urinary Urea
Patients who agree to participate in the study and fulfil the inclusion criteria, will be randomised to one of two treatment groups.
1. Standard therapy group. Will receive high carbohydrate, low fat enteral feeding, (16.7% protein, 30% fat and 53.3% carbohydrate). The target rate is determined by