Advances in Respiratory Medicine, Volume 78, Issue 4

W następnym, piątym zeszycie “Pneumonolo-gii i Alergologii Polskiej” publikowane będąuwspółcześnione zalecenia rozpoznawania i leczenia przewlekłej obturacyjnej choroby płuc (POChP) [...]

A 50-year old patient was admitted to the hospital with hoarseness persisting for two weeks. Chest computed tomography revealed enlargement of lymph nodes in the aortopulmonary window. The bronchoscopy did not show any abnormalities, in transbronchia...

Respiratory infections are one of the major causes of asthma exacerbations. Among numerous pathogens that may lead to exacerbations, particular attention should be paid to atypical bacteria: Chlamydia pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Despite sig...

Marian Stanisław Borsuk urodził się w 1860 roku w majątku Dowcewicze [...]

Choroby układu oddechowego są bardzo powszechne, stanowią poważny problem zdrowotny, będąc jedną z głównych przyczyn zgonów [...]

Introduction: Pyrazinamide (PZA) is an important first-line anti-tuberculous drug, which is applied together with INH, RMP, EMB, and SM. This drug plays a unique role in the first phase of TB therapy because it is active within macrophages and kills...

Introduction: The term allergic march has been used to describe natural evolution of the atopic disease in children, accompanied by the change in organ manifestation with time. The aim of the study was to analyze the role of the cellular components o...

Introduction: At present, COPD is known to be a systemic disease resulting from generalized inflammation which affects the function of many organs. Generalized inflammation is recognized from increased serum concentration of inflammatory cytokines. T...

Introduction: Plasminogen inhibitor activator type 1 (PAI-1) is an important regulator of tumor growth and metastasis formation acting directly via specific urokinase complexing or indirectly due to its affinity to vitronectin. We have shown previous...

Pleural effusion is a frequently observed lesion in the course of respiratory diseases such as inflammatory process and cancer metastasis. Its cause may be either tuberculosis (the most common extrapulmonary location is the pleura) and malignant dise...