2015 November - 12 articles
Sarcoidosis is an orphan inflammatory disorder that can virtually affect any organ or system in the body, although the lungs and lymph nodes are most frequently involved. Sarcoidosis is believed to derive from an interaction between environmental and...
Telemedicine may support individual care plans in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), potentially improving the clinical outcomes. To-date there is no clear evidence of benefit of telemedicine in this patients. The aim of this s...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects approximately 10% of adults older than 40 years and is an important causes of disability and death in elderly subjects. A large proportion of COPD patients suffer from cardiovascular comorbidities....
Introduction: Adherence to therapy is one of the basic preconditions of successful treatment of asthma and COPD. Unfortunately, many patients take their medication incorrectly. The aim of this study was to assess doctors’ knowledge of this phenomenon...
Introduction: The diagnostic algorithm of non-high risk pulmonary embolism (PE) is based on probability scoring systems and plasma D-dimer (DD) assessment. The aim of the present study was to investigate the efficacy of Revised Geneva Scoring (RGS) a...
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is a very rare interstitial lung disease caused by abnormal intra-alveolar surfactant accumulation. Usually, it appears as a “crazy-paving” pattern on high-resolution computed tomography. The image is so typical, that t...
Ortner’s syndrome (also known as cardiovocal syndrome) is defined as hoarseness due to compression of the left recurrent laryngeal nerve by an enlarged left atrium or enlarged thoracic vessels. We describe two cases of Ortner’s syndrome with an unusu...
In this issue of PiAP we can read the invited systematic review on telemonitoring in COPD by Claudio Pedone and Diana Lelli from Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma [...]
Chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) is a major healthcare problem [...]
Introduction: A heterogeneous emphysema is one of the most severe forms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In some cases, besides the standard pharmacotherapy, a new treatment option of emphysema can be used—bronchoscopic lung volume re...
Introduction: The various distribution of fat mass (FM) and lean mass (LM) during COPD development is not yet researched. Materials and Methods: 82 male patients (40–67 years) with acute exacerbation of COPD and 19 comparable healthy males (the cont...
Introduction: Office spirometry has been widely used in recent years by general practitioners in primary care setting, thus the need for stricter monitoring of the quality of spirometry has been recognized. Materials and Methods: A spirometry counse...
