Advances in Respiratory Medicine, Volume 86, Issue 4

Introduction: We studied the characteristics of the screening procedure for alpha-1 antitrypsin at Nevers Hospital (France), together with the performance of serum protein gel electrophoresis for the fortuitous detection of patients with deficiency....

Introduction: The purpose of our study was to examine the efficacy and safety of intravenous chemotherapy during intensive treatment phase in patients with newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis (pulmonary TB). Material and methods: The study involve...

Introduction: The risk of pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) in patients with exacerbated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (e-COPD) is higher than in non-COPD states. The study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and the parameters that are critical f...

Introduction: Reduced lung function in diabetes has been described for long but its clinical importance is not yet clear. Also, limited literature is available regarding its association with sugar control, and its correlation with inflammatory marker...

The aim of this paper was to review scientific evidence on the possible use of the combined angiotensin II receptor antagonist and neprilysin inhibitors (ARNI) in patients with right heart failure (RHF) in the course of chronic obstructive pulmonary...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common recessively autosomally and inherited disorder in the Caucasian population. It is incurable, multi-systemic disease with progressive course. CF is caused by CFTR gene mutation, the product of which is Cystic Fi...

Introduction: Neoplastic pericardial effusion (NPE) represents a common cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with cancer. NPE presents frequently as cardiac tamponade, requiring urgent pericardiocentesis or pericardiotomy, with subsequent per...

Hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is a disease of initially mild course - manifesting with recurrent nosebleeds and increased fatigue. Nevertheless, its progression can deteriorate patient’s health. Solid organ transplantation becomes the only therape...