Advances in Respiratory Medicine, Volume 88, Issue 1

Introduction: Right ventricular (RV) function in the setting of pulmonary hypertension based on different etiologies has not been well studied. In this study, we evaluated the RV function in patients with idiopathic pulmonary hypertension (IPH) versu...

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) and tuberculosis (TB) are of great public health importance globally, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. Tuberculosis is the third cause of death among subjects with non-communicable diseases. DM increases risk of...

Sarcoidosis is achronic systemic granulomatous disease of unknown etiology. In more than 90% of patients with diagnosed sarcoidosis, mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes are affected. The objective of this paper is to discuss the most important chest im...

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma is ayoung person’s lung cancer with no apparent causal connection to smoking. It exhibits slow growth, which can make it challenging to detect changes in size on serial chest imaging. Another way of describing its growth patt...

Parenteral anticoagulation is recommended for patients of intermediate—high early mortality risk pulmonary embolism [...]

The new year dawns with new guidelines [...]

Introduction: This document presents the Guideliness of the Polish Respiratory Society (PTChP, Polskie Towarzystwo Chorób Płuc) for diagnosis and treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), developed by agroup of Polish experts. Material and me...

Introduction: Fulminant pulmonary embolism (PE) may lead to cardiogenic shock or cardiac arrest with high mortality rates (65%) despite treatment with thrombolysis. Patients not responding to this therapy might benefit from extracorporeal life suppor...

Persistent pulmonary air leaks are usually treated conservatively with prolonged thoracostomy tube drainage. In case this approach fails, surgical revision used to be the only option. This Case Report describes the successful treatment of a 66-year o...

A 37-year male presented with cough and dyspnoea for 9 months that had worsened over the past 7 days and was complicated by haemoptysis [...]