Advances in Respiratory Medicine, Volume 88, Issue 3

Introduction: Spinal anaesthesia, supine position and higher BMI are risk factors for pulmonary atelectasis. NIV, PEEP and CPAP are employed in ICU’s to treat atelectasis postoperatively. However, we wanted to investigate whether CPAP was protective...

Introduction: GeneXpert (GX) is a novel, integrated, cartridge-based, nucleic acid amplification test with an established role for rapid diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and detection of rifampicin resistance. Aim: To evaluate the role of GX i...

Introduction: Osimertinib is a third-generation, irreversible epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor that has demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of EGFR-mutant non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in prospective clinical...

Introduction: Measles is a contagious disease that re-emerged among young adults as a consequence of suboptimal vaccination coverage. Since in the pre-vaccination era measles affected mainly children, little is known about measles-associated respirat...

Introduction: Statistical data on the structure of acute respiratory diseases incidence in the paediatric population are still scarce. The demand for such data results mainly from the need to constantly implement new systemic and economic solutions....

Introduction: Recent studies have suggested that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may have a higher level of serum uric acid compared with individuals without COPD, although the data are still limited. The current systematic...

Introduction: To date, little guidance is available to support the development of effective programs for improving self-management in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. Yet, given the global burden of this disease, it seems import...

Non-invasive ventilation has gained an increasingly pivotal role in the treatment of acute hypoxemic and/or hypercapnic respira-tory failure and offers multiple advantages over invasive mechanical ventilation. Some of these advantages include the pre...

In 2019, a pandemic began due to infection with a novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. In many cases, this coronavirus leads to the development of the COVID-19 disease. Lung damage in the course of this disease often leads to acute hypoxic respiratory fail...

Sialadenoma papilliferum is a benign salivary tumour which rarely occurs in the bronchial tree. Up to now, only four cases of pulmonary papillary sialadenoma have been reported in the literature. We discuss the case of a male patient with an accident...