2020 October - 21 articles
Introduction: The presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a respiratory specimen is diagnostic in patients with pleural effusion. It is difficult to obtain sputum even after induction in these patients. An alternative method of acquiring respirator...
We showed the present data about the efficacy and safety of inhaled short-acting β2-agonists (SABA), such as salbutamol and fenoterol, in the management of obstructive diseases in children and adults. Our work discusses major mechanisms of action, cl...
Introduction: The Gender-Age-Physiology (GAP) system is a tool for predicting prognosis in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Yet, to date, the GAP system has not been evaluated in patients with IPF who received nintedanib. Material ...
Introduction: Although depression and anxiety have been widely investigated among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), experiencing stressful life events and its effect on increasing risk of exacerbations was rarely assessed. T...
Introduction: Treatment failure in tuberculosis (defined as a positive sputum smear 5 months after the initiation of anti-TB treat-ment) is a major threat to the control over TB. This study aimed to investigate the association of smoking and drug abu...
Introduction: Asthma and obesity are considered inflammatory disorders. Inflammatory markers—sputum eosinophils, C-reactive protein (CRP) and the forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) were analysed to find their association in obese asthmatic...
Introduction: Machine learning algorithms have been used to develop prediction models in various infectious and non-infectious settings including interpretation of images in predicting the outcome of diseases. We demonstrate the application of one su...
Introduction: Cough is one of the most frequent symptoms reported to pulmonologists. The role of bronchoscopy in the diagnostic work-up of chronic cough is not clearly defined. The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of fiberoptic bronchosc...
Introduction: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening chest disease associated with a poor outcome and increased mortality. It may lead to pulmonary hypertension and, eventually, right ventricular failure. These changes can b...
Introduction: Longitudinal data regarding changes in exercise capacity among adult cystic fibrosis (CF) patients are currently scarce. The aim of this brief report was to assess changes in exercise capacity among adult CF patients with stable and mil...
The expanding number of chronic respiratory diseases and the new Covid-19 outbreak create an increasing demand for mechanical ventilation (MV). As MV is no longer limited to intensive care units (ICU) and operating rooms (OR), more clinicians should...
Nonsurgical approaches involving bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) have been developed in the last decade. One of these, the BLVR coil procedure, is a treatment option for patients with homogeneous and heterogeneous end-stage emphysema and a...
It is uncommon to diagnose usual interstitial pneumonitis as a unilateral presentation. We present a case of an 81-year-old current smoker who presented with exertional dyspnea and dry cough. The patient had right sided UIP pattern in the CT chest al...
Massive hemoptysis is a serious medical condition or emergency which needs immediate treatment. It typically appears in the bronchial arteries and can be caused by a wide range of pulmonary diseases. This report is based on a very rare case of a pati...
Lung cancer is posing an ever-increasing medical and social problem due to its increasing morbidity and mortality [...]
An 80-year-old man was admitted because of persistent fever and dyspnea [...]
Thrombosis is an important pathology in the deterioration of COVID-19 patient [...]
In adults, central airway obstruction (CAO) can occur due to several benign and malignant etiologies either due to an endobronchial growth or extrinsic compression [...]
Sarcoidosis is a heterogeneous multisystem granulomatous disease of unknown etiology [...]
The aim of this study is to present the effects of the medical team’s therapy with particular focus on early physiotherapy in a patient subjected to elective pneumonectomy due to pleural empyema and chest fenestration. Our patient was 48 years old an...
A sixteen-year-old female presented with a gradual decrease of vision in the left eye for two weeks [...]
