2021 September - 23 articles
Introduction: The clinical outcome of different chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) phenotypes is still unclear. Objectives: This study was designed to detect the effect of different COPD phenotypes on disease outcomes. Material and methods:...
Introduction: Epidemiological data from patients with COVID-19 has been recently published in several countries. Nationwide data of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Greece remain scarce. Material and methods:This was an observational, retrospec...
Introduction: Large vessels are often encountered during endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS). Safety of traversing the vessels weighed against a more invasive procedure can be a dilemma. Material and methods: We describe a case series of 8 patients who...
Lung malignancy is known to be one of the leading causes of cancer-related mortality. Endocrine paraneoplastic syndromes in lung cancer are common. These are due to secretion of various substances and not because of direct tumour invasion or me-tasta...
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has affected almost every country in the world since De-cember 2019. Despite the efforts of the human race to combat the virus, we are still looking for an evidence-based permanent cure...
Lung cancer is a disease with a very low 5-year survival rate (6–13%) worldwide. The most frequently diagnosed histological type of this cancer is non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Poor prognosis for lung cancer—including NSCLC—is mainly related to...
The term “carbon footprint” describes the emission of greenhouse gases into the environment as a result of human activities. The healthcare sector is responsible for 5–8% of the value of global greenhouse gas emissions, of which medical aerosols acco...
The novel coronavirus, COVID-19 or severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first identified in China in December 2019 [...]
Asthma management is a daily challenge in pediatric practice as many clinical and functional aspects continuously change over time [...]
Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between nasal mucociliary clearance time (NMCT), degree of smoking dependence, cumulative smoking burden and OSAS severity in smokers. Material and methods: 123 patients (Group...
Introduction: We aimed to investigate community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) requiring hospitalisation, empirically treated with β-lactam monotherapy, with 30-day mortality and risk factors predicting its complicated course. Material and methods: A prosp...
Diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension requires a laborious investigation that must be performed in accordance with international Guideliness. Right-heart catheterization is the gold standard examination to assess the degree of hemodynamic impairment of...
A 63 year old homemaker with a history of diagnosed type II diabetes mellitus treated with oral hypo-glycemics presented with complaints of breathlessness (mMRC grade II) that had been present for 3 months [...]
A 28-year-old female who worked as a house maid presented with fever, troublesome cough, progressive breathlessness, and anorexia which had been present for 25 days [...]
An 18-year-old boy presented with right-sided chest tightness for 2 months [...]
42-year-old female, working on a cow farm, without known comorbidities, complained of intermittent bowel movements (2 stools/day) lasting over 8 weeks, weight loss (6 kg), enduring low-grade fever, recurrent dry cough, asthenia and occasionally pain...
The novel coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to wreak havoc all over the world with approximately 57,714,184 infections and 1,373,065 deaths reported to date [...]
We present a case of a 36-year old male who was a long-term smoker and was found to have giant bullous emphysema on chest imaging as an accidental finding. At the time, when his first chest CT was obtained, he was asymptomatic and was recommended to...
Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (pCLE) is a method that produces microscopic imaging of a lung tissue during bronchoscopy. We report a case ot a patient with negative nasopharyngeal swabs and suspected lung cancer who underwent pCLE. The di...
The use of electronic cigarettes has dynamically increased over the last few years. Meanwhile, the knowledge regarding their safety has been rapidly changing, which could be a challenge for a medical practitioner. The purpose of this review is to sum...
In India, pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is highly prevalent but has rarely been reported as an underlying cause of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) [...]
Bronchoscopy is an aerosol-generating procedure and involves a high risk of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to health care workers. There are very few indications for performing bronchoscopy in a patient with confirmed COVID-19. These include atelectasis,...
Opioids are used widely as analgesics and can play an important role in agonist maintenance therapy for opium dependence. Despite their benefits, the negative effects on the respiratory system remain an important side effect to be considered. Ataxic...
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