2021 December - 18 articles
The current COVID-19 pandemic has spread like wildfire worldwide and has affected millions of people. The novel corona virus mainly affects the lungs leading to life threatening disease like acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The aftermath o...
Granulomas formations are present in many lung diseases. Coexistence of one or more of these diseases is very rare. Diagnostics of such cases always poses a challenge. We present a case of coexistence of chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) and sarcoi...
A 24-year-old female was admitted to the hospital for recurring irregularities of menstruation and a nine day history of abdominal tenderness [...]
A 44 years old female presented with complaints of diffuse right sided chest pain, progressively increasing shortness of breath (mMRC grade 3), fever, loss of weight and anorexia for last 2 months [...]
A 55 years old smoker was admitted with chief complaints of progressive dyspnea, dry cough, fever, loss of appetite and loss of weight [...]
A 72-year-old female with a history of hypertension and chronic cough presented with worsening dys-pnoea, left-sided chest pain, and vomiting that had been present for two days [...]
COVID-19 has caused huge morbidity and mortality in the second peak in India in 2021 [...]
As the world stands witness to the havoc caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the shortage of mechanical ventilators a common peril in the already stressed healthcare system around the globe [...]
The current severe acute respiratory syn-drome-corona-virus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread like wildfire and engulfed the entire world in its wake [...]
Rheumatoid arthritis is a multisystemic disorder which has multiple extraarticular man-ifestations [...]
Previous studies have demonstrated that a cumulative dose of methylprednisolone more than 200 mg could suppress the immune cells resulting in prolonged severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 shedding in patients with coronavirus...
Introduction: Nebulisation therapy plays a key role in the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF). Its effectiveness depends on obtaining a high concentration of drugs in the respiratory tract. Particle deposition is determined by many factors resulting,...
Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an inflammatory disease, and serum albumin and fibrinogen are two important factors in systemic inflammation. We aimed to investigate the relationship between the fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio (FAR)...
A divorced 37-year-old male from an urban enviroment with a history of known childhood tuberculosis (TB) complained of having the following symptoms over the past 3 months: anorexia, fatigue, exertional dys-pnea, left-sided chest pain, excess sweatin...
Established treatment regimens for the autosomal dominant hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome, denominated Job syndrome, are lacking. Thus, Job syndrome still exerts a dramatic impact on patients’ quality of life. Our aim was to present safety and effecti...
Introduction: Organizing pneumonia (OP) is a radio-histologic pattern that forms in response to lung damage in patients with focal or diffuse lung injury. OP is frequently observed subsequent to viral-induced lung damage and is associated with a dive...
A 55-year-old man was evaluated at the emergency department because of increasing shortness of breath and cough [...]
Rasmussen’s aneurysm is a rare and fatal cause of hemoptysis secondary to infection with pulmonary tuberculosis. The most commonly involved vessels include the bronchial arteries, but rarely can involve the pulmonary artery. We report the case of a 6...
