Advances in Respiratory Medicine, Volume 90, Issue 2

Introduction: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a disorder characterized by obstructive apneas, hypopneas, and/or arousals related to respiratory effort caused by repetitive collapse of the upper airway during sleep. Left untreated, or with poor adher...

Introduction: Obese asthma is a complex syndrome, which includes different phenotypes of disease. At present, these phenotypes only have started to acquire a sufficient understanding. It was suggested that IL-26 is a potential biomarker of disease se...

Introduction: Asthma is becoming a major health problem in many countries. Immune responses in allergic asthma, as the most prevalent asthmatic phenotype, are mediated mostly by a subtype of T lymphocytes referred to as the effector lineage of Type 2...

Introduction: Magnesium sulfate has been extensively used to treat asthma exacerbations, but its efficacy remains questionable in the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) population. The aim of the study was to compare the efficacy of intrave...

Congenital pulmonary airway malformations (CPAM) are rare conditions generally diagnosed in childhood and possibly harboring malignant tumor growths. We describe a unique case of pleomorphic carcinoma in a longstanding type 1 CPAM diagnosed by wedge...

Esophageal endoscopic ultrasound using an endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) broncho-scope (EUS-b) has become an important tool in many bronchoscopy units. The procedure is gener-ally performed through the mouth and there are currently no studies publis...

Introduction: Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NPPV) is applied to facilitate weaning process and decrease complications associated with prolonged intubation. Interest has emerged in using Intelligent Volume Assured Pressure Support (iVAPS)...

Introduction: Electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy (ENB) may be used for evalua-tion of pulmonary nodules. The purpose of this study was to determine the yield of ENB at a low volume center (0–4 cases per month), where the cases were performed b...