Acute and chronic frontal sinusitis.

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:There has been much recent interest in the use of macrolide antibiotics as chronic suppressive therapy in patients with cystic fibrosis. Three recent randomized, placebo-controlled trials have been conducted. RECENT FINDINGS:All three trials used similar regimens of azithromycin, and lung function im...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Saiman L

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) poses a common and significant clinical problem. Its pathogenesis is poorly understood and therapeutic options are limited. Herein are summarized animal models of MPE and their contributions in unveiling new aspects of the pathobiology of the condition. RECENT FINDING...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Stathopoulos GT,Kalomenidis I

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:A relatively new class of CD4 expressing T cells that also express and release interleukin-17 (Th17 cells) is gaining attention based on their capacity to regulate inflammatory responses in a spectrum of chronic autoimmune diseases. The purpose of this review is to consider recent studies relating to ...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Crouser ED

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The catastrophic collapse of the World Trade Center (WTC) towers on September 11, 2001 created a large-scale disaster site in a densely populated urban environment. Over the ensuing months, tens of thousands of rescue, recovery and cleanup workers, volunteers, and residents of the adjacent community w...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Banauch GI,Dhala A,Prezant DJ

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Summarize recently published studies and critiques evaluating the effects of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) Sleep Scoring Manual. RECENT FINDINGS:Only a few retrospective studies have been published evaluating the new AASM Scoring Manual. These have shown that when scoring polysomnogra...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Grigg-Damberger MM

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This article aims to review the most recent proteomic findings in tissue and biological fluids and application of new technologies for the study of interstitial lung diseases. RECENT FINDINGS:New insights into lung cell biology as well as novel pathogenetic pathways of different interstitial lung dis...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Rottoli P,Bargagli E,Landi C,Magi B

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:In the past few years, there have been exciting developments in bronchoscopic efforts at attaining lung volume reduction (LVR), given real and perceived risks of surgical LVR. The purpose of this review is to discuss these techniques, with special emphasis on what we have learnt in the past 1-2 years....

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Taneja A

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The article aims to provide an updated and evidence-based review of the innovative electronic health interventions to monitor and improve inhaler technique and adherence to recommended therapy in asthma. RECENT FINDINGS:Out of the 290 articles identified by the search strategy, 23 manuscripts fulfill...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Bonini M,Usmani OS

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of over 20 zinc-dependent proteases with different biological and pathological activities, and many have been implicated in several diseases. Although nonselective MMP inhibitors are known to induce serious side-effects, targeting individual MMPs may offer...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Abd-Elaziz K,Jesenak M,Vasakova M,Diamant Z

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Symptoms of anxiety and depression are prevalent in at least 20-40% of patients with moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and are known to affect prognosis and worsen quality of life. This review examines whether pulmonary rehabilitation can effectively improve psychological...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Coventry PA

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:In cystic fibrosis (CF) patients with end-stage pulmonary disease, lung transplantation (LTx) remains a life-extending therapy with good outcome in most patients. Despite early concern about chronic pretransplantation infections in the context of posttransplantation immunosuppression, typical CF-assoc...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Dupont L

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:In this review, we highlight some of the developments achieved over the past 2 years in the field of novel antimicrobial compounds. RECENT FINDINGS:Modification of existing compound classes to create more powerful compounds capable of overcoming pathogen resistance and the introduction of completely ...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Blasi F,Tarsia P,Cosentini R,Valenti V

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Isolated distal deep-vein thrombosis (iDDVT) is a distal deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) without proximal DVT or pulmonary embolism. Although its clinical significance is uncertain, its prevalence is increasing with the use of whole leg compression ultrasonography. Epidemiological data giving reported rate...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Galanaud JP,Bosson JL,Quéré I

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects over 12 million adults in the United States and is the third leading cause of 30-day readmissions. COPD is costly with almost $50 billion in direct costs annually. Total COPD costs can be up to double the identified direct costs because of comorbid ...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Press VG,Konetzka RT,White SR

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Nowadays tuberculosis is becoming a worldwide problem, and according to the World Health Organization, which declared tuberculosis a global health emergency in 1993, each year 8 million people worldwide develop the active disease and almost 3 million die. RECENT FINDINGS:Due to this problem there is ...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： de Souza MV

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To summarize recent studies that have quantified the incidence of death due to late thromboembolic disease among patients initially diagnosed with acute unprovoked pulmonary embolism. These findings will aid clinicians who must weigh the risk versus the benefits of long-term anticoagulant therapy. RE...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： White RH,Murin S

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disorders of sleep in children are distinctly different from sleep disorders in adults. Since children are forced to constantly learn and adapt, the effects of disordered sleep may be more profound. This paper reviews the disorders of sleep that are most significant in each of the stages of development from infancy to...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Anstead M

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Pulmonary fibrosis is a reparative response characterized by accumulation of extracellular matrix in the lung parenchyma that may be observed in end-stage sarcoidosis. This article will discuss the recent advancements in the understanding of the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis in sarcoidosis in com...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Shigemitsu H,Azuma A

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Adherence to asthma therapies is poor leading to unnecessary morbidity and increased use of emergency and hospital resources. Strategies to improve adherence have not been successful. RECENT FINDINGS:Asthma adherence disease management is a clinical method to improve adherence for asthma patients. Th...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Weinstein AG

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:A small percentage of asthma exacerbations are linked with infection by an atypical bacterium, such as Chlamydia pneumoniae or Mycoplasma pneumoniae. These bacteria also have been proposed to cause occult chronic lower airway inflammation and to initiate nonatopic asthma in adults. Consequently, the l...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Cazzola M,Matera MG,Blasi F

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is usually assumed that upper airway pressure receptors mediate the reflexes involved in sleep apneas, but many other receptors may be involved, including those responding to chemical stimuli. The reflexes to upper airway negative pressure have been further studied, and the timing of their inputs shown to be import...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Widdicombe J

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To provide an update on the implementation of precision medicine, based on treatable traits and mechanisms, in the daily clinical management of chronic airways diseases. RECENT FINDINGS:Recent insights into the complex and heterogeneous nature of chronic airway diseases including chronic obstructive ...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Ulrik CS,Vijverberg S,Hanania NA,Diamant Z

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Although known for several decades, catamenial pneumothorax has been considered until recently as an extremely rare entity. The condition is now more easily recognized and several studies have been published, with somewhat relevant discrepancies with respect to etiologic, epidemiologic, and management...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Alifano M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic resistance in respiratory pathogens has dramatically increased during recent years. Resistance to penicillin and multiple antimicrobial agents in pneumococci and resistance to ampicillin in Moraxella catarrhalis and Haemophilus influenzae, as a result of betalactamase production, have become highly prevalen...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Dominguez MA,Pallares R

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The chronic lung diseases, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, are pulmonary disorders in which persistent inflammation and alterations in lung structure contribute to a progressive loss of lung function. Although the exact type of inflammation and damage in each disease is distinct, the...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Mohsenin A,Blackburn MR

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic airway inflammation is considered responsible for symptoms and disorders of airway function associated with asthma. This process is the target of anti-inflammatory therapy, so a number of standardized, noninvasive techniques have been developed to assess it. More recent approaches include the measurement of ex...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Wilson N

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Treatment of hepatic hydrothorax is challenging because of its rapid symptomatic recurrence. This review will focus on potential therapeutic approaches to hepatic hydrothorax. RECENT FINDINGS:Hepatic hydrothorax is refractory to salt restriction and diuretics in approximately 25% of cases. Primary ma...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Porcel JM

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author describes a current status of nuclear imaging in interstitial lung disease. A number of tests have been proposed for the evaluation of disease activity. The only one that is used in many centers, however, is 67Ga scan. If the goal is the evaluation of functional impairment, 99mTc-penta-acetic acid aerosol m...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Rizzato G

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review recently published literature on behavioral aspects of asthma, including program descriptions, reviews, and original research reports. Most of the literature on behavioral aspects of asthma has been in the area of self-management, including education, medication use, and peak flow monitoring. Recent studies ...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Kohler CL,Davies SL,Bailey WC

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Ever since sarcoidosis was first described, its relationship with tuberculosis has been debated. Whereas some consider sarcoidosis and tuberculosis as two extremes of the same disease process, other researchers have negated the role of mycobacteria in causation of sarcoidosis. Whether or not linked ca...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Gupta D,Agarwal R,Aggarwal AN,Jindal SK

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00