New and improved tuberculosis diagnostics: evidence, policy, practice, and impact.

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Respiratory infection is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality in cystic fibrosis (CF). One infection the CF community is particularly concerned about is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Worldwide, the prevalence of MRSA has been rising and the impact on clinical outcomes a...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Dasenbrook EC

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose of this review is to summarize recent advances in our understanding of the impact sleep disturbances have on our health, with particular focus on the brain. The present review considers the influence of sleep disturbance on the neurovascular unit; the role of sleep disturbance in neurodege...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Aguirre CC

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) imposes a large burden on the global population and even more so for the elderly who face significant obstacles in the diagnosis, management, and psychosocial effects of the disease. This review describes the current challenges and key points in the managem...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Allen B,Aboussouan LS

更新日期：2021-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The use of inhaled corticosteroids is one of the most controversial issues in COPD pharmacotherapy. Experts disagree about the benefits and harms of ICS for patients with COPD, yet a majority of patients with COPD are being treated with inhaled corticosteroids. This is a review of the most recent lite...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Highland KB

更新日期：2004-03-01 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：:Bronchiolar lesions are becoming increasingly recognized as an important cause of airflow obstruction. For this reason, it is helpful to have an update of the current clinical, radiographic, and immunologic perspective. Among the bronchiolar airflow disorders, diffuse panbronchiolitis is related to HLA antigen Bw54, a...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Epler GR

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Accurate diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) can be challenging, and a substantial percentage of ILD patients remain unclassifiable even after thorough assessment by an experienced multidisciplinary team. In this review, we summarize the recent literature on the definition, prevalence, diag...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Guler SA,Ryerson CJ

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurotrophins are a family of peptides that promote survival, growth, and differentiation of neurons. Neurotrophins may also influence the function of nonneuronal cell types, including immune cells. The development and maintenance of asthma is thought to involve the nervous system and the immune system, but the ro...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Carr MJ,Hunter DD,Undem BJ

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Medical thoracoscopy provides the physician a window into the pleural space. The procedure allows biopsy of the parietal pleura under direct visualization with good accuracy. In addition, it achieves therapeutic goals of fluid drainage, guided chest tube placement, and pleurodesis. RECENT FINDINGS:Co...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Lee P,Mathur PN

更新日期：2016-05-01 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:Regions of the neocortex most strongly activated during waking exhibit increased sleep intensity during subsequent sleep. The novel concept that aspects of sleep homeostasis are determined locally in the cortex contrasts with the established views that global changes in neocortical activity during sle...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Szymusiak R

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pleural space in healthy humans was thought to contain a few milliliters of fluid, based on extrapolation from animal studies. However, because of the obvious technical difficulties in atraumatically retrieving such a small volume of fluid, the exact volume and cellular content of human pleural fluid has not been ...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Noppen M

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary embolism occurs in more than 175,000 patients each year in the United States. The objectives of treatment are to prevent death from the existing embolus, to prevent death and morbidity from recurrent pulmonary embolism, and to prevent morbidity from recurrent deep-vein thrombosis. For patients with adequate ...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Raskob GE

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many individuals are now surviving their injuries to face the consequences of an activated immunoinflammatory system and the complications of supportive therapy. The pulmonary system bears the force of this insult. An understanding of the epidemiology of acute respiratory failure, as well as a greater knowledge of the...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： O'Keefe GE,Maier RV

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Pulmonary hypertension has been reported to complicate the course of a number of fibrotic lung diseases, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis and nonspecific interstitial pneumonitis. Most commonly, mild elevations in the mean pulmonary artery pressure are seen...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： King CS,Nathan SD

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacillary population described in tuberculous pleuritis is small, and its most likely pathogenetic mechanism is essentially immunologic. This explains why, until now, the diagnostic identification of tuberculous pleuritis (TP) has been based on the presence of granulomas in pleural biopsy. Correcting this diagnost...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Pérez-Rodriguez E,Jiménez Castro D

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This article reviews current data on pathophysiologic mechanisms by which sleep-disordered breathing during pregnancy may cause harm, and explores biological pathways for associated adverse maternal and fetal outcomes, especially pregnancy-induced hypertension and gestational diabetes. RECENT FINDING...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Izci-Balserak B,Pien GW

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Pleural infection remains an important pulmonary disease, causing significant morbidity and mortality. There is a resurgence of disease burden despite introduction of antibiotics and pneumococcal vaccines. A revisit of the pathogenesis and update on intervention may improve the care of pleural infecti...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Chan KP,Fitzgerald DB,Lee YCG

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Patients with lung cancer are particularly vulnerable to lung injury associated with immune checkpoint inhibition and often present with more frequent and more severe manifestations of lung disease compared to patients with other tumor types. The present review explores the reasons for increased susce...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Shannon VR

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with acute deep vein thrombosis (DVT) were treated with a body-weight independent dosage of 2 x 8000 aXa IU low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) Certoparin. After the subcutaneous administration of 8000 IU Certoparin, pharmacodynamic parameters did not differ between patients and healthy volunteers, and the AU...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Harenberg J

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Subsequent to the ATS/ERS consensus classification of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia, non-specific interstitial pneumonia pattern was the dominant pattern in many collagen vascular diseases, which may explain the better prognosis of interstitial pneumonia associated with collagen disease than idiop...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Kim DS

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Recent work demonstrates that patients with refractory asthma are likely to be sensitized to environmental fungi and that specific antifungal treatments may be of benefit to this group. RECENT FINDINGS:The relationships among fungal sensitization, exposure and asthma severity are imperfectly understo...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Gore RB

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Pleural effusions in patients with hematologic malignancy may represent malignant pleural effusion (MPE) or occur secondary to infection, treatment effects, and other common causes. The impact of MPE on prognosis in this cohort remains unclear. Indwelling pleural catheters (IPCs) are routinely placed ...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Vakil E,Jimenez CA,Faiz SA

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung volume reduction surgery and lung transplantation have been shown to improve lung function, exercise capacity, and quality of life in patients with advanced emphysema. Because the indications for both surgical procedures overlap, lung volume reduction surgery may be used as an alternative treatment or as a "bridg...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Cordova FC,Criner GJ

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been a large number of randomized trials comparing standard unfractionated intravenous heparin with low-molecular-weight heparin for the treatment of deep-vein thrombosis, but only two of these have looked at outpatient therapy. There have been only two randomized trials including patients with symptomatic ...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Wells PS

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Since the introduction especially of multidetector computed tomography scanners, detection of peripheral pulmonary nodules as small as 2-3 mm is now a frequent event even in individuals without a significant smoking history. This preponderance of small indeterminate nodules has necessitated reconsider...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Shiau MC,Bonavita J,Naidich DP

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To discuss the current use of oral corticosteroids (OCS) as a chronic treatment in patients with severe asthma and as a rescue treatment for patients presenting with acute exacerbations. RECENT FINDINGS:Airways disease is responsible for the bulk of OCS use in the community and considerable OCS-assoc...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Pavord ID

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review highlights the prevalence of pulmonary hypertension as a chronic complication of sickle cell disease (SCD) and its importance in the prognosis. RECENT FINDINGS:In recent years, the limitations of echocardiogram for the appropriate diagnosis of SCD-associated pulmonary hypertension have be...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Fonseca G,Souza R

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Although currently available drugs to treat asthma are effective in most patients, a proportion of patients do not respond or experience side-effects; which is partly genetically determined. Pharmacogenetics is the study of how genetic variations influence drug response. In this review, we summarize p...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Kersten ET,Koppelman GH

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review highlights recent developments in liver disease associated with cystic fibrosis. RECENT FINDINGS:The broad spectrum of hepatobiliary problems in cystic fibrosis includes specific alterations ascribable to the underlying defect as well as lesions of iatrogenic origin or that reflect the ef...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Colombo C

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00