[Chlamydia pneumoniae infection associated with autoimmune hemolytic anemia due to warm antibodies].

abstract：:Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the first cause of mortality due to nosocomial infections in the intensive care unit. Its incidence ranges from 9% to 67% of patients on mechanical ventilation. Risk factors are multiple and are associated with prolonged stays in hospital and intensive care units. Additional co...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Díaz LA,Llauradó M,Rello J,Restrepo MI

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:A diagnosis of sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) is based on clinical signs and nighttime polysomnograms. Brief polysomnography has been proposed as an alternative to all-night recording. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to determine whether a polysomnograms obtained during the first half of the nigh...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Alonso Alvarez ML,Fernández Martínez de Septiem C,Alonso Mediavilla C,Martínez González M,Teran Santos J,Rodríguez Pascual L,Cordero Guevara J

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inpatient management of malignant pleural effusion includes the placement of a conventional thoracostomy tube for drainage and talc slurry pleurodesis and/or a surgical approach consisting of video-assisted thoracoscopic talc insufflation. Both techniques require prolonged hospital stays of up to 1 week. Unfortunately...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Seijo L,Campo A,Alcaide AB,Lacunza MM,Armendáriz AC,Zulueta JJ

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional medical practice has been "reactive" (doctor takes part when disease appears). The theoretical (scale free networks and complex systems), technological (high efficiency "omic" technologies) and conceptual (biology systems) advances throughout the last decade, allow us to anticipate the transition to an "an...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Sobradillo P,Pozo F,Agustí A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although bacteria are the main pathogens involved in community-acquired pneumonia, a significant number of community-acquired pneumonia are caused by viruses, either directly or as part of a co-infection. The clinical picture of these different pneumonias can be very similar, but viral infection is more common in the ...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Galván JM,Rajas O,Aspa J

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty patients diagnosed as having chronic respiratory diseases were surveyed in order to establish how many knew the name of their disease, the medications they were taking, the name of the medical specialty dedicated to treating their condition and the nature of spirometry. Only 23 patients (38%) knew the name of th...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： García-Pachón E,Padilla Navas I,Martínez-Jerez R,Lorente MF,Cuevas L,Pinilla JM,Custardoy J

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient cooperation in controlling asthma is a key element for achieving the most efficient therapy possible according to current guidelines. Cooperation requires that the patient be adequately informed about his disease and able to make certain decisions. The aim of this study was to analyze whether patients really d...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Perpiñá M,Sobradillo V,Castillo J,Duce F,Manresa F,Martínez J,Valencia A,Viejo JL,Villasante C

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a potent inducer of capillary permeability and its role as a crucial mediator in pleural fluid formation has been established. This study was conducted to assess the usefulness of VEGF for diagnosing malignant and non-malignant pleural effusions of various causes. ...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Kaya A,Poyraz B,Celik G,Ciledag A,Gulbay BE,Savas H,Savas I

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To analyze the results of thymectomy in our series of patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) and to study the influence of the most common prognostic factors. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Eighty MG patients over a period of 23 years underwent thymectomy consecutively in our hospital. Preoperative assessment included ...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Vázquez-Pelillo J,Gil Alonso J,Díaz-Agero P,García Sánchez-Girón J,Roca Serrano R,Díez Tejedor E,Casillas Pajuelo M

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the results of applying both the 1993 and 2002 guidelines of the Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR) to identify respiratory events during nighttime polysomnography tests. PATIENTS AND METHODS:One hundred twenty consecutive patients with medium to high suspicion of sleep ap...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Aguirregomoscorta JI,Altube L,Menéndez I,Romaní A,Basualdo LV,Vallejo G

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of pleural procedures, safety, delay and cost of the diagnosis of pleural effusion (PE) by analysing the parameters that are dependent on the area of patient management (outpatient or inpatient). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Prospective non-randomized study. Two groups were establ...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Botana Rial M,Leiro Fernández V,Represas Represas C,Pallarés Sanmartín A,Del Campo Pérez V,Fernández-Villar A

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:As the research undertaken to date on the efficacy of the new antibiotics in the treatment of exacerbations of chronic bronchitis has taken the form of trials designed to demonstrate equivalence, we have no data on the advantages associated with the use of these new drugs with greater bactericidal activity. O...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Miravitlles M,Molina J,Brosa M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In non-small cell lung cancer, the EGFR gene mutations identify a patient sub-population with different clinical characteristics and treatment responses to those that do not have these mutations. There are mutations that derive in increased sensitive to EGFR targeted therapy, as well as mutations that result in resist...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Taus A,Vollmer I,Arriola E

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Ergospirometry objectively quantifies exercise capacity. Up until now, the response to exercise evaluated by ergospirometry in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension has only been described in recently diagnosed.patients. Our aim is to describe the response to exercise in patients with severe pulmon...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Flox-Camacho A,Escribano-Subías P,Jiménez-López Guarch C,Fernández-Vaquero A,Martín-Ríos D,de la Calzada-Campo CS

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-one patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), 26 of whom also had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), received treatment by nasal continuous positive airways pressure (nCPAP). To evaluate the effects of this device on daytime lung function, we analyzed pulmonary function tests before treat...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Vázquez Oliva R,Cano Gómez S,Capote Gil F,Sánchez Armengol MA,Carmona Bernal C,Castillo Gómez J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The diaphragm seems to undergo adaptive structural change in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The possibility of obtaining muscle specimens is limited, however, particularly when respiratory function is severely affected. OBJECTIVE:To assess the viability of a new technique for obtaining diaphragm mus...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Pastó M,Minguella J,Orozco-Levi M,Palacio J,Félez M,Broquetas J,Gea J

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Two previous national epidemiological studies, IBERPOC in 1997 and EPISCAN in 2007, determined the COPD burden in Spain. Changes in demographics and exposure to risk factors demand the periodic update of COPD prevalence and its determinants. METHODS:EPISCAN II aimed to estimate the prevalence of COPD in the...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Soriano JB,Alfageme I,Miravitlles M,de Lucas P,Soler-Cataluña JJ,García-Río F,Casanova C,Rodríguez González-Moro JM,Cosío BG,Sánchez G,Ancochea J

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgG4-related disease is a fibroinflammatory disease in which the organs involved share similar pathological findings. Chest disease has been recently clinically and radiologically characterized. Most reports advocate prompt immunosuppressive therapy and describe a fast and good response. We report 3 cases of untreated...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Baltaxe E,Shulimzon T,Lieberman S,Rozenman J,Perelman M,Segel MJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Few studies have examined the 24-hour symptom profile in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The main objective of this study was to determine daily variations in the symptoms of patients with stable COPD in Spain, compared with other European countries. METHODS:Observational study...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Soler-Cataluña JJ,Sauleda J,Valdés L,Marín P,Agüero R,Pérez M,Miravitlles M

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In recent years, there has been debate regarding the diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography (CT) in the identification of lung metastases and the need for lung palpation to determine the number of metastatic nodules. The aim of this study was to determine in which patients the CT scan was more effectiv...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Zabaleta J,Aguinagalde B,Izquierdo JM,Mendoza M,Basterrechea F,Martin-Arruti M,Lobo C,Emparanza JI

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Chronic inflammation plays a major role in lung deterioration in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients and anti-inflammatory strategies have beneficial effects. To study the changes seen after a one-year course of low-dose dietary supplements with a mixture of fatty acids in adult patients with CF in chro...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Olveira G,Olveira C,Acosta E,Espíldora F,Garrido-Sánchez L,García-Escobar E,Rojo-Martínez G,Gonzalo M,Soriguer F

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) readmission contributes considerably to the worse outcomes for COPD patients. Predictors for readmission include some socio-demographic variables and the severity of the underlying disease, however, few evidence suggested whether persiste...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Jing Z,Chun C,Ning S,Hong Z,Bei H,Wan-Zhen Y

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Asthma is an inflammatory disorder of the airways and the symptoms of asthma could be exacerbated by Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Interleukin-2 and interleukin-4 have been implicated in immune and inflammatory reactions. We examined the associations of IL2 and IL4 polymorphisms and expression with the ...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Wang RS,Jin HX,Shang SQ,Liu XY,Chen SJ,Jin ZB

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, a number of reports have been published on silicosis in workers exposed to artificial quartz conglomerates containing high levels of crystalline silica particles (70-90%) used in the construction of kitchen and bathroom surfaces. Three cases of silicosis in workers exposed to artificial quartz conglomerates ...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Paolucci V,Romeo R,Sisinni AG,Bartoli D,Mazzei MA,Sartorelli P

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review has been made of original articles on invasive pneumology techniques, interstitial diseases and lung transplantation, published in the Archivos de Bronconeumología during the year 2008. We have selected the publication by Martínez-Olondrins et al on the mediastinal staging of bronchogenic carcinoma by ...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Disdier C,Bollo E,Morales P,Montero C

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with activating somatic mutations in the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) have better clinical outcomes when treated with Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (TKI) over chemotherapy. However, the impact of the use of TKIs on overall survival outside clinical trials is not well established. OBJECTIVE:...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Aguiar F,Fernandes G,Queiroga H,Machado JC,Cirnes L,Souto Moura C,Hespanhol V

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Pulse transit time (PTT) is the time that a pulse wave takes to travel between two different arterial points, and may be useful in estimating blood pressure. This noninvasive technique, which does not add any cost to the procedure, offers the advantage of avoiding 'arousals' during sleep measurement as occ...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Gómez García MT,Troncoso Acevedo MF,Rodriguez Guzmán M,Alegre de Montaner R,Fernández Fernández B,del Río Camacho G,González-Mangado N

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe our experience in managing patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We analyzed the following variables in a group of 27 patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: arterial blood gases, lung function before and after mechanical ventilation, oxygen saturation (measured by pu...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Güell MR,Avendano M,Fraser J,Goldstein R

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a multidimensional disease with wide phenotypic heterogeneity that is not adequately reflected by forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV(1)). Assessment of patients with COPD requires analysis of multiple variables that encompass respiratory and extrapulmonary involve...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Casanova Macario C,de Torres Tajes JP,Lanus EC

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In the studies carried out to date, the cost of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may have been overestimated due to the inclusion of previously diagnosed patients seeking medical attention for their symptoms. As a result, the severity of the cases included in these studies may have been greater th...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Masa JF,Sobradillo V,Villasante C,Jiménez-Ruiz CA,Fernández-Fau L,Viejo JL,Miravitlles M

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00