Use of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold test in Japanese patients with sarcoidosis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lung fibrosis is attributed to derangements in extracellular matrix remodeling, a process driven by collagen turnover. We examined the association of two collagen biomarkers, carboxy-terminal telopeptide of collagen type I (ICTP) and amino-terminal propeptide of type III procollagen (PIIINP), with subclinica...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Madahar P,Duprez DA,Podolanczuk AJ,Bernstein EJ,Kawut SM,Raghu G,Barr RG,Gross MD,Jacobs DR Jr,Lederer DJ

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Asthma is a heterogeneous disease, and a great majority of pediatric patients with asthma demonstrate atopic characteristics and develop a Th2 type cytokine response. Nonatopic asthma, on the other hand, is seen more rarely. METHODS:In this study, levels of IL-5, IL-8 and MMP-9 were measured in exhaled breat...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Turkeli A,Yilmaz O,Taneli F,Horasan GD,Kanik ET,Kizilkaya M,Gozukara C,Yuksel H

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-acting bronchodilators in combination with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are recommended to decrease the risk of recurrent exacerbations in patients with Global initiative for chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) stage 3-4 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). There is increasing concern about the clin...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Magnussen H,Watz H,Kirsten A,Decramer M,Dahl R,Calverley PM,Towse L,Finnigan H,Tetzlaff K,Disse B

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Non-cystic fibrosis(CF) bronchiectasis has been recognized in children for the past 200 years. Early childhood pneumonia and underlying conditions such as immunodeficiency, primary ciliary dyskinesia(PCD), and congenital lung pathology should be considered in the etiology. The aim of our study was to descr...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Satırer O,Mete Yesil A,Emiralioglu N,Tugcu GD,Yalcın E,Dogru D,Kiper N,Ozcelik U

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is associated with airway inflammation. Measurement of exhaled nitric oxide is a non-invasive method for evaluation of airway diseases. It seems that obesity is an exacerbating factor for airway inflammation. We aimed to evaluate the changes of exhaled nitric oxide after slee...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： JalilMirmohammadi S,Mehrparvar AH,Safaei S,Samimi E,Torab Jahromi M

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic seronegative spondyloarthritis with the major histocompatibility antigen HLA B27. Pulmonary involvement in AS is rare and is usually in the form of upper lobe fibrocavitary disease. Herein, we present a case with recurrent pleural and pericardial effusion without apical fibrobu...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Erkan L,Uzun O,Findik S,Atici AG,Ozkaya S

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty patients with tropical eosinophilia were studied clinically and physiologically, before and after a standard 3-week course of diethylcarbamazine. Before treatment the main physiological abnormality was a reduction in the carbon monoxide transfer factor. One month after the start of treatment most patients had sh...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Vijayan VK,Rao KV,Sankaran K,Venkatesan P,Prabhakar R

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of endobronchial metastasis 2 yr following treatment of rectal carcinoma is presented. Endobronchial metastases from extrathoracic primary malignancies are uncommon, the estimated frequency and possible mechanisms underlying this complication are discussed. The importance of recognizing possible endobronchial m...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Lee YC,Wong CS,Jeffery GM

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 72 kDa matrix metalloproteinase (MMP-2) and the 92 kDa matrix metalloproteinase (MMP-9), are type IV collagenases that have been implicated as important factors in cancer invasion and metastasis formation. We have used quantitative zymography and computer-assisted image analysis to measure the levels of MMP-9 and ...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Hrabec E,Strek M,Nowak D,Hrabec Z

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about trends in the utilization or complication rates of transbronchial lung biopsy, particularly in community hospitals. METHODS:We used the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Florida State Inpatient and State Ambulatory Surgical Databases to assess trends in transbronchial lung biopsy...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Tukey MH,Wiener RS

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine medication adherence and persistence among COPD patients during their last year of life. DATA SOURCE:National VA databases were used to identify patients who had COPD and died between 1999 and 2003. STUDY DESIGN:We examined use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), long acting beta(2) agonists (LABA)...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Jung E,Pickard AS,Salmon JW,Bartle B,Lee TA

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Community-acquired pneumonia is a frequent event in the course of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The aim of the present study was to provide information on clinical and microbiological characteristics and outcome of community-acquired pneumonia in these patients, in a comparative study w...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Pifarre R,Falguera M,Vicente-de-Vera C,Nogues A

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:A high rate of seropositivity for antibodies against Helicobacter pylori has been found in many extra-gastrointestinal diseases. In addition, it has been reported that the risk of chronic bronchitis may be increased in subjects infected with H. pylori. This study was designed to determine the H. pylori seroprevalen...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Kanbay M,Gur G,Akcay S,Yilmaz U

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Given the high incidence of confirmed infection by SARS-CoV-2 and mortality by COVID-19 in the Spanish population, its impact was analysed among persons with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) as a group at risk of a worse evolution. The possible causes of the incidence observed in them are explained and how CF Units have...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Mondejar-Lopez P,Quintana-Gallego E,Giron-Moreno RM,Cortell-Aznar I,Ruiz de Valbuena-Maiz M,Diab-Caceres L,Prados-Sanchez C,Alvarez-Fernandez A,Garcia-Marcos PW,Peñalver-Mellado C,Pastor-Vivero MD,Olveira C,Lopez-Neyra A,Castil

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare genetically heterogeneous disorder of motile cilia, which leads to recurrent and chronic airway infections. Detailed information about infection causing pathogens is scarce. With this study, we aimed to determine the prevalence and susceptibility of the most commo...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Roden L,Görlich D,Omran H,Peters G,Große-Onnebrink J,Kahl BC

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and irreversible interstitial lung disease with poor prognosis despite the recent availability of two antifibrotic drugs. Patients are more susceptible to cardiovascular comorbidities. In this study, we aimed to determine the impact of concom...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： M Lambert E,A Wuyts W,Yserbyt J,De Sadeleer LJ

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has not been a comprehensive multi-center study investigating the microbial profile of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) in Taiwan. METHODS:A prospective study of adult CAP patients requiring hospitalization between December 2001 and April 2002 was carried out in 13 hospitals in Taiwan. Etiology was ...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Lauderdale TL,Chang FY,Ben RJ,Yin HC,Ni YH,Tsai JW,Cheng SH,Wang JT,Liu YC,Cheng YW,Chen ST,Fung CP,Chuang YC,Cheng HP,Lu DC,Liu CJ,Huang IW,Hung CL,Hsiao CF,Ho M

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic inflammation may be present in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Exercise is known to elicit an inflammatory response. We hypothesized that the systemic inflammatory response to exercise might be exaggerated in COPD patients compared to healthy subjects. Sixteen COPD patients and 11 ...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： van Helvoort HA,van de Pol MH,Heijdra YF,Dekhuijzen PN

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the effects of once-daily ciclesonide and twice-daily fluticasone propionate in patients with moderate persistent asthma. METHODS:Patients aged 12-75 years with moderate bronchial asthma entered a 1-4 week run-in period. For inclusion into the 12-week, randomized, open-label treatment period, pati...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Boulet LP,Bateman ED,Voves R,Müller T,Wolf S,Engelstätter R

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemoptysis is an alarming symptom, and the management depends upon the aetiology. Emergency management depends upon localization of the site of bleeding by roentgenogram, computerized chest tompgraphy and bronchoscopy. We prospectively evaluated 52 patients with haemoptysis admitted to the Chest Hospital, Kuwait for ...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Abal AT,Nair PC,Cherian J

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has implemented a review process for the approval of new drugs used to treat patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) since September 2016. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of these new drugs bedaquiline (Bdq) and d...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Kang H,Jo KW,Jeon D,Yim JJ,Shim TS

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies have shown strong evidence that bronchiolitis obliterans is the major long-term sequelae of exposure to sulfur mustard (SM). This study is the first to examine the histopathologic spectrum of changes in a large number of surgical lung biopsies from patients exposed to SM. METHOD:Fifteen patie...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Ghanei M,Tazelaar HD,Chilosi M,Harandi AA,Peyman M,Akbari HM,Shamsaei H,Bahadori M,Aslani J,Mohammadi A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects 6% of the general population and is the fourth-leading cause of death in the United States with severe and very severe disease accounting for 15% and 3% of physician diagnoses of COPD. Guidelines make few recommendations regarding providing the provision of care for...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Ambrosino N,Simonds A

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous investigations have suggested that genetic variations are associated with reduced lung function in early childhood. This study was conducted to evaluate the association between IL13+2044G-->A, the functionally relevant single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the gene coding IL13, and lung function i...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Park HW,Lee JE,Kim SH,Kim YK,Min KU,Kim YY,Cho SH

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUNDS:Cancer immunotherapy using immune checkpoint inhibitors has received a remarkable amount of attention in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The unique adverse effects known as immune-related adverse events (irAEs) associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors are not known however, and neither...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Fujita K,Kim YH,Kanai O,Yoshida H,Mio T,Hirai T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This manuscript offers an approach to the treatment of pulmonary sarcoidosis based on current available information. The treatment of pulmonary sarcoidosis is not mandatory as the disease may be self-limiting and therapy is often associated with significant drug side effects. The decision to treat rests predominantly ...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Judson MA

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:May patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) require supplementary oxygen (O2) therapy to maintain normoxia. However, ambulatory O2 delivery devices are constraining and cumbersome. The physiologic and symptomatic impact of these devices on ILD patients is unknown. METHODS:We conducted a prospective st...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Ramadurai D,Riordan M,Graney B,Churney T,Olson AL,Swigris JJ

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to investigate possible mechanisms of epithelial injury in normal subjects exposed to environmentally relevant concentrations of ozone. Fifteen healthy non-smoking subjects (M:F 12:3) were studied. Five of the 15 subjects were exposed to filtered air, six were exposed to ozone 100 parts per bi...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Morrison D,Rahman I,MacNee W

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency, although largely under-diagnosed, is the underlying cause of approximately 1% of COPD cases. Lack of awareness leads to long delays in diagnostic testing. Subsequently, lifestyle and treatment choices with potentially positive effects on prognosis may be postponed. METHO...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Greulich T,Ottaviani S,Bals R,Lepper PM,Vogelmeier C,Luisetti M,Ferrarotti I

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate impact of distribution of computed tomography (CT) emphysema on severity of airflow limitation and gas exchange impairment in current and former heavy smokers participating in a lung cancer screening trial. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In total 875 current and former heavy smokers underwent baseline lo...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Gietema HA,Zanen P,Schilham A,van Ginneken B,van Klaveren RJ,Prokop M,Lammers JW

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00