Identification and management of cough-induced laryngotracheitis.

abstract：AIMS:The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical utility and safety of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) in patients with mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy and to explicitly describe the utility of this procedure in patient's outcome. METHODS:A retrospective review ...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Aljohaney AA

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Prolonged use of oral corticosteroids is a risk factor for osteoporosis. However, the effect of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) on bone mineral density (BMD) of asthmatic patients remains controversial. OBJECTIVES:We aimed to determine the prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis in our patients with asthm...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Kuan YC,How SH,Azian AA,Liam CK,Ng TH,Fauzi AR

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Bronchoscopic intervention can provide immediate relief from suffocation and an opportunity for additional treatment in patients with malignant airway obstruction. However, few studies have specifically identified prognostic factors affecting the survival of advanced lung or esophageal cancer patients receiving...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Song JU,Park HY,Kim H,Jeon K,Um SW,Koh WJ,Suh GY,Chung MP,Kwon OJ

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tracheobronchial obstruction along with compression of pulmonary vessels is a rare complication after stenting of aortic aneurysm. We present this rare situation in a young patient who underwent stenting of traumatic thoracic aortic aneurysm and developed this near fatal complication and also the conservative manageme...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Hajjar WM,Al Nassar SA,Iftikhar A,Alaqeed AN

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in our understanding of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection have led to improved care and incremental increases in survival. However, the pulmonary manifestations of HIV/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Respiratory complaints are not infrequen...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Allen CM,Al-Jahdali HH,Irion KL,Al Ghanem S,Gouda A,Khan AN

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Swyer-James-MacLeod (SJM) syndrome is a chronic, progressive lung disease as a result of infection and bronchial obstruction that ultimately leads to emphysema. It is associated with chronic cough, sputum production and recurrent chest infections and is occasionally seen in women of reproductive age. The radiological ...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Chopra S,Aggarwal N,Suri V,Thami MR

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Treatment-emergent central sleep apnea (TECSA) is the appearance of central apneas and hypopneas after significant resolution of the obstructive events has been attained using positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of TECSA and to understand what factor...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Nigam G,Pathak C,Riaz M

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pleural effusion is considered to be a rare manifestation of pulmonary sarcoidosis, but hemorrhagic effusion secondary to it is a very uncommon clinical presentation. This case is reported due to the rare manifestation in pulmonary sarcoidosis presenting clinically as hemorrhagic pleural effusion. ...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Kumar S,Verma SK,Singh R,Prasad R

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper summarizes the roundtable discussion in September 25, 2013, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as part of the World Sepsis Day held in King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh. The objectives of the roundtable discussion were to (1) review the chasm between the current management of sepsis and best practice, (2) discuss syste...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Arabi Y,Alamry A,Levy MM,Taher S,Marini AM

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adequate sleep has been considered important for the adolescent's health and well being. On the other hand, self-imposed sleep curtailment is now recognized as a potentially important and novel risk factor for obesity. The present study aimed to assess the prevalence of short sleep duration and its associati...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Al-Hazzaa HM,Musaiger AO,Abahussain NA,Al-Sobayel HI,Qahwaji DM

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a worldwide drive for the home management of chronic respiratory diseases. With the widespread use of home intravenous (IV) treatment for cystic fibrosis (CF) pulmonary exacerbations (PExs), evidence pointing to an inferior outcome of care for home-treated patients in comparison to hospital-treated patients i...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Sequeiros IM,Jarad NA

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Videothoracoscopic surgery leads to general organ hypoperfusion by reducing mean arterial pressure, systemic vascular resistance, and end-diastolic volume index. Oxidative stress occurs as a result of hypoperfusion. Evaluation of the short-term effects of videothoracoscopic sympathectomy on serum ischemia-mo...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Oncel M,Kiyici A,Oncel M,Sunam GS,Sahin E,Adam B

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) was first described in the early 1980s as a clinicopathologic syndrome characterized symptomatically by subacute or chronic respiratory illness and histopathologically by the presence of granulation tissue in the bronchiolar lumen, alveolar ducts and some alveoli, a...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Al-Ghanem S,Al-Jahdali H,Bamefleh H,Khan AN

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Gefitinib, a small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor, showed a substantial effect as a salvage treatment for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who had failed prior chemotherapy. Subsequent phase III trials in previously untreated patients have failed to demonstrate such benefit. It wa...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Ibrahim EM

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Fiber-optic bronchoscopy (FOB) with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is a common procedure performed in immunocompromised patients with undiagnosed pulmonary pathology. Identifying patients with the highest potential diagnostic yield may help to avoid morbidity in patients unlikely to benefit from the procedur...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Brownback KR,Simpson SQ

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The IL-4 receptor alpha subunit (IL-4Rα), when associated with the common gamma chain receptor, or the IL-13Rα1 subunit, transduces signals to STAT6 in response to IL-4 and IL-13 stimulations. This results in a number of cell-specific responses including Th2 differentiation, lymphocyte proliferation and IgE ...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Al-Muhsen S,Vazquez-Tello A,Alzaabi A,Al-Hajjaj MS,Al-Jahdali HH,Halwani R

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the most serious hospital-acquired infections to occur among mechanically ventilated patients. Many risk factors for VAP have been identified in the literature; however, there is a lack of studies examining the association between endotracheal tube (ETT) repo...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Ismaeil T,Alfunaysan L,Alotaibi N,Alkadi S,Othman F

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 18-year-old male presented with 4 weeks' history of productive cough and fever that had started 1 day after alleged ingestion of a plastic whistle. Multiple courses of antibiotics had proved ineffective. Crepitation and a localized wheeze on right chest were observed on clinical examination. Chest radiograph showed...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Koul PA,Wahid A,Bhat TA,Hussain T

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article on p. 100 in vol. 10, PMID: 25829960.]. ...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors：

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) pneumonia is associated with very high mortality. Though surgical evacuation of necrotic tissue is desirable in patients unresponsive to antimicrobial therapy, most patients are acutely ill precluding surgical intervention. We utilized a combinat...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Panchabhai TS,Khabbaza JE,Raja S,Mehta AC,Hatipoğlu U

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of bronchial Dieulafoy's disease in the pediatric age. Angio-computed tomography scan and arteriography addressed us to diagnosis. Bronchial endoscopy with biopsy was avoided due to the high risk of developing a life-threatening hemorrhage. Transcatheter embolization of the bleeding bronchial artery w...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Giordano M,Bigazzi MC,Palladino MT,Russo MG

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NASAM (National Approach to Standardize and Improve Mechanical Ventilation) is a national collaborative quality improvement project in Saudi Arabia. It aims to improve the care of mechanically ventilated patients by implementing evidence-based practices with the goal of reducing the rate of ventilator-associated event...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Arabi YM,Al Aseri Z,Alaama T,Alqahtani A,Alharthy A,Almotairi A,Al Qasim E,Alzahrani AA,Al Qarni M,Abdukahil SAI,Al-Hameed FM,Mandourah Y,Maghrabi K,Ghamdi A,Almekhalfi G,Mady A,Qureshi AS,Qushmaq I,Alshahrani MS,Al

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Saudi Initiative for Asthma (SINA) provides up-to-date guidelines for healthcare workers managing patients with asthma. SINA was developed by a panel of Saudi experts with respectable academic backgrounds and long-standing experience in the field. SINA is founded on the latest available evidence, local literature,...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Al-Moamary MS,Al-Hajjaj MS,Idrees MM,Zeitouni MO,Alanezi MO,Al-Jahdali HH,Al Dabbagh M

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:The goal of the study was to assess asthma control using asthma control test (ACT) and to explore the factors that effects asthma control among participants with bronchial asthma in the outpatient clinic setting. METHODS:This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in the outpatient prima...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Al-Zahrani JM,Ahmad A,Al-Harbi A,Khan AM,Al-Bader B,Baharoon S,Shememeri AA,Al-Jahdali H

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For some years now, we have been living with the fear of an impending pandemic of avian influenza (AI). Despite the recognition, in 1996, of the global threat posed by the highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus found in farmed geese in Guangdong Province, China, planning for the anticipated epidemic remains woefully i...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Balkhy H

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of pulmonary strongyloidiasis in a patient with large granular lymphocytosis. He was on short-term high dose immunosuppressant therapy. A 77-year-old white male presented to the emergency room with fever and shortness of breath for 10 days. The patient had been diagnosed about 3 months prior to this p...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Rishi MA,Chaudhry SZ

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Allergic Broncho Pulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA) is a rare disease characterized by an allergic inflammatory response to the colonization by aspergillus or other fungi in the airways. The aim was to study the clinical, radiological, and serological characteristics of patients of ABPA. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Natarajan S,Subramanian P

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). The objective of this study is to describe the clinical characteristics, mortality, and predictors of SSc-PAH in Saudi patients. METHODS:Retrospective chart review study of SSc patien...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Al Otair HA,Idrees MM,Saleemi SA,Eltoukhy AM,Alhijji AA,Al Habeeb WA,Omair MA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While lung cancer is the leading cancer cause of death, it is largely preventable. Furthermore, early diagnosis enhances the chance of cure. Therefore, we developed guidelines for lung cancer prevention and early detection. METHODS:A multidisciplinary team of experts in lung cancer representing different he...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Jazieh AR,AlGhamdi M,AlGhanem S,AlGarni M,AlKattan K,AlRujaib M,AlNaimi M,Babelli OM,AlShehri S,AlQahtani R,Zeitouni M

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) programs proven to be one of the most effective treatment options for respiratory diseases; yet, they are not well-established in hospitals in Saudi Arabia. AIM:To determine the main barriers for setting up PR programs in Saudi Arabia. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was condu...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Alsubaiei ME,Cafarella PA,Frith PA,McEvoy RD,Effing TW

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00