Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: A clinical review of 24 patients: Are we right in frequent serologic monitoring?

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is limited data about the performance of QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT-G) test in detecting latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in our region. We intended to determine the performance of QFT-G compared to conventional tuberculin skin test (TST) in detecting LTBI in HIV-positive individuals in Iran. METHOD...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Mardani M,Tabarsi P,Mohammadtaheri Z,Chitsaz E,Farokhzad B,Hadavand F,Gachkar L,Nemati K,Masjedi MR

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reported studies suggest a role for eosinophils in the pathogenesis of cough variant asthma. In the present study, the expired breath condensate level of hydrogen peroxide and pH were determined in patients with cough variant asthma and compared to subjects with classical asthma, with chronic cough nonasthmatic an...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Al Obaidi AH

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient-ventilator asynchrony (PVA) is common in patients receiving noninvasive ventilation (NIV). This occurs primarily when the triggering and cycling-off of ventilatory assistance are not synchronized with the patient's inspiratory efforts and could result in increased work of breathing and niv failure. In general,...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Al Otair HA,BaHammam AS

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is common in adult populations. Accumulating data indicate that it is independently associated with a variety of cardiovascular diseases and has prognostic importance in affected cases. In this study, we aimed to evaluate coronary flow reserve (CFR) in patients with OSA an...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Bozbas SS,Eroglu S,Ozyurek BA,Eyuboglu FO

更新日期：2017-10-01 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：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:Right ventricular strain (RVS) in pulmonary embolism (PE) can be used to stratify risk and direct intervention. The clinical significance of computed tomography pulmonary angiogram (CTPA)-derived radiologic signs of RVS, however, remains incompletely characterized. We retrospectively analyzed a cohort of p...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Karri J,Truong T,Hasapes J,Trujillo DO,Chua S,Shiralkar K,Aisenberg G

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：:Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is an integral component of the comprehensive management plan of patients with chronic lung diseases by addressing their functional and psychological deficits. PR is generally recommended to symptomatic patients with chronic lung diseases who develop shortness of breath on their own pace ...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Al Moamary MS,Alorainy H,Al-Hajjaj MS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The professional content of sleep medicine has grown significantly over the past few decades, warranting the recognition of sleep medicine as an independent specialty. Because the practice of sleep medicine has expanded in Saudi Arabia over the past few years, a national regulation system to license and ascertain the ...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Bahammam AS,Al-Jahdali H,Alharbi AS,Alotaibi G,Asiri SM,Alsayegh A

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：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：: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: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：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to investigate the association between epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation and thyroid cancer in female patients with nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS:In a retrospective study, we examined 835 female patients who were diagnosed with NSCLC and underwent an EGF...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Kim SY,Kim HR,Kim CH,Koh JS,Baek HJ,Choi CM,Song JS,Lee JC,Na II

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We hypothesized that if we control for food composition, caloric intake, light exposure, sleep schedule, and exercise, intermittent fasting would not influence the circadian pattern of melatonin. Therefore, we designed this study to assess the effect of intermittent fasting on the circadian pattern of melatonin. ...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Almeneessier AS,Bahammam AS,Sharif MM,Bahammam SA,Nashwan SZ,Pandi Perumal SR,Cardinali DP,Alzoghaibi M

更新日期：2017-07-01 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：: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：: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：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：:Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is known to cause severe pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome which may lead to death. Several treatments have been tested in the race to find a treatment regimen for this deadly viral infection. Tocilizumab, a recombinant humanized anti-interleukin-6 receptor mon...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Douedi S,Chaudhri M,Miskoff J

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:For patients that are expected to survive for longer, the risk of complications combined with the need for more vacuum drainage bottles have become barriers to the placement of indwelling pleural catheter (IPC), since these could increase costs. OBJETIVES:The objective of the current article is to determine...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Rial MB,Lamela IP,Fernández VL,Arca JA,Delgado MN,Pombo CV,Hernández CR,Fernández-Villar A

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With increased exposure of patients to routine imaging, incidental benign intrathoracic masses are frequently recognized. Most have classical imaging features, which are pathognomonic for their benignity. The aim of this pictorial review is to educate the reader of radiological features of several types of intrathorac...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Suut S,Al-Ani Z,Allen C,Rajiah P,Durr-E-Sabih,Al-Harbi A,Al-Jahdali H,Khan AN

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Physicians may experience periods of acute sleep deprivation while on-call, in addition to baseline chronic sleep deprivation which may affect physicians' performance and patients' safety. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of acute sleep deprivation due to working long on-ca...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Wali SO,Qutah K,Abushanab L,Basamh R,Abushanab J,Krayem A

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：AIMS:Flexible bronchoscopy is a common procedure performed in pulmonary medicine, critical care, and thoracic surgery. In this study, we aimed to assess the prevalence and predictors of anxiety in patients undergoing diagnostic bronchoscopy. METHODS:This is a prospective study conducted at King Abdulaziz University Ho...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Aljohaney AA

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary tumor thromboembolism is well described in literature especially in patients known to have cancer. We are presenting this report of a patient presenting with Acute Cor-pulmonale secondary to Occult Gastric carcinoma causing pulmonary tumor embolism. This is an unusual presentation of occult neoplasm. ...

journal_title：Annals of thoracic medicine

authors： Aiyappan V,Alwail A

更新日期：2007-10-01 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