Treatment of acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with direct hemoperfusion using a polymyxin B-immobilized fiber column improves survival.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac Troponin T (cTnT) elevation during exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with increased mortality the first year after hospital discharge. The factors associated with cTnT elevation in COPD are not known. METHODS:From our hospital's database, all patients admitt...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Brekke PH,Omland T,Holmedal SH,Smith P,Søyseth V

更新日期：2009-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Convenient approaches for accurate biopsy are extremely important to the diagnosis of lung cancer. We aimed to systematically review the clinical updates and development trends of approaches for biopsy, i.e., CT-guided PTNB (Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Biopsy), ENB (Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchosc...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Deng CJ,Dai FQ,Qian K,Tan QY,Wang RW,Deng B,Zhou JH

更新日期：2018-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinically hypomyopathic dermatomyositis is a rare disease that is important to recognize, investigate and treat early as it is associated with poor prognosis. In a proportion of patients, myositis specific antibodies could be negative, but with high clinical suspicion, myositis associated antibodies should ...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Alqatari S,Riddell P,Harney S,Henry M,Murphy G

更新日期：2018-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular air embolism (VAE) is a rare but important complication that has not been paid enough attention to in the medical process such as surgery and anesthesia. CASE PRESENTATION:We report for the first time that a 54-year-old male patient with central lung cancer developed severe complications of CAE aft...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Mo Y,Lin L,Yan J,Zhong C,Kuang J,Guo Q,Li D,Wu M,Sui Z,Zhang J

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease caused by CD4+ cell-dominant inflammation. Meanwhile, diffuse panbronchiolitis is a chronic inflammatory respiratory disease predominantly caused by CD8+ lymphocytes and neutrophils. Herein, we report a rare case of sarcoidosis in which the clinical presentatio...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Akaba T,Takeyama K,Kondo M,Kobayashi F,Okabayashi A,Sawada T,Tagaya E

更新日期：2020-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate if age, gender and smoking are associated with airway wall thickness (AWT) measured by high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) and if higher AWT is associated with lower levels of pulmonary function in healthy current- and never-smokers with a wide age range. METHODS:HRCT scans were perfor...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Telenga ED,Oudkerk M,van Ooijen PM,Vliegenthart R,Ten Hacken NH,Postma DS,van den Berge M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:(18)F-FDG PET/CT (PET) is useful in assessing inflammatory activity in sarcoidosis. However, no appropriate indications are available. The aim of this study was to develop a prediction rule that can be used to identify symptomatic sarcoidosis patients who have a high probability of PET-positivity. METHODS:W...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Mostard RL,Van Kuijk SM,Verschakelen JA,van Kroonenburgh MJ,Nelemans PJ,Wijnen PA,Drent M

更新日期：2012-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many studies have investigated whether pleural cholesterol levels can aid in diagnosis of pleural exudates, and the results have varied considerably. To gain a more reliable answer to this question, we meta-analyzed the literature on using pleural cholesterol or the ratio of cholesterol in pleural fluid to c...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Shen Y,Zhu H,Wan C,Chen L,Wang T,Yang T,Wen F

更新日期：2014-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A recent method determines regional gas flow of the lung by electrical impedance tomography (EIT). The aim of this study is to show the applicability of this method in a porcine model of mechanical ventilation in healthy and diseased lungs. Our primary hypothesis is that global gas flow measured by EIT can b...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Bodenstein M,Boehme S,Bierschock S,Vogt A,David M,Markstaller K

更新日期：2014-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the heterogeneous nature of asthma has prompted asthma phenotyping with physiological or biomarker data, these studies have been mostly cross-sectional. Longitudinal studies that assess the stability of phenotypes based on a combination of physiological, clinical and biomarker data are currently lac...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Zaihra T,Walsh CJ,Ahmed S,Fugère C,Hamid QA,Olivenstein R,Martin JG,Benedetti A

更新日期：2016-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a biomarker of inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. But, a meaningful threshold and the longitudinal changes are unknown. We aimed to investigate the association between NLR and the clinical characteristics of COPD patients and to dete...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Sakurai K,Chubachi S,Irie H,Tsutsumi A,Kameyama N,Kamatani T,Koh H,Terashima T,Nakamura H,Asano K,Betsuyaku T

更新日期：2018-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anti-tuberculosis therapy requires at least six-month treatment with continuous administration of combined antibiotics, including isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol. The long-term exposure to antibiotics could cause consequent changes in gut microbiota, which may alter the gastrointestinal f...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Shi W,Hu Y,Zheng X,Ning Z,Wu M,Xia F,Prast-Nielsen S,Hu YOO,Xu B

更新日期：2019-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During the past decades, numerous efforts have been made to decrease the death rate among lung cancer patients. Nonetheless, the improvement in long-term survival has been limited and lung cancer is still a devastating disease. DISCUSSION:With this article we would like to point out that survival of lung ca...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Heuvers ME,Hegmans JP,Stricker BH,Aerts JG

更新日期：2012-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary rehabilitation offers potential benefits to people with asthma. It is however unknown if rehabilitation favourably affects patients' health care needs. We therefore examined if rehabilitation reduced needs and, in addition, if it improved asthma control. METHODS:One hundred fifty patients with ast...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Salandi J,Icks A,Gholami J,Hummel S,Schultz K,Apfelbacher C,Sheikh A,Loerbroks A

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known concerning the degree to which initiation of sildenafil for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) impacts patterns of healthcare utilization and costs. METHODS:Using a large US health insurance claims database, we identified all patients with evidence of PAH (ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes 416.0, ...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Berger A,Edelsberg J,Teal S,Mychaskiw MA,Oster G

更新日期：2012-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a form of chronic fibrosing interstitial pneumonia characterized by progressive worsening of dyspnea and lung function, with a poor prognosis. The objective of this study was to determine treatment patterns, resource use and costs of managing Spanish patients with IPF. ...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Morell F,Esser D,Lim J,Stowasser S,Villacampa A,Nieves D,Brosa M

更新日期：2016-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Penicillium species are among the most common fungi present in the environment and are usually considered non-pathogenic to humans. However, in immunocompromised hosts they can be virulent pathogens and can cause death. Penicillium digitatum is a plant pathogen that commonly causes a postharvest fungal disea...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Oshikata C,Tsurikisawa N,Saito A,Watanabe M,Kamata Y,Tanaka M,Tsuburai T,Mitomi H,Takatori K,Yasueda H,Akiyama K

更新日期：2013-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Old age is an important factor that could affect the treatment of early-stage lung cancer. In this study, we evaluated the treatment patterns and outcomes of patients over the age of 80 years who had been diagnosed with early-stage lung cancer in real-world practice. METHODS:Elderly patients who were diagno...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Lee K,Kim HO,Choi HK,Seo GH

更新日期：2018-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the integrated Practical Approach to Lung Health in South Africa (PALSA) guideline in identifying patients requiring bacteriological screening for tuberculosis (TB), and to determine which clinical features best predict suspected and bacteriologically-confirmed tubercul...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： English RG,Bachmann MO,Bateman ED,Zwarenstein MF,Fairall LR,Bheekie A,Majara BP,Lombard C,Scherpbier R,Ottomani SE

更新日期：2006-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The tissue factor (TF)-dependent extrinsic pathway has been suggested to be a central mechanism by which the coagulation cascade is locally activated in the lungs of patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS) and thus represents an attractive target for therapeutic int...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Morris PE,Steingrub JS,Huang BY,Tang S,Liu PM,Rhode PR,Wong HC

更新日期：2012-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dose intensity and dose density of first line Platinum and Etoposide (PE) do not influence Overall Survival (OS) of Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) patients. The effect of treatment length, however, remains unclear. Current guidelines recommend treating beyond 4 cycles -up to 6-, in patients that respond to an...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Sallam M,Wong H,Escriu C

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Europe, administration of an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) combined with a long-acting β2 agonist is approved in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients with a pre-bronchodilator FEV1 < 60% predicted normal, a history of repeated exacerbations, and who have significant symptoms despite regula...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Roche N,Pribil C,Van Ganse E,Serrier P,Housset B,Poirier D,Texier N,Schück S,Boucot I

更新日期：2014-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mechanical ventilation (MV), compared to spontaneous breathing (SB), has been found to increase abdominal edema and inflammation in experimental sepsis. Our hypothesis was that in primary acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) MV would enhance inflammation and edema in the abdomen. METHODS:Thirteen pigl...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Marchesi S,Hedenstierna G,Hata A,Feinstein R,Larsson A,Larsson AO,Lipcsey M

更新日期：2020-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fine needle aspiration is an important tool for diagnosis and preoperative evaluation of solitary nodules of the lung. It provides a definitive diagnosis in most patients at low cost with minimal trauma. However, because of the nature of the study and the presentation of the cells in a more distorted and inc...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Torkian B,Kanthan R,Burbridge B

更新日期：2003-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Relationships between low forced vital capacity (FVC), and morbidity have previously been studied but there are no data available for the Caribbean population. This study assessed the association of low FVC with risk factors, health variables and socioeconomic status in a community-based study of the Trinida...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Sakhamuri S,Lutchmansingh F,Simeon D,Conyette L,Burney P,Seemungal T

更新日期：2019-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inhaled bronchodilators including long-acting beta-agonist (LABA) and long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) play a central role in the treatment of stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, it is still unclear whether LABA or LAMA should be used for the initial treatment. Therefore, we...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Koarai A,Sugiura H,Yamada M,Ichikawa T,Fujino N,Kawayama T,Ichinose M

更新日期：2020-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mycoplasma pneumoniae is one of the most common pathogens causing community acquired pneumonia in children. Although the rate of macrolide-refractory Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MRMP) has increased, systemic glucocorticoids as a treatment option has not been validated yet. The purpose of this study was to assess ...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Kim HS,Sol IS,Li D,Choi M,Choi YJ,Lee KS,Seo JH,Lee YJ,Yang HJ,Kim HH

更新日期：2019-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During the pathological destruction of lung tissue, neutrophil elastase (NE) degrades elastin, one of the major constituents of lung parenchyma. However there are no non-invasive methods to quantify NE degradation of elastin. We selected specific elastin fragments generated by NE for antibody generation and ...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Kristensen JH,Karsdal MA,Sand JM,Willumsen N,Diefenbach C,Svensson B,Hägglund P,Oersnes-Leeming DJ

更新日期：2015-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The tracheobronchomalacia is a life-threatening complication of mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) without known effective, optimal treatment. The severe expiratory collapse of the trachea and bronchi is one of causes of the high rate of deaths in the course of airway impairment in MPSII patients. CASE PRESENTATIO...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Gocyk W,Warmus J,Olechnowicz H,Bik-Multanowski M,Pawlinski L,Kiec-Wilk B

更新日期：2020-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Selection bias is a systematic error in epidemiologic studies that may seriously distort true measures of associations between exposure and disease. Observational studies are highly susceptible to selection bias, and researchers should therefore always examine to what extent selection bias may be present in ...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Johannessen A,Verlato G,Benediktsdottir B,Forsberg B,Franklin K,Gislason T,Holm M,Janson C,Jögi R,Lindberg E,Macsali F,Omenaas E,Real FG,Saure EW,Schlünssen V,Sigsgaard T,Skorge TD,Svanes C,Torén K,Waatevik M,Nils

更新日期：2014-04-16 00:00:00