Diagnostic pitfalls in fine needle aspiration of solitary pulmonary nodules: two cases with radio-cyto-histological correlation.

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate the use of do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and the association with mortality. METHODS:We assembled a cohort of 1317 adults hospitalized with radiographically confirmed CAP in three Danish hospitals. Patients were grouped into n...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Egelund GB,Jensen AV,Petersen PT,Andersen SB,Lindhardt BØ,Rohde G,Ravn P,von Plessen C

更新日期：2020-07-24 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:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a rare life-threating interstitial lung disease (ILD). This study characterizes demographics, health care utilization, and comorbidities among elderly IPF patients and estimates prevalence and incidence rates for selected outcomes. METHODS:Cohort study using a large US...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Mortimer K,Hartmann N,Chan C,Norman H,Wallace L,Enger C

更新日期：2019-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A variety of large randomized controlled trials (RCT's) evaluating pharmacotherapy in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients does exist. One of the drugs that has been tested is the new long-acting anticholinergic glycopyrronium bromide. METHODS:As the generalizability of results from RCT's i...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Kardos P,Vogelmeier C,Buhl R,Criée CP,Worth H

更新日期：2015-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Each year, more than 13.7 million people became an active case of tuberculosis and more than 1.5 million cases of TB patient will die. The association between TB and malnutrition is bi-directional, TB leads the patient to malnutrition, and malnutrition increases the risk of developing active TB by 6 to 10 ti...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Feleke BE,Feleke TE,Biadglegne F

更新日期：2019-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a hereditary pulmonary and extra-pulmonary disease that occurs equally in men and women. However, a difference in morbidity and mortality rates between the sexes has been long documented. Similarly, a sex-disparity in disease severity has been reported in asthma as well. Studies done ...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Lam GY,Goodwin J,Wilcox P,Quon BS

更新日期：2020-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systemic inflammation plays an important role in the initiation, promotion, and progression of lung carcinogenesis. In patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), fibrinogen levels correlate with neoplasia. Here we compared the effects of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) with chest physical therapy (CPT) ...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Morano MT,Mesquita R,Da Silva GP,Araújo AS,Pinto JM,Neto AG,Viana CM,De Moraes Filho MO,Pereira ED

更新日期：2014-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Birt-Hogg-Dubé (BHD) syndrome is a very rare autosomal dominant form of genodermatosis caused by germline mutations in the folliculin (FLCN) gene, which is mapped to the p11.2 region in chromosome 17. BHD commonly presents cutaneous fibrofolliculomas, pulmonary cysts, renal cell carcinoma, and recurrent ...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Hao S,Long F,Sun F,Liu T,Li D,Jiang S

更新日期：2017-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Programmed cell death 5 (PDCD5) was first identified as an apoptosis-promoting protein and involved in some autoimmune diseases and inflammatory processes. Our previous study demonstrated greater expression of serum PDCD5 in asthmatic patients than controls. This study aimed to further explore the significan...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Diao X,Wang J,Zhu H,He B

更新日期：2016-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:IL-4 and IL-13 play a critical yet poorly understood role in orchestrating the recruitment and activation of effector cells of the asthmatic response and driving the pathophysiology of allergic asthma. The house dust mite (HDM) sheep asthma model displays many features of the human condition and is an ideal ...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Liravi B,Piedrafita D,Nguyen G,Bischof RJ

更新日期：2015-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aims to investigate the effects of CCAAT/enhancer binding protein alpha (C/EBPα) overexpression on cell proliferation, apoptosis and surfactant protein-C(SP-C) in alveolar epithelial type II (AEC II) cells after exposure to hyperoxia. METHODS:pcDNA3.1(+)-C/EBPα plasmid or air-empty vector were tr...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Lu H,Chen X,Lu Y,Zhu H,Tang W,Wang Q

更新日期：2019-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Following publication of the original article [1], the author flagged aspects of the article that affected readability of some of the article's scientific content. ...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Fuchs O,Bahmer T,Weckmann M,Dittrich AM,Schaub B,Rösler B,Happle C,Brinkmann F,Ricklefs I,König IR,Watz H,Rabe KF,Kopp MV,Hansen G,von Mutius E,ALLIANCE Study Group as part of the German Centre for Lung Research (DZL).

更新日期：2018-11-07 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:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a distinct form of interstitial pneumonia with unknown origin and poor prognosis. Current pharmacologic treatments are limited and lung transplantation is a viable option for appropriate patients. The aim of this review was to summarize lung transplantation survival in ...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Kistler KD,Nalysnyk L,Rotella P,Esser D

更新日期：2014-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between dynamic hyperinflation and daily physical activity (DPA) in adults with cystic fibrosis (CF). METHODS:Thirty-four clinically stable CF were studied. All patients undertook incremental cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET). CPET-related meas...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Savi D,Di Paolo M,Simmonds NJ,Pascucci C,Quattrucci S,Palange P

更新日期：2018-04-19 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:Skeletal muscle function dysfunction has been reported in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Studies so far showed inconclusive data whether reduced exercise capacity is related to intrinsic muscle dysfunction in CF. METHODS:Twenty patients with CF and 23 age-matched controls completed an incremental cardi...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Ruf K,Beer M,Köstler H,Weng AM,Neubauer H,Klein A,Platek K,Roth K,Beneke R,Hebestreit H

更新日期：2019-12-30 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:Physical training has been shown to improve exercise capabilities in patients with asthma. Most studies focused on children and younger adults. Previously, the maximum program duration was six months. It is not known whether the same results may be obtained with lower intensity programs and sustained for tim...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Meyer A,Günther S,Volmer T,Taube K,Baumann HJ

更新日期：2015-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Zosteriform skin metastasis (ZSM) is rare, and its etiology is not well understood. ZSM is possibly derived from the retrograde movement of cancer cells through the lymphatic vessels during disease development. However, it has been difficult to demonstrate it, as no specific findings have been observed. CAS...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Maki Y,Kimizuka Y,Murakami K,Sato K,Sasaki H,Yamamoto T,Watanabe C,Sano T,Miyata J,Fujikura Y,Kawana A

更新日期：2021-01-26 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:The long-term prognosis of chronic cough and its determinants need to be clarified. METHODS:This is a prospective, observational cohort study. Eighty-nine unselected subjects with chronic (> 8 weeks' duration) cough were carefully investigated: Clinical examination, symptom questionnaire, Leicester Cough Qu...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Koskela HO,Lätti AM,Purokivi MK

更新日期：2017-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The outcome of patients with bronchiectasis during and after their stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) has seldom been reported in the literature. Managing these patients in the ICU can be challenging because of the complex nature of their disease. This study aims to identify the in-hospital and long-term ...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Alzeer AH,Masood M,Basha SJ,Shaik SA

更新日期：2007-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liver dysfunction reflects the status of heart failure, with congestion and low perfusion of the liver serving as causative mechanisms. Previous studies demonstrated relationship between the results of liver function test and the prognosis in patients with heart failure. However, few studies have examined th...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Takeda Y,Takeda Y,Tomimoto S,Tani T,Narita H,Kimura G

更新日期：2010-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pathological appearance of idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (IPPFE) with hematoxylin-eosin staining is similar to that of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The amount of elastic fibers (EF) and detailed differences between IPPFE and IPF ha...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Enomoto N,Kusagaya H,Oyama Y,Kono M,Kaida Y,Kuroishi S,Hashimoto D,Fujisawa T,Yokomura K,Inui N,Nakamura Y,Suda T

更新日期：2014-05-28 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:Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease characterized by reversible obstruction, inflammation and hyperresponsiveness to different stimulus. Aerobic and breathing exercises have been demonstrated to benefit asthmatic patients; however, there is no evidence comparing the effectiveness of these treatme...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Evaristo KB,Saccomani MG,Martins MA,Cukier A,Stelmach R,Rodrigues MR,Santaella DF,Carvalho CR

更新日期：2014-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Cambridge Pulmonary Hypertension Outcome Review (CAMPHOR) and the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36 (SF-36) are widely used to assess patient-reported outcome in individuals with pulmonary hypertension (PH). The aim of the study was to compare the psychometric properties of the two measures. METHODS:...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Twiss J,McKenna S,Ganderton L,Jenkins S,Ben-L'amri M,Gain K,Fowler R,Gabbay E

更新日期：2013-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) is the most common reason for the hospitalization and death of pulmonary patients. The use of antibiotics as adjuvant therapy for AECOPD, however, is still a matter of debate. METHODS:In this study, we searched the PubMed, EmBase, and Coch...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Zhang HL,Tan M,Qiu AM,Tao Z,Wang CH

更新日期：2017-12-12 00:00:00