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:COVID-19 is a systemic viral infection which mainly targets the human respiratory system with many secondary clinical manifestations especially affecting the hematopoietic system and haemostasis. Few studies have highlighted the prognostic value of blood findings such as lymphopenia, neutrophil/lymphocyte ra...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Lim AYH,Goh JL,Chua MCW,Heng BH,Abisheganaden JA,George PP

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spontaneous pneumothorax is a common problem globally. Bullas and blebs have been implicated in this problem, but the etiology of their formation is unknown. We aim to show the relation between a novel clinical finding, the pulmonary delayed inflation (PDI) sign, and the etiology of bulla and bleb formation ...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Iyoda A,Azuma Y,Sakai T,Koezuka S,Otsuka H,Sano A

更新日期：2021-01-09 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：:Chemo-radiotherapy and systemic therapies have proven satisfactory outcomes as standard treatments for various thoracic malignancies; however, adverse pulmonary effects, like pneumonitis, can be life-threatening. Pneumonitis is caused by direct cytotoxic effect, oxidative stress, and immune-mediated injury. Radiothera...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Arroyo-Hernández M,Maldonado F,Lozano-Ruiz F,Muñoz-Montaño W,Nuñez-Baez M,Arrieta O

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of our study was to assess the frequency of occult foreign body aspiration (FBA) and to evaluate the diagnostic difficulties and therapeutic methods for these patients. METHODS:Between May 2000 and May 2020, 3557 patients with the diagnosis of FBA were treated in our department. Thirty-five pati...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Liu B,Ding F,An Y,Li Y,Pan Z,Wang G,Dai J,Li H,Wu C

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The COVID-19 pandemic reached Europe in early 2020. Convalescent plasma is used without a consistent evidence of efficacy. Our hypothesis is that passive immunization with plasma collected from patients having contracted COVID-19 and developed specific neutralizing antibodies may alleviate symptoms and reduc...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Misset B,Hoste E,Donneau AF,Grimaldi D,Meyfroidt G,Moutschen M,Compernolle V,Gothot A,Desmecht D,Garigliany M,Najdovski T,Laterre PF

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although cigarette smoking may have a negative impact on the clinical outcome of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), few studies have investigated the impact of smoking-associated lung diseases. Emphysema is a major pathological finding of smoking-related lung damage. We aimed to clarify the effect of emphysema on...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Takasaka N,Seki Y,Fujisaki I,Uchiyama S,Matsubayashi S,Sato A,Yamanaka Y,Odashima K,Kazuyori T,Seki A,Takeda H,Ishikawa T,Kuwano K

更新日期：2020-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) depends on the presence of clinical, radiological and microbiological findings. Endotracheal suction aspirate (ETSA) is the commonest respiratory sample sent for culture from intubated patients. Very few studies have compared quantitative and semi-quanti...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Rattani S,Farooqi J,Jabeen G,Chandio S,Kash Q,Khan A,Jabeen K

更新日期：2020-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The early diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer is of great significance to the prognosis of patients. However, traditional histopathology and imaging screening have certain limitations. Therefore, new diagnostical methods are urgently needed for the current clinical diagnosis. In this study we evaluated t...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Li J,Liao Y,Ran Y,Wang G,Wu W,Qiu Y,Liu J,Wen N,Jing T,Wang H,Zhang S

更新日期：2020-10-20 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:One forth whole-world population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), but 90% of them are asymptotic latent infection without any symptoms but positive result in IFN-γ release assay. There is lack of ideal strategy to distinguish active tuberculosis (TB) and latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI)...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Wei Z,Li Y,Wei C,Li Y,Xu H,Wu Y,Jia Y,Guo R,Jia J,Qi X,Li Z,Gao X

更新日期：2020-09-18 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:Lower respiratory tract infection (LRIs) is very common both in terms of community-acquired infection and hospital-acquired infection. Sputum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) are the most important specimens obtained from patients with LRI. The choice of antibiotic with which to treat LRI usually depe...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Peng Z,Zhou J,Tian L

更新日期：2020-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The flow-volume (FV) curve pattern in the pulmonary function test (PFT) for obstructive lung diseases is widely recognized. However, there are few reports on FV curve pattern in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). In this study, we investigated the relationship between FV curve pattern and clinical or radio...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Nakagawa H,Otoshi R,Isomoto K,Katano T,Baba T,Komatsu S,Hagiwara E,Nakano Y,Kuwahira I,Ogura T

更新日期：2020-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:ALK-rearrangement is observed in < 5% non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cases and prior to the advent of oral tyrosine kinase inhibitors, the natural history of oncogenic NSCLC was typically poor. Literature relating to regression of treatment-naïve NSCLC is limited, and regression without treatment has not...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Walls M,Walls GM,James JA,Crawford KT,Abdulkhalek H,Lynch TB,Peace AJ,McManus TE,Evans OR

更新日期：2020-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasma levels of cell-free DNA (cf-DNA) are known to be elevated in sepsis and high levels are associated with a poor prognosis. Mechanical ventilation affects systemic inflammation in which lung-protective ventilation attenuates the inflammatory response. The aim was to study the effect of a lung protective...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Nyberg A,Larsson A,Jylhävä J,Hurme M,Sperber J,Lipcsey M,Castegren M

更新日期：2020-07-31 00:00:00

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:Beginning at a young age, children with cystic fibrosis (CF) embark on demanding care regimens that pose challenges to parents. We examined the extent to which clinical, demographic and psychosocial features inform patterns of adherence to pulmonary therapies and how these patterns can be used to develop cli...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Szczesniak RD,Pestian T,Duan LL,Li D,Stamper S,Ferrara B,Kramer E,Clancy JP,Grossoehme D

更新日期：2020-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article. ...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Pakhale S,Armstrong M,Holly C,Edjoc R,Gaudet E,Aaron S,Tasca G,Cameron W,Balfour L

更新日期：2020-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) is also known as immotile-cilia syndrome, an autosomal recessive disorder of ciliary function, leading to mucus retention in the respiratory system in childhood. Our knowledge in the pathophysiological aspect of this devastating disorder is increasing with the advancement of ...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Al Mutairi F,Alkhalaf R,Alkhorayyef A,Alroqi F,Yusra A,Umair M,Nouf F,Khan A,Meshael A,Hamad A,Monira A,Asiri A,Alhamoudi KM,Alfadhel M

更新日期：2020-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with a primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) who are treated with chest tube drainage are traditionally connected to an analogue chest drainage system, containing a water seal and using a visual method of monitoring air leakage. Electronic systems with continuous digital monitoring of air leakage p...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Ruigrok D,Kunst PWA,Blacha MMJ,Tomlow B,Herbrink JW,Japenga EJ,Boersma W,Bresser P,van der Lee I,Mooren K

更新日期：2020-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Improvement in health-related quality of life (HRQL) has been suggested as an alternative treatment goal of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD). This study was performed to elucidate the longitudinal changes in HRQL using St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) among patients with ...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Kwak N,Kim SA,Choi SM,Lee J,Lee CH,Yim JJ

更新日期：2020-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although many studies on people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) have examined the mutual impact of physical status and emotional experience, there is limited knowledge about the way COPD people first-hand perceive their condition. This study was designed to investigate the illness perceptio...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Pozzar M,Volpato E,Valota C,Pagnini F,Banfi PI

更新日期：2020-05-04 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: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: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:The most prevalent complication of percutaneous lung biopsy is pneumothorax (PNX). A routine immediate post-procedure CT scan (ICT) to spot PNX is done in many centers. However, the diagnostic yield of this practice has not been studied broadly. We sought to evaluate whether an ICT could replace the routine ...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Brzezinski RY,Vigiser I,Fomin I,Israeli L,Shenhar-Tsarfaty S,Bar-Shai A

更新日期：2020-04-15 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:Chlamydia psittaci pneumonia is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by Chlamydia psittaci. Diagnostic tools, including culture, serologic test and PCR-based methods, are available but prone to false negative results. CASE PRESENTATION:This report included five cases of Chlamydia psittaci pneumonia. Symptom...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Gu L,Liu W,Ru M,Lin J,Yu G,Ye J,Zhu ZA,Liu Y,Chen J,Lai G,Wen W

更新日期：2020-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) requires urgent and specific antimicrobial therapy. However, the causal pathogen is typically unknown at the point when anti-infective therapeutics must be initiated. Physicians synthesize information from diverse data streams to make appropriate decisions. Artificial intel...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Lhommet C,Garot D,Grammatico-Guillon L,Jourdannaud C,Asfar P,Faisy C,Muller G,Barker KA,Mercier E,Robert S,Lanotte P,Goudeau A,Blasco H,Guillon A

更新日期：2020-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:CHCHD2 was identified a novel cell migration-promoting gene, which could promote cell migration and altered cell adhesion when ectopically overexpressed in NIH3T3 fibroblasts, and it was identified as a protein necessary for OxPhos function as well. However, the clinic relevance of CHCHD2 expression in NSCLC...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Yin X,Xia J,Sun Y,Zhang Z

更新日期：2020-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is combination of progressive lung diseases. The diagnosis of COPD is generally based on the pulmonary function testing, however, difficulties underlie in prognosis of smokers or early stage of COPD patients due to the complexity and heterogeneity of the pathogene...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Matsumura K,Ito S

更新日期：2020-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:IL-17A directly induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in alveolar epithelial cells. It could coordinate with cigarette smoke extract (CSE) to promote proliferation of bronchial epithelial cells. In this study, we aim to explore the direct effect of IL-17A and CSE on EMT in bronchial epithelial cell...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Ma L,Jiang M,Zhao X,Sun J,Pan Q,Chu S

更新日期：2020-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Following publication of the original article [1], the authors flagged that the article had published with an error in 'Table 1'. ...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Kindermann A,Binder L,Baier J,Gündel B,Simm A,Haase R,Bartling B

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Onset of allergic asthma has a strong association with childhood but only a few studies have analyzed incidence of asthma from childhood to late adulthood in relation to allergy. The purpose of the study was to assess age-specific incidence of allergic and non-allergic asthma. METHODS:Questionnaires were se...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Pakkasela J,Ilmarinen P,Honkamäki J,Tuomisto LE,Andersén H,Piirilä P,Hisinger-Mölkänen H,Sovijärvi A,Backman H,Lundbäck B,Rönmark E,Kankaanranta H,Lehtimäki L

更新日期：2020-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Scleromyxedema is a progressive, systemic connective tissue disorder characterized by fibro-mucous skin lesions and increased serum monoclonal immunoglobulin levels. Pulmonary involvement occurs in a subset of patients, though the overall prevalence of pulmonary lesions in scleromyxedema is unknown. Since pu...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Kreidy M,Al-Hilli A,Yachoui R,Resnick J

更新日期：2020-01-09 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:Our study aimed to verify the prognostic value of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) prior to initial treatment on survival of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) by using meta-analysis and system review of published studies. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane Library were searched, respective...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Jiang SS,Deng B,Feng YG,Qian K,Tan QY,Wang RW

更新日期：2019-12-26 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