abstract：:Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the first cause of mortality due to nosocomial infections in the intensive care unit. Its incidence ranges from 9% to 67% of patients on mechanical ventilation. Risk factors are multiple and are associated with prolonged stays in hospital and intensive care units. Additional co...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Díaz LA,Llauradó M,Rello J,Restrepo MI

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis is made of different publications associated with the surgical staging and treatment of primary and metastasic pulmonary neoplastic processes. A suitable treatment program is essential to determine lymph node involvement in patients with bronchogenic carcinoma. The indication and sequence of the procedure ...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： García-Yuste M,Matilla JM,González-Aragoneses F,Heras F

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Chronic inflammation plays a major role in lung deterioration in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients and anti-inflammatory strategies have beneficial effects. To study the changes seen after a one-year course of low-dose dietary supplements with a mixture of fatty acids in adult patients with CF in chro...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Olveira G,Olveira C,Acosta E,Espíldora F,Garrido-Sánchez L,García-Escobar E,Rojo-Martínez G,Gonzalo M,Soriguer F

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chest ultrasonography is a useful tool for assessing disease activity in the peripheral lung parenchyma, pleura, chest wall, diaphragm, and mediastinum. Ultrasound imaging also provides highly useful guidance in invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The main advantages of this imaging technology are the abse...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Vollmer I,Gayete A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic disease causing increasing healthcare costs worldwide. Another respiratory disease causing high costs and morbidity is community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Because of the constant growth in the population with both diseases (CAP and COPD), analyzing their clinic...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Huerta A,Domingo R,Soler N

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the natural history of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), an increase in symptom severity can occur, called exacerbated COPD (ECOPD), sometimes requiring hospital admission. Although there is ongoing debate on the definition of ECOPD--leading to a lack of homogeneity in the numerous stu...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Arnedillo Muñoz A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is the main genetic factor related to the development of emphysema. This protein has numerous variants, some of which are clinically relevant because their anomalous conformation implies that they fail to reach the target organs as they are polymerized in the hepatocyte. The main ...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Lara B

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES:To determine the causes of death in patients operated on for stage IB non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and to assess the impact on survival of the number of lymph nodes removed. PATIENTS AND METHOD:We studied 300 patients operated on for stage IB NSCLC. Only palpable or visible lymph node...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Cerón J,Peñalver JC,Jordá C,Padilla J

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review has been made of original articles on invasive pneumology techniques, interstitial diseases and lung transplantation, published in the Archivos de Bronconeumología during the year 2008. We have selected the publication by Martínez-Olondrins et al on the mediastinal staging of bronchogenic carcinoma by ...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Disdier C,Bollo E,Morales P,Montero C

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peribronchiolar metaplasia is a histologic lesion characterized by fibrosis and bronchiolar epithelial proliferation, affecting peribronchiolar alveolar septa and terminal bronchioles. It has been considered a nonspecific tissue reaction secondary to the action of external factors, such as tobacco smoke and microbes, ...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Cano-Jiménez E,Molina-Molina M,Ramírez J,Sánchez M,Aliaga JL,Xaubet A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of the presentations in the First National Forum of Trainee Pneumologists, the present article focuses on infectious pleural effusions and on the study of possible markers of malignant disease in asbestos-exposed individuals. The yield of the distinct techniques for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusio...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Rodríguez-Panadero F,Pérez MA,Moya MA,Cruz MI

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of anemia may be higher than expected in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Some studies have detected a prevalence of 33%, contrasting with the common idea that associates COPD with secondary polyglobulia. Among the risk factors associated with the development of anemia in these...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： de Miguel Díez Jde M,Martín MJ,Bailón MM,Alvarez-Sala JL

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a multidimensional disease with wide phenotypic heterogeneity that is not adequately reflected by forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV(1)). Assessment of patients with COPD requires analysis of multiple variables that encompass respiratory and extrapulmonary involve...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Casanova Macario C,de Torres Tajes JP,Lanus EC

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchiectasis is the end result of several different diseases that share principles of management. The clinical course usually involves chronic bronchial infection and inflammation, which are associated with progression. The cause of bronchiectasis should always be investigated, particularly when it can be treated. W...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Vendrell M,de Gracia J,Olveira C,Martinez-Garcia MA,Girón R,Máiz L,Cantón R,Coll R,Escribano A,Solé A

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the effects of a simple home pulmonary rehabilitation program and an intensive hospital-based program in terms of the exercise tolerance and health-related quality of life (HRQL) of patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Patients in this prospective...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Güell MR,de Lucas P,Gáldiz JB,Montemayor T,Rodríguez González-Moro JM,Gorostiza A,Ortega F,Bellón JM,Guyatt G

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if isoniazid- and/or rifampicin-free antituberculosis treatment regimens are safe and effective and to identify any factors that might require changes in the regimens. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We carried out a retrospective study of patients treated with isoniazid- and/or rifampicin-free regimens be...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Tost JR,Vidal R,Maldonado J,Caylà JA

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The bronchial challenge test is commonly used to diagnose asthma but it is a tedious, time-consuming procedure. Although in recent years, several shortened methods have been proposed, it has been shown that they can give rise to exaggerated bronchoconstriction. The aims of the present study were a) to determi...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Lloris Bayo A,Perpiñá Tordera M,Martínez Pérez E,Macián Gisbert V

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the prevalence of sleep disorders in patients awaiting kidney transplants compared to a control group. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We carried out an observational study of 23 patients on a kidney transplant waiting list in comparison with 20 healthy volunteers matched for age, sex, and body mass index (...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Jurado Gámez B,Martín-Malo A,Fernández Marín MC,Rodríguez-Benot A,Pascual N,Muñoz Cabrera L,Aljama P

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although surgical pulmonary thromboendarterectomy is the treatment of choice for pulmonary hypertension due to chronic thrombotic and/or embolic disease, minimally invasive endovascular techniques such as angioplasty or placement of a metallic stent can provide acceptable results when surgery is not indicated...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： de Gregorio MA,Laborda A,Ortas R,Higuera T,Gómez-Arrue J,Medrano J,Mainar A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed 73 cases of bronchial tuberculosis (59 adults and 14 children) diagnosed between 1973 and 2000 using histologic and bacteriologic criteria. The most frequent symptom was cough. Radiographic studies showed an alveolar pattern in 35 cases and obstructive pneumonitis or atelectasis in 28 cases. Endoscopy resu...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Miguel Campos E,Puzo Ardanuy C,Burgués Mauri C,Castella Riera J

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of adequate outpatient care as defined by guidelines of the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) on the long-term outcome of near-fatal asthma. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Fifty-three patients who had experienced a near-fatal attack of asthma were treated according to the GINA guidelines and fol...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Rodríguez-Trigo G,Plaza V,Picado C,Sanchis J

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organizing pneumonia is a well-differentiated clinical and histologic entity whose onset is usually subacute with respiratory symptoms and pulmonary infiltrates. Its origin may be unknown (cryptogenic) or it may be associated with various medical conditions, infectious diseases, or drugs. Diagnosis is confirmed by the...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Trullas Vila JC,Padilla López DR,Bisbe Company V,Soler Simón S,Cortés Hausmann P,Bisbe Company J

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:PLATINO project is a population-based study designed to determine the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in São Paulo, Brazil; Mexico City, Mexico; Montevideo, Uruguay; Santiago de Chile, Chile; and Caracas, Venezuela. The objective of this portion of PLATINO was to describe preventive...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： López Varela MV,Muiño A,Pérez Padilla R,Jardim JR,Tálamo C,Montes de Oca M,Valdivia G,Pertuzé J,Halbert R,Menezes AM,PLATINO Group.

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:In a split-night study, the first part consists of standard polysomnography (PSG) for the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome while the second part is used to establish a suitable level of continuous positive airway pressure. The aim of our study was to compare the sleep and respirato...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Ciftci B,Ciftci TU,Guven SF

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last few years, a large number of studies on mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have been published. All these studies aim to provide knowledge with the ultimate aim of reducing the increasing number of deaths. However, these studies also introduce subtle methodological fact...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Soler-Cataluña JJ,Martínez García MA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe our experience in managing patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We analyzed the following variables in a group of 27 patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: arterial blood gases, lung function before and after mechanical ventilation, oxygen saturation (measured by pu...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Güell MR,Avendano M,Fraser J,Goldstein R

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of pleural effusion, pericardial thickening, and pulmonary involvement in a patient with dry cough, dyspnea, edema, and changes in the skin of the lower limbs. Treatment with cabergoline (Sogilen) had been started 4 months earlier. Pleural effusion, pericardial thickening, and impaired pulmonary funct...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Villavicencio C,Ramírez-Sarmiento A,Gayete A,Grau S,Orozco-Levi M

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the network structure of collaboration between medical centers sharing authorship of scientific articles on smoking. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Articles reporting smoking research by authors from 2 or more Spanish medical centers between 1999 and the end of 2003 were identified through the Science Citat...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Villanueva Serrano SJ,de Granda Orive JI,Benavent RA,Río FG,Zurián JC,Arroyo AA

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze prognostic factors associated with survival in a group of patients who underwent resection of pulmonary metastases from colorectal cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A retrospective review was performed for 55 consecutive patients who had undergone resection of pulmonary metastases from colorectal adeno...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Muñoz Llarena A,Carrera Revilla S,Gil-Negrete Laborda A,Pac Ferrer J,Barceló Galíndez R,López Vivanco G

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in nutritional status, such as weight loss and malnutrition, are a very common complication in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). These changes primarily affect the patients' quality of life and functional capacity and they are also independent prognostic indicators of both morbidity a...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Alcolea Batres S,Villamor León J,Alvarez-Sala R

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the factors that determine the risk of morbidity and mortality associated with lung resection in patients with bronchogenic carcinoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Prospective multicenter study conducted between October 1, 1993 and September 30, 1997 in the 19 hospitals that make up the Bronchogenic Carci...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Duque JL,Rami-Porta R,Almaraz A,Castanedo M,Freixinet J,Fernández de Rota A,López Encuentra A,Grupo Cooperativo del Carcinoma Broncogénico SEPAR.

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In lung transplantation, the presence of bronchogenic carcinoma in the native organ is uncommon, but doubtless affects patient survival, independently of the transplantation process itself. We describe 2 cases in which a primary tumor was found in the explanted lung--1 case of adenocarcinoma in a patient with pulmonar...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Peñalver Cuesta JC,Jordá Aragón C,Escrivá Peiró J,Cerón Navarro J,Calvo Medina V,Padilla Alarcón J

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:As the research undertaken to date on the efficacy of the new antibiotics in the treatment of exacerbations of chronic bronchitis has taken the form of trials designed to demonstrate equivalence, we have no data on the advantages associated with the use of these new drugs with greater bactericidal activity. O...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Miravitlles M,Molina J,Brosa M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inpatient management of malignant pleural effusion includes the placement of a conventional thoracostomy tube for drainage and talc slurry pleurodesis and/or a surgical approach consisting of video-assisted thoracoscopic talc insufflation. Both techniques require prolonged hospital stays of up to 1 week. Unfortunately...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Seijo L,Campo A,Alcaide AB,Lacunza MM,Armendáriz AC,Zulueta JJ

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Certain sporting activities may trigger asthma exacerbations of varying intensity in children. Such exacerbations may lead to limitations in and rejection of such activities. During school hours, teachers are in a good position to observe these phenomena. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the shutt...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Oñate E,González Pérez-Yarza E,de la Paz AF,Aldasoro A,Aramendi JF,Bardagi S,Emparanza JI

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effectiveness of in vivo gene therapy to treat subcutaneous tumors generated from murine lung cancer cells. MATERIAL AND METHODS:C57BL/6 mice received subcutaneus injections of 5 x 105 cells from the murine Lewis lung cancer cell line. By 10 days, subcutaneous tumors of approximately 5 mm diame...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Rodrigo Garzón M,Tirapu Fernández de la Cuesta I,Arina Iraeta A,Centelles Llorente MN,Zulueta Francés J

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Mortality due to lung cancer in Spain is increasing continuously. The aim of the present study was to collect information on the hospital incidence of lung cancer, as well as information on clinical management, in different regions of Spain. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A prospective observational study of patients ...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Sánchez de Cos Escuín J,Miravet Sorribes L,Abal Arca J,Núñez Ares A,Hernández Hernández J,Castañar Jover AM,Muñoz Gutiérrez FJ,García Arangüena L,Alonso MA,Montero Martínez MC,Allende González J,Sánchez Hernández I

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Magnesium sulfate has been shown to have a bronchodilating effect in asthma, but this effect has not been clearly established in the context of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). For this reason we investigated the possible bronchodilating effect of magnesium sulfate in COPD exacerbations. PATIENT...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Abreu González J,Hernández García C,Abreu González P,Martín García C,Jiménez A

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 40-year-old woman who developed occupational asthma following exposure to chromium and nickel in the nickel-plating section of a metalworks company. Skin prick tests for specific antibodies proved positive for nickel chloride at a concentration of 1 mg/mL and negative for potassium dichromate. ...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Cruz MJ,Costa R,Marquilles E,Morell F,Muñoz X

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Omalizumab is a monoclonal antibody that interrupts allergic reaction--irrespective of the nature of the allergen--by blocking free immunoglobulin E (IgE). The IgE is thus prevented from attaching to cell receptors and setting in motion an allergic cascade of inflammatory mediators. Other interesting biological effect...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Cabrera-Navarro P

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00