abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze whether nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) reduces oxidative stress in patients with sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (SAHS). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Thirty-six patients with SAHS requiring nasal CPAP treatment and 10 controls in whom SAHS was ruled out were enrolled. Oxidative stress was ...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Hernández C,Abreu J,Abreu P,Colino R,Jiménez A

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the clinicopathological features of solitary fibrous tumors of the pleura in a case series comprising 30 patients (20 women, 66.6%) with a mean age of 58.39 years. Forty-five percent of the cases were asymptomatic. In 70% of the cases the tumors arose in the visceral pleura. Twenty percent presented multip...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Sánchez-Mora N,Cebollero-Presmanes M,Monroy V,Carretero-Albiñana L,Herranz-Aladro M,Alvarez-Fernández E

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the pathophysiology of the latent form of Mycobacterium tuberculosis along with its natural history and progression in infected tissues. The proposed hypotheses regarding the relationship between M tuberculosis and the associated immune response, the cause of granuloma necrosis, the tolerance of a...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Cardona PJ,Amat I

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the results of applying both the 1993 and 2002 guidelines of the Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR) to identify respiratory events during nighttime polysomnography tests. PATIENTS AND METHODS:One hundred twenty consecutive patients with medium to high suspicion of sleep ap...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Aguirregomoscorta JI,Altube L,Menéndez I,Romaní A,Basualdo LV,Vallejo G

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to assess changes in the acid-base equilibrium of pleural fluid during the first 2 hours after thoracentesis and to determine whether, as with arterial blood, it is important to keep the fluid on ice. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A prospective, descriptive, comparative study was performed i...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Haro-Estarriol M,Baldó-Padró X,Lora-Díez M,Rubio-Garay M,Rubio-Goday M,Sebastián-Quetglás F

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Diffuse interstitial lung diseases (DILD) form a group of diseases which affect the alveolar interstitial space and share very similar clinical, radiological, and functional features, making lung biopsy essential for establishing diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment in many cases. We aimed to see whether there...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Sánchez-Varilla JM,Recio-Gallardo S,Benítez-Moya JM,Almadana-Pacheco V,Peña de Bustillo J,Martínez-Puentes V

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Retrospective study on the relation between the use of blood products and survival rates in patients treated surgically for stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). PATIENTS AND METHODS:The study included 856 patients who underwent surgical resection from 1969 to 2000 for stage I NSCLC, classified histolo...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Peñalver JC,Padilla J,Jordá C,Escrivá J,Cerón J,Calvo V,García A,Pastor J,Blasco E

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a potent inducer of capillary permeability and its role as a crucial mediator in pleural fluid formation has been established. This study was conducted to assess the usefulness of VEGF for diagnosing malignant and non-malignant pleural effusions of various causes. ...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Kaya A,Poyraz B,Celik G,Ciledag A,Gulbay BE,Savas H,Savas I

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although altered vascular permeability and edema of the bronchial mucosa are associated with asthma attack, their influence on its severity remains unknown. We address this issue by comparing relative indices for the concentration of albumin (RIAlb) and alpha2-macroglobulin (RIalpha2M) in induced sputum and p...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Belda J,Margarit G,Martínez C,Casan P,Rodríguez-Jerez F,Brufal M,Torrejón M,Granel C,Sanchis J

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nocardia is a gram-positive bacillus that infects mainly immunodepressed patients. Its association with lupus erythematosus has been described only occasionally and we have found no reports in the literature of an association between lupus and acute respiratory distress syndrome due to pulmonary nocardiosis. We presen...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Ferreres Franco J,Blanquer Olivas J,Dosdá Muñoz R,Carbonell Monleón N,Moreno Clari E,Pérez Sancho E

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Workers in shoe manufacturing have been reported to be at a greater relative risk for bronchogenic carcinoma. Given the implications for our practice setting, we carried out a study to a) clarify whether working in shoe manufacturing is a risk factor for lung cancer and b) detect histological differences betw...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Galán Dávila A,Romero Candeira S,Sánchez Payá J,Orts Giménez D,Llorca Martínez E

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchial benign tumors comprise fewer than 4% of pulmonary neoplasms. Endobronchial lipoma is an extremely rare benign neoplasm accounting for only 0.1% to 0.5% of all lung tumors. Clinical symptoms of lipoma depend on the location of the tumor, the severity of bronchial obstruction, and the functional and anatomical...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Casanova Espinosa A,Cisneros Serrano C,Girón Moreno RM,Olivera MJ,Moreno Balsalobre R,Zamora García E

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate a cardiorespiratory polygraphy system (BITMED NGP 140) by comparing it to conventional polysomnography in the diagnosis of sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Polysomnography and cardio-respiratory polygraphy were performed simultaneously on 103 consecutive patients referred becau...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Candela A,Hernández L,Asensio S,Sánchez-Payá J,Vila J,Benito N,Romero S

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Kartagener's syndrome (KS) is a clinical variant of primary ciliary dyskinesia involving situs inversus associated with chronic airway infections. The ciliary defect associated with this syndrome is the absence of dynein arms. The aim of this study was to evaluate mucociliary transport and ciliary ultrastruct...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Armengot Carceller M,Carda Batalla C,Escribano A,Samper GJ

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Citation analysis elucidates patterns of information consumption within professional communities. The aim of this study was to analyze the citations of 87 Spanish medical journals by calculating their impact factors and immediacy indices for 2001, and to estimate the importance of Archivos de Bronconeumología...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Aleixandre Benavent R,Valderrama Zurián JC,Castellano Gómez M,Simó Meléndez R,Navarro Molina C

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Thoracic trauma is often associated with polytrauma. Because mortality is high, the search for prognostic tools is useful. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A total of 108 patients with blunt thoracic trauma, 73 of whom had multiple injuries, were studied in an intensive care unit (ICU). The variables named as potenti...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Virgós Señor B,Nebra Puertas AC,Sánchez Polo C,Broto Civera A,Suárez Pinilla MA

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postoperative chylothorax after lung resection is a major problem leading to morbidity and mortality and requiring reoperation in a large number of cases. The most advisable and least aggressive option is conservative management in progressive stages: a diet rich in medium-chain fatty acids and/or total parenteral nut...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Gómez-Caro Andrés A,Marrón Fernández C,Moradiellos Díez FJ,Díaz-Hellín Gude V,Pérez Antón JA,Martín de Nicolás JL

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumocephalus resulting from a subarachnoid-pleural fistula following resection of a pulmonary neoplasm is a very rare postoperative complication: we have found only 17 cases in the literature. We report the case of a 65-year-old man diagnosed with a superior sulcus tumor who underwent a left upper lobectomy and cost...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： de Olaiz Navarro B,León Atance P,Alix Trueba A

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Localized fibrous tumors of the pleura are rare. We report 7 cases and review the literature in order to define the range of clinical characteristics of these tumors, treatment options, and prognosis. METHODS:A retrospective review of 7 cases treated between 1997 and 2003, focusing on clinical presentation, ...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Torre W,Rodríguez-Spiteri N,Sola JJ,Delgado M

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Various methods have been used to obtain samples to study the structure of human respiratory muscles and the expression of diverse substances in them. Samples are most often obtained from autopsies, from muscle biopsies during thoracotomy performed because of a localized pulmonary lesion (TLL), and from ambul...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Casadevall C,Coronell C,Minguella J,Blanco L,Orozco-Levi M,Barreiro E,Broquetas J,Gea J

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the number of smokers, their demographic characteristics, and the stages of change among patients visiting health care centers. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Descriptive cross-sectional study carried out at 7 primary health care centers in Health District 5 of the Autonomous Community of Valencia. RESU...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Peris Cardells R,Rico Salvador I,Herrera de Pablo P,Pérez Jiménez A,Sánchez-Tóril López F,Pérez Fernández JA

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In the studies carried out to date, the cost of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may have been overestimated due to the inclusion of previously diagnosed patients seeking medical attention for their symptoms. As a result, the severity of the cases included in these studies may have been greater th...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Masa JF,Sobradillo V,Villasante C,Jiménez-Ruiz CA,Fernández-Fau L,Viejo JL,Miravitlles M

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spirometry is a basic lung function test useful both for measuring and for monitoring expiratory volume. For many years monitoring has been performed by means of a portable peak flow meter capable of measuring maximal expiratory flow. We present a portable spirometer (Spirotel, Medical International Research, Rome, It...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Giner J,Casan P

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare automatic and manual analysis of neurological and respiratory variables obtained with the SomnoStar alpha 4100, a 16-channel polysomnographic system. PATIENTS AND METHOD:Twenty-eight patients suspected of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome were enrolled and given conventional polysomnograph...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Barreiro B,Badosa G,Quintana S,Esteban L,Heredia JL

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the general characteristics, health perception and limitations of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) treated at respiratory clinics at primary care centers staffed by pulmonologists from our hospital service. METHOD:The study was carried out at 5 primary care centers that enr...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Esteban C,Moraza J,Aburto M,Quintana JM,Capelastegui A

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the validity of quantitative cultures of tracheal aspirate (TA) in comparison with the plugged telescoping catheter (PTC) for the diagnosis of mechanical ventilator-associated pneumonia. METHOD:Prospective multicenter study enrolling patients undergoing mechanical ventilation for longer than 72 hour...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Valencia Arango M,Torres Martí A,Insausti Ordeñana J,Alvarez Lerma F,Carrasco Joaquinet N,Herranz Casado M,Tirapu León JP,Grupo de Estudio de la Neumonía Relacionada con Ventilación Mecánica.,Grupo de Trabajo de Enfermedades Infecciosas

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of death from infectious disease among the elderly. This study was carried out to examine the clinical manifestations, etiology, prognostic factors and treatment of CAP in immunocompetent elderly patients requiring hospitalization. RESULTS:A total of 3...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Saldías Peñafiel F,O'Brien Solar A,Gederlini Gollerino A,Farías Gontupil G,Díaz Fuenzalida A

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in primary and secondary spontaneous pneumothoraces. Over a 37-month period, 107 videothoracoscopic interventions were performed to treat spontaneous pneumothorax in 105 patients, 78 men and 27 women, whose average age was 28...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Galbis Caravajal JM,Mafé Madueño JJ,Benlloch Carrión S,Baschwitz Gómez B,Rodríguez Paniagua JM

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chest ultrasound, a diagnostic technique used mainly by radiologists, is useful for managing pleural effusion. Sonography and computed tomography (CT) are complementary, although the former is more accessible to clinicians because it is safe and easy to use and because results are available quickly. We evaluated the u...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Hidalgo Ramírez M,Cases Viedma E,Sanchis Aldás JL

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Primary palmar hyperhidrosis (PPH) mainly affects the sympathetic ganglia. This study aims to analyze the histopathological changes in the sympathetic ganglia of patients with PPH. MATERIAL AND METHOD:We studied 55 tissue samples from 35 patients with PPH who underwent T2-T3 gangliectomy for definitive tr...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Moya J,Ramos R,Prat J,Morera R,Bernat R,Villalonga R,Ferrer G

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several commonly prescribed drugs can cause acute non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema. A cause-effect relationship is usually difficult to establish because symptoms are not specific. We report a case of pulmonary edema induced by a common diuretic, hydrochlorothiazide. This complication can occur after a first dose of th...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Jara Chinarro B,de Miguel Díez J,García Satue JL,Juretschke Moragues MA,Serrano Iglesias JA

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 48-year-old woman with a diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension and hyperthyroidism (Graves' disease) in whom pulmonary artery pressures became normal after treatment of thyroid disease. The possible pathogenic mechanisms involved in this association include the presence of hyperdynamic heart fail...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Moraza J,Esteban C,Aburto M,Altube L,Gorordo I,Capelastegui A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In 1977 silica was listed as a group 1 carcinogen (demonstrated in humans) by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. However, conflicting results from various studies have kept debate alive as to its carcinogenic capacity. The interest of this debate lies in the large number of workers exposed to...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Barrenechea MJ,Martínez C,Ferreiro MJ,Paramá A,Tardón A,Rego G

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the usefulness of a technique for inserting hookwires guided by computed tomography to locate and resect pulmonary nodules by video-assisted thoracoscopy. To describe the procedure and its complications. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Nine pulmonary nodules were located in nine patients. All were

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Soleto MJ,Olivera MJ,Pun YW,Moreno R,Nieto S,Caballero P

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) has been implicated in loss of muscle mass in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other consumptive processes. TNF-alpha production would be related to inflammation arising from pulmonary disease itself or, alternatively, from smoking, and would be carried to the...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Palacio J,Gáldiz JB,Bech JJ,Mariñán M,Casadevall C,Martínez P,Gea J

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To analyze the prevalence and evolution of tuberculous infection among 6-year-olds in Albacete and its relation to socioeconomic status of the family. METHOD:A tuberculin test (2UT RT-23 Tween 80) was given to 6-year-old school children in and around Albacete in 1992 and 1999. We calculated the prevalence o...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Haro M,Vizcaya M,Andicoberry Martínez MJ,Cebrián Villodre E,Chocano De La Encarnación H,García Navarro I,García Piñero MP,Jiménez López J,Haro Estarriol M,López Fuster MA,Núñez Ares A,Texidó Bruguera A,Tornero Molina A,Turpin L

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to study agreement between the compression ultrasound images taken in our respiratory medicine department and the duplex ultrasound images obtained by radiologists at our hospital for patients admitted to our ward with suspected diagnoses of venous thromboembolism.Seventy-eight consecutive patients a...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Arenas Gordillo M,Otero Candelera R,Cayuela Domínguez A,López Campos JL,Barrot Cortés E,González Brazo J,Verano Rodríguez A

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the reliability and validity of the short form of the generic quality of life scale (SF-36) when used with our asthmatic patients. METHODS:Two hundred nineteen adults with asthma of any etiology and without limits on sex, type or severity of asthma who were being treated at 10 health clinics (Madr...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Espinosa De Los Monteros MJ,Alonso J,Ancochea J,González A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Massive hemoptysis is a life-threatening emergency that rarely occurs in association with heart failure and is even less frequent when the underlying cause is dilated myocardiopathy. We report the case of a 69-year-old man with undiagnosed heart disease who presented with severe hemoptysis. Images showed evident cardi...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： López R,Abad A,De Miguel J,Juretshck M

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient with pneumonia and empyema secondary to an abdominal abscess due to Klebsiella pneumoniae from stones released into the abdominal cavity during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. ...

journal_title：Archivos de bronconeumologia

authors： Villena Garrido V,Sánchez-Bustos Cobaleda F,Rey Terrón L,Menchén Trujillo B,Campano Cruz I

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00