... included patients who underwent BLVR between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2021. We assessed clinical outcomes, including forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1), Medical Research Council (MRC) dyspnea score, and the rates of exacerbations and pneumonia before and after the procedure. A control cohort...

... and are related with the severity of acute pneumonia. At 6 months, radiological abnormalities were related to functional impairment. [email protected] 13 04 2021 24 11 2021 18 1 2022 © 2022 S. Karger AG, Basel 2022 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights...

... Ceruti; Denise Modina; Sergio Harari; Antonella Caminati; Maria Grazia Valsecchi; Giacomo Bellani; Giuseppe Foti; Alberto Pesci Background: Long-term pulmonary sequelae following severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pneumonia are not yet confirmed; however, preliminary...

... patients with CO­VID-19 pneumonia requiring intensive care admission were reviewed by 2 thoracic radiologists and categorized according to the predominant pattern into either ground-glass opacities (GGOs), alveolar infiltrates and/or consolidation, or reticular and/or nodular infiltrates or an equal...

... pediatric respiratory diseases using a questionnaire and wearable device. Methods: In this study, patients admitted due to pneumonia ( n = 30), preschool wheezing ( n = 30), and asthma exacerbation (AE; n = 11) were included. Patients were monitored with a smartwatch and a questionnaire during admission...

... atelectasis Haemoptysis Pulmonary haemorrhage Pneumonia Lung transplantation Respiratory tract diseases Bronchoscopy is a medical procedure with a history of >120 years [ 1 ]. The first rigid bronchoscopy was performed in 1897 by Killian [ 2 ], whereas the flexible bronchoscope was invented...

.... Bronchoalveolar lavage Transplantation Allogeneic Transplantation Autologous Pneumonia National Institutes of Health (NIH) 10.13039/100000002 Since its inception about 50 years ago, hematologic transplantation has offered a cure to thousands of patients whose underlying diseases...

... available to support or to oppose corticosteroid treatment for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia. Objective: To investigate the efficacy and safety of corticosteroid given to the hospitalized patients with COVID-19 pneumonia. Methods: This was a prospective, multicenter, single-blind, randomized...

...Yan Yu; Wei Liu; Hong-Li Jiang; Bing Mao Background: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at a heightened risk of pneumonia. Whether coexisting community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) can predict increased mortality in hospitalized COPD patients is still controversial...

... and confirmed patients on admission in order to find out which kinds may be more likely to get positive nucleic acid testing results, and to explore the risk factors associated with all-cause death. Methods: Medical records from 309 highly suspected cases with pneumonia were collected from February 13, 2020...

... method to detect and monitor COVID-19 pneumonia. Most of the experts managed acute respiratory failure with CPAP (56.4%), high flow nasal cannula (18.6%), and non-invasive mechanical ventilation (8%), while an intensivist referral for early intubation was requested in 17% of the cases. Hydroxychloroquine...

...Hyewon Seo; Seung-Ick Cha; Kyung-Min Shin; Jae-Kwang Lim; Seung-Soo Yoo; Shin-Yup Lee; Jaehee Lee; Chang-Ho Kim; Jae-Yong Park Background: Data regarding community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) identified on chest computed tomography (CT) but not on chest radiography (CR) are limited. Objectives...

... parameters were investigated as potential predictors of both endpoints: age; comorbidities; tracheobronchial pathogens; bacteraemia, pneumonia and number of pneumonias; and number of inhouse treatment cycles (none vs. ≥1). Results: Tracheobronchial pathogens, pneumonia, bacteraemia and the number...

...Helmut J.F. Salzer; Guido Schäfer; Martin Hoenigl; Gunar Günther; Christian Hoffmann; Barbara Kalsdorf; Alexandre Alanio; Christoph Lange The substantial decline in the Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) incidence in HIV-infected patients after the introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART...

...Dae Young Hong; Sang O Park; Jong Won Kim; Kyeong Ryong Lee; Kwang Je Baek; Ji Ung Na; Pil Cho Choi; Young Hwan Lee Background: Early prediction of the clinical outcomes for health care-associated pneumonia (HCAP) patients is challenging. Objectives: This is the first study to evaluate...

...Markus Unnewehr; Hendrik Friederichs; Patricia Bartsch; Bernhard Schaaf Background: To diagnose Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP), PCR testing in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid has recently become an alternative to immunofluorescence testing (IFT); however, its diagnostic accuracy is less...

...Guglielmo M. Trovato; Marco Sperandeo 14 1 2015 [email protected] We read with interest the thematic review by Reissig and Copetti [ 1 ] on the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and interstitial lung diseases by lung ultrasound (LUS). Although we agree...

... level, the diagnosis of viral pneumonia with particular reference to the demonstration of viral pathogenicity is difficult. More specifically, in patients with a critical illness and severe respiratory failure not primarily suspected to be due to a virus, the challenges of recognizing viral etiology...

... as covariates [ 12, 18 ]. If all individuals were used as reference rather than a subsample of never-smokers, the results were similar to those presented. Spirometry-defined COPD was FEV 1 /FVC <0.7 and FEV 1 <80% of predicted [ 19 ]. Information about hospitalization for COPD, pneumonia and sepsis...

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