... Novel coronavirus pneumonia Lymphocytes Prognosis In-hospital mortality Emergence of novel coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) precipitated a global health crisis spanning >3 years, marked by primary clinical symptoms such as cough and fever [ 1 ]. Since its initial detection in 2019...

... Acute hypersensitivity pneumonitis Acute respiratory failure Bird fancier’s lung Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis Prognosis Acute exacerbation (AE) occasionally develops in the clinical course of fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), and its onset has a significant impact on short...

... ventilation (LTNIV) is widely used in patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure (CHRF) related to COPD. Prognosis of these patients is however poor and heterogenous. Research Question: In COPD patients under LTNIV for CHRF, is it possible to identify specific phenotypes which are predictive...

... = 0.025) where patients with MUC5B rs35705950 T risk allele alone or in combination with TRG pathogenic variations presented better prognosis. Conclusion: The Gen-Phen-Re-GreekS in iIPF identified multiple and overlapping genetic components including the rarest, underlying disease’s genetic “richesse...

...Argyro Vraka; Patrick Yerly; John-David Aubert Background: Risk assessment is the cornerstone of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) management. Risk stratification scores predict prognosis and help individualize treatment. Objectives: The aims of the study include the following: (1) to compare...

...Qi Jin; Xin Li; Yi Zhang; Zhihui Zhao; Qing Zhao; Lu Yan; Anqi Duan; Qin Luo; Zhihong Liu Background: Attenuated heart rate recovery at 1 min (HRR1) was demonstrated to correlate with poor prognosis in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, whereas its role in patients with chronic...

... Cardiopulmonary exercise testing Prognosis All-cause mortality Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most common chronic diseases worldwide, affecting 105 million men and 70 million women [1]. The severity of COPD is graded based on airflow limitation (measured as forced expiratory...

.... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis Mortality Prediction Prognosis Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is an interstitial lung disease (ILD) characterized by inflammation mediated by immune response to inhalation of various sensitizing antigens [1]. Although there have been continued attempts to find the best...

..., but probably also increased awareness of ILD. Rheumatoid arthritis Interstitial lung disease Progressive fibrosing interstitial lung disease Prognosis Mortality Survival has improved among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but RA is still associated with increased mortality [ 1...

... cancer Small-cell lung cancer Malignant pleural effusion SEER registry Prognosis National Institutes of Health (NIH) 10.13039/100000002 Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in both men and women with an estimated 1.69 million deaths worldwide in 2015 [ 1...

... in pulmonary function, which eventually results in mortality [ 1 ]. Although the prognosis of IPF is generally poor, patterns of progression do vary [ 2 ]. While some patients exhibit a rapid worsening just after diagnosis, some maintain a stable condition for years, whilst others experience a rapid decline...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Pulmonary arterial hypertension Prognosis Risk stratification Index Right heart catheterization Haemodynamic parameters An important improvement in the management of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) was the change...

..., quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Prognosis Comorbidity Chronic kidney disease Glomerular filtration rate...

... Longitudinal studies Continuous positive airway pressure Noninvasive ventilation Prognosis Obesity has reached epidemic proportions, with a high prevalence of class III obesity, i.e., a body mass index (BMI) >40 [ 1 ]. Studies consistently show an association between obesity and increased...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Pneumonia Procalcitonin Biological markers Mortality Prognosis The traditional classification of pneumonia as community-acquired or nosocomial pneumonia (subcategorized as hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated...

...Yasuo Kohashi; Toru Arai; Chikatoshi Sugimoto; Kazunobu Tachibana; Masanori Akira; Masanori Kitaichi; Seiji Hayashi; Yoshikazu Inoue Background: The prognosis of combined cases of pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema is unresolved partially because radiological differentiation between usual...

...(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Computed tomography Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Outcome Pneumomediastinum Prognosis Mediastinal air...

... to in the content or advertisements. Thoracoscopy Prognosis Survival Malignant pleural effusion Factor Malignant pleural effusion is a common medical problem in patients with cancer [ 1,2 ]. It usually occurs in patients with advanced neoplastic disease and it is associated with a reduced life...

...: The purpose of this work was to compare the clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients with UPE to patients with suspected PE (SPE). Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the charts of patients diagnosed with PE in a community-based university hospital between the years 2002 and 2007. UPE was defined...

.... This finding highlights the need for a fast diagnostic approach that should probably be standardized. Early gas exchange modifications reflect the response to treatment and predict the prognosis. The primary clinical end point was in-hospital mortality. The secondary clinical end point was long-term...