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- 1From: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine. (Vol. 6) Peer-ReviewedAuthors: Luis VF De Oliveira (corresponding author) [1]; Newton S De Faria, Jr [1]; Fernanda M Garcia Gonzaga Napoleone [2]; Marcelo A Ingraci Barboza [3]; Fernando S Studart Leitão Filho [4]; Luiz C De Mattos [3];...
- 2From: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine. (Vol. 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground and objectives To assess frequency and significance of enlarged nonpalpable supraclavicular lymph nodes with routine ultrasound (US) evaluation and US-guided fineneedle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) for the...
- 3From: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine. (Vol. 6) Peer-ReviewedRound atelectasis is a benign inflammatory condition most frequently observed in patients with asbestos exposure but it can also result from a variety of chronic pleural diseases like infection. It has not previously...
- 4From: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine. (Vol. 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground The major aim of this study was to investigate what patients with advanced stage lung cancer, enrolled in a clinical trial, thought about their treatment. We also wanted to investigate if there exist any...
- 5From: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine. (Vol. 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground Hospital admissions due to asthma are a reliable source of information on the morbidity of the disease which, after the increase observed in the last quarter of the last century, shows a declining trend in...
- 6From: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine. (Vol. 6) Peer-ReviewedAuthors: Cecilia Nardini (corresponding author) [1] In the last few years there has been growing excitement about the 'molecular revolution' that seems to offer both a promise and a threat at the same time. As more...
- 7From: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine. (Vol. 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is present in a significant proportion of patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) and is of prognostic importance. Data on the effect of renal transplant on PH is very...
- 8From: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine. (Vol. 6) Peer-ReviewedAuthors: Francesco G Salerno [1]; Mauro Carone (corresponding author) [1] Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a lung disease associated with chronic systemic inflammatory syndrome [1]. COPD is often...
- 9From: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine. (Vol. 6) Peer-ReviewedAuthors: Annalisa Cogo (corresponding author) [1] The lung is the interface between the environment and the metabolic mechanisms of the body, and plays a pivotal role in exposure to high altitude. In fact, high...
- 10From: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine. (Vol. 6) Peer-ReviewedAim To evaluate smoking and COPD prevalence amongst teachers working in the schools of Kocaeli City, Turkey. Method In this cross-sectional study, a questionnaire focusing on respiratory symptoms and smoking...
- 11From: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine. (Vol. 6) Peer-ReviewedSummary This case report focuses on a 71-year old patient affected by unknown dyspnea and erythrocytosis referred by his general practitioner to our center for specialist advice after a hematological examination had...
- 12From: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine. (Vol. 6) Peer-ReviewedOver the past two decades there has been increasing interest in studies regarding effects on human health of climate changes and urban air pollution. Climate change induced by anthropogenic warming of the earth's...
- 13From: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine. (Vol. 6) Peer-ReviewedWe present a case of severe interstitial pneumonitis, mild polyarthritis and polymyositis, and Raynaud's syndrome with the presence of anti-Jo-1 antibodies, which had been diagnosed as anti-synthetase syndrome. The...
- 14From: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine. (Vol. 6) Peer-ReviewedAuthors: Heinrich Matthys (corresponding author) [1] Pneumothorax is defined as the presence of air in the pleural space due to: a) communication between alveolar spaces and pleura; b) direct or indirect exchange of...
- 15From: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine. (Vol. 6) Peer-ReviewedLymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare lung disease affecting almost exclusively young women, characterised by abnormal proliferation of atypical smooth muscle cells. We describe a young woman presenting with chyluria...
- 16From: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine. (Vol. 6) Peer-ReviewedAuthors: Marc Decramer (corresponding author) [1] It is clear by now that health policy makers did not devote the deserved attention to respiratory diseases in the last decades. The five most important respiratory...
- 17From: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine. (Vol. 6) Peer-ReviewedAim Inhalant abuse is a prevalent and often overlooked form of substance abuse in adolescents. Chronic inhalant abuse can damage respiratory, cardiac, renal, hepatic, and neurologic systems. This study aims to...
- 18From: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine. (Vol. 6) Peer-ReviewedRationale The aim of this study was to determine the effects of indoor air pollution exposure on respiratory symptoms and illnesses in non-smoking women in Ni?, Serbia. Materials and methods The study was...
- 19From: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine. (Vol. 6) Peer-ReviewedWe report a case of potentially fatal cervical necrotizing fasciitis and descending necrotizing mediastinitis due to deep neck infection in a 66-year-old male patient with no history or evidence of immunocompromising...
- 20From: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine. (Vol. 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground The aim of this study was to ascertain the effect of the extent and severity of bronchiectasis as determined with high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) on lung function in patients with pure...