Listar por tema "lung disease"
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A 72-Year-Old Woman With Multiple Pulmonary Nodules and a History of Malignancy
(2021)A 72-year-old woman, nonsmoker, presented with approximately 2 months of nonproductive cough. The cough was initially intermittent, occurred more regularly during bedtime, but gradually became more frequent throughout the ... -
Applied proteomics in companion animal medicine
(2016)Background: Proteomics in companion animal medicine has been used chiefly, in order to identify proteins, which may be used as biomarkers for early diagnosis of a variety of pathological conditions, as well as to elucidate ... -
Calprotectin in lung diseases
(2021)Calprotectin (CLP) is a heterodimer formed by two S‐100 calcium‐binding cytosolic pro-teins, S100A8 and S100A9. It is a multifunctional protein expressed mainly by neutrophils and released extracellularly by activated or ... -
Comparison of targeted and untargeted approaches in breath analysis for the discrimination of lung cancer from benign pulmonary diseases and healthy persons
(2021)The aim of the present study was to compare the efficiency of targeted and untargeted breath analysis in the discrimination of lung cancer (Ca+) patients from healthy people (HC) and patients with benign pulmonary diseases ... -
Endovascular treatment of complex abdominal and thoracoabdominal type IV aortic aneurysms with fenestrated technology
(2017)The establishment use of fenestrated and branched devices to treat complex aortic aneurysms as a first-line management option has been previously reported. This article reviews the current literature of the use of fenestrated ... -
From courage to ischaemia: Is still there a role for myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) in stable coronary artery disease?
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Interstitial lung disease in anti-synthetase syndrome
(2019)Anti-synthetase syndrome is an autoimmune disorder characterized by the presence of autoantibodies against aminoacyl transfer RNA (tRNA) synthetases, and myositis, interstitial lung disease (ILD), arthritis, fever and ... -
Level of Knowledge About COPD Among Patients and Caregivers
(2021)Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) represents a major health burden worldwide. COPD-specific education may positively affect the emotional distress associated with the disease and may contribute to the patients’ ... -
Long covid-19 pulmonary sequelae and management considerations
(2021)The human coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) and the associated acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are responsible for the worst global health crisis of the last century. Similarly, to previous coronaviruses leading ... -
Pathogenesis of chronic heart failure: cardiovascular aging, risk factors, comorbidities, and disease modifiers
(2022)Chronic heart failure (HF) is rare in the young and common in the elderly in the Western world. HF in the young is usually due to specific causes, predominantly or exclusively affecting the heart (adult congenital heart ... -
Prospective evaluation of PBC-specific health-related quality of life questionnaires in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis
(2015)Background & Aims: Primary biliary cirrhosis and Primary sclerosing cholangitis are autoimmune cholestatic liver diseases sharing a lot in common, including a significant impairment of patients' health-related quality of ... -
Pulmonary function abnormalities in young adults with thalassemia major
(1997)Thalassemia seems to be the most common genetic disorder. The pathophysiologic mechanisms for lung impairment is not clear. Lung function tests in children showed small airway obstruction and restrictive lung changes. ... -
Pulmonary function and circulating adhesion molecules in patients with diabetes mellitus
(2003)Background: Lung function in diabetes has been reported in several studies with contradictory results. Diabetes mellitus increases expression of adhesion molecules through hyperglycemia. These molecules play an important ... -
Pulmonary renal syndrome in an adult patient with Henoch-Shönlein purpura
(2006)Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is a small vessel vasculitis characterized by purpuric skin rash, haematuria, abdominal pain, gastrointestinal bleeding and arthritis. Nephritis is more frequent and severe in adults than in ... -
Remedies of animal origin and their indications in Nikolaos Myrepsos׳ Dynameron
(2021)Ethnopharmacological relevance: Dynameron is a Byzantine medical compendium, divided into 24 sections, in accordance with the letters of the Greek alphabet. Being the largest medical and pharmaceutical book ever written ... -
The role of nitric oxide in pleural disease
(2021)Nitric oxide (NO) regulates various physiological and pathophysiological functions in the lungs. However, there is much less information about the effects of NO in the pleura. The present review aimed to explore the available ... -
SARS-CoV-2 pathophysiology and its clinical implications: An integrative overview of the pharmacotherapeutic management of COVID-19
(2020)Common manifestations of COVID-19 are respiratory and can extend from mild symptoms to severe acute respiratory distress. The severity of the illness can also extend from mild disease to life-threatening acute respiratory ... -
Target analysis of volatile organic compounds in exhaled breath for lung cancer discrimination from other pulmonary diseases and healthy persons
(2020)The aim of the present study was to investigate the ability of breath analysis to distinguish lung cancer (LC) patients from patients with other respiratory diseases and healthy people. The population sample consisted of ...