Advances in Respiratory Medicine, Volume 78, Issue 2

Z wielkim uznaniem trzeba odnieść się do determinacji z jaką dr A. Siemińska od lat zajmuje się problemem palenia papierosów wśród studentów [...]

Dziękuję doktorowi Tadeuszowi Zielonce za obszerny komentarz naszego artykułu „Postawy wobec palenia tytoniu wśród studentów I i VI roku medycyny z rocznika studiów 2002–2008” [...]

W dniach 16–18 października 2009 roku we Wrocławiu odbyła się Czwarta Polsko-Francuska Konferencja Pneumonologiczna [...]

Methaemoglobinaemia is a rarely diagnosed, life-threatening pathology and involves the presence of more than 1% of oxidised haemoglobin in the blood that is unable to carry oxygen. We report the case of a 49-year-old male who developed fulminant symp...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third cause of mortality and disability (assed by DALY) among patients above 60 year old. Severe and very severe COPD (FEV1 = equal or less than 50% and 30% of expected value, respectively) is estim...

Pulmonary function tests are routinely used in the assessment of respiratory system in older children and adults. They have not made their way into wide clinical practice in preschool children and infants, mainly due to poor cooperation in this age g...

Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are a group of bacteria that may cause human disease mycobacteriosis, but do not cause tuberculosis or leprosy. NTM are acquired through environmental exposure to water, aerosols, soil, dust and are transfered to hum...

Background: Nasal lysine aspirin (Lys-ASA) challenge is an alternative to oral and bronchial challenges in the diagnosis of hypersensitivity to acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) and other non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). The aim of the study wa...

Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most important public health problems due to its high prevalence, progressive nature, and costs of treatment and care. Material and methods: We enrolled 1026 patients in our stu...

Background: Previous population and clinical studies have confirmed the relationship between stroke and obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). Our previous study on the epidemiology of sleep-disordered breathing among the inhabitants of Warsaw, conducted on...

Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic disorder caused by loss of function of genes situated within the 15q11-q13 region of chromosome 15. The disorder is characterized by central obesity, short stature, dysfunction of several hypothalamic centers....