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Advances in Respiratory Medicine, Volume 82, Issue 5

August 2014 - 12 articles

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Articles (12)

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,647 Views
9 Pages

18 August 2014

One of the fundamental elements of therapy in patients hospitalised in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is mechanical ventilation (MV). MV enables sufficient gas exchange in patients with severe respiratory insufficiency, thus preserving the proper func...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,304 Views
9 Pages

18 August 2014

Hypersensitivity to the fruit mango is extremely rare and can exhibit either as immediate or delayed reactions. Since 1939, only 22 patients (10 with immediate type I reactions and 12 with delayed) have been documented with allergy to mango. History...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
2 Citations
870 Views
4 Pages

Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Wegener’s Granulomatosis) with Hard Palate and Bronchial Perforations Treated with Rituximab—A Case Report

  • Joanna Kosałka,
  • Stanisława Bazan-Socha,
  • Anna Zugaj,
  • Maria Ignacak,
  • Joanna Żuk,
  • Barbara Sokołowska and
  • Jacek Musiał

18 August 2014

We present a case of a 57-year-old woman suffering from granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), who in the seventh months of immunosuppressive treatment (cyclophosphamide) progressed with new pulmonary changes and perforations of the hard palate and...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,070 Views
9 Pages

Pneumocystozowe Zapalenie Płuc u Zakażonych HIV Przy Współistniejącym Zakażeniu Cytomegalowirusem. Opis Dwóch Przypadków i Przegląd Literatury

  • Mateusz Marek Polaczek,
  • Jacek Zych,
  • Karina Oniszh,
  • Janusz Szopiński,
  • Jacek Grudny and
  • Kazimierz Roszkowski-Śliż

18 August 2014

Pneumocystozowe zapalenie płuc (PCP) jest jedną z wielu infekcyjnych chorób układu oddechowego u zakażonych HIV wywoływaną przez patogen Pneumocystis jiroveci, zaliczany do grzybów. Pneumocystoza jest od ponad 30 lat najczęstszą chorobą wskaźnikową z...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
817 Views
5 Pages

Pokrzywka Powysiłkowa i Obrzęk Naczynioruchowy—Opis Przypadku

  • Iwona Stelmach,
  • Anna Sztafińska,
  • Joanna Lechańka,
  • Joanna Balcerak and
  • Joanna Jerzyńska

18 August 2014

Urticaria is a heterogeneous group of disorders, with various clinical manifestations and intensity of symptoms. Urticaria can be induced with a wide variety of environmental stimuli, such as cold, pressure, vibration, sunlight, exercise, temperature...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
857 Views
7 Pages

Stratification of Patients with COPD According to the 2011 GOLD Report

  • Iwona Grzelewska-Rzymowska,
  • Joanna Patora-Mikołajczyk and
  • Paweł Górski

18 August 2014

Introduction: The authors aimed to compare the distribution of COPD based on the new GOLD grading with stadium based exclusively on spirometry. Material and Methods: Eligible patients had an average age of 64.8 years and smoked at least 10 pack-years...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
1,034 Views
8 Pages

18 August 2014

Introduction: The aim of the study was to assess the prognostic value of cytokeratin 19 fragments (Cyfra 21-1), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and C-reactive protein (CRP) in surgically treated NSCLC patients. Material and Methods: 50 NSCLC patients...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
2 Citations
708 Views
7 Pages

Detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex DNA, Based on Post-Mortem Examination of Hilar Lymph Nodes with Real-Time PCR: Initial Study

  • Wojciech Rzechorzek,
  • Michalina Szańkowska,
  • Benedykt Szczepankiewicz,
  • Agata Cyran-Chlebicka and
  • Aleksandra Safianowska

18 August 2014

Introduction: According to the WHO, almost a third of the world population are thought to be infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Some studies of the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) have already been performed in Poland, showi...

  • Guidelines
  • Open Access
633 Views
8 Pages

Methodological Recommendations for the Diagnostics of EGFR Gene Mutations and ALK Gene Rearrangement in the Selection of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients to Molecularly Targeted Therapies

  • Paweł Krawczyk,
  • Joanna Chorostowska-Wynimko,
  • Rafał Dziadziuszko,
  • Jacek Jassem,
  • Maciej Krzakowski,
  • Renata Langfort,
  • Elżbieta Puacz,
  • Bartosz Wasąg and
  • Kamila Wojas-Krawczyk

18 August 2014

Badania molekularne mające na celu wykrycie mutacji genu EGFR i rearanżacji genu ALK wykonuje się rutynowo w zaawansowanym niedrobnokomórkowym raku płuca (NDRP) w celu właściwej kwalifikacji chorych do terapii ukierunkowanych molekularnie. Przedstawi...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
696 Views
9 Pages

18 August 2014

W maju 2014 roku, w Światowym Dniu Astmy opublikowane zostały znowelizowane wytyczne leczenia i prewencji astmy, opracowane przez ekspertów Światowej Inicjatywy na Rzecz Astmy (GINA, the Global Initiative for Asthma) [...]

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