2015 July - 13 articles
Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma are at risk of infectious diseases of respiratory system because of immunodeficiency. Occurrence of organizing pneumonia in leukemic patients is most commonly correlated with bone m...
“Sarcoidosis has many names” (“Sarkoidoza niejedno ma imię”) the First Polish Conference on Sarocidosis, Ciechocinek, 25 April 2015 has documented this original term [...]
According to the current (2015) recommenda-tions of Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) dealing under the auspice of World Health Organization (WHO) and in line with registered by EMA in EU as well as in Poland Summary of Product Charac-terist...
Podstawowym celem tego dokumentu jest opracowanie spójnych wytycznych dotyczących wskazań, przeciwwskazań, metodyki i zasad interpretacji testu 6-minutowego chodu (6MWT, 6 min walk test) w ramach codziennej praktyki szpitalnej i ambulatoryjnej [...]
Lung diseases are one of the most frequent causes of pulmonary hypertension (PH). The development of PH influences the course of lung disease, worsening the clinical symptoms and prognosis. According to the most recent publications, PH in the course...
The main objective of asthma treatment is to control symptoms of the disease; however, despite the availability of guidelines and many groups of medications, the degree of control of this condition is insufficient. In difficult-to-treat asthma, the o...
Introduction: Despite the Introduction of effective antituberculosis drugs, tuberculosis (TB) is still a serious health problem and one of the most significant causes of death among infectious diseases. Current publications indicate an increase of tu...
Introduction: Several studies in developed countries have shown association between indoor air pollution and asthma in children. The present research was undertaken to study this association at Delhi, India. Materials and Methods: This study took pl...
Lung cancer and pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) are highly prevalent and representing major public health issues. They share common risk factors and clinical manifestations. It is also suggested that TB predicts raised lung cancer risk likely related to...
Self-expandable metallic stents (SEMS) insertion to the oesophagus is the method of choice in palliative treatment of malignant oesophago-respiratory fistulas (ERF). ERF evolve as a result of 0.2−5% of advanced oesopghageal or lung cancer. They also...
The prevalence of childhood asthma and allergies has dramatically increased worldwide during the last decades [...]
Introduction: Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) reports emphasize the use of validated and simple tools in order to assess the level of asthma control, as the Asthma Control Test (ACT). However, an ACT does not include assessment of airway inflamma...
Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between radiological findings, blood eosinophilia, hyperimmunoglobulinemia E and G and Toxocara seropositivity in Polish children with newly diagnosed pulmonary infiltration. Ma...
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