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There is increasing international interest in using subjective evaluations of health states by individuals. The main method using which user views of healthcare performance have traditionally been elicited is ...
The effects of flow triggering (FT) compared with pressure triggering (PT) on breathing effort have been the focus of several studies, and discrepant results have been reported; yet, it remains an area of conf...
In obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), there is increased oxidative stress.
C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT) levels are elevated in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), but PCT does not increase in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB).
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of chronic morbidity and mortality worldwide.
The differential diagnosis of exudative pleural effusion is a major challenge for chest physicians particularly in a country with limited financial resources.
Clinical features of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are not the same in all patients and are characterized by being nonspecific. Symptoms range from nothing at all to severe disabling dyspnea.
Management of tracheal stenoses is inconsistent. Interventional bronchoscopy (IB) is one of the therapeutic options used.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a disease characterized by progressive poorly reversible airway obstruction. COPD is associated with chronic systemic inflammation, hypercoagulable status, plate...
The aim of the study was to investigate serum leptin levels in obese and nonobese asthmatic patients and its change during acute attack and in remission, as well as its relation to the changes in pulmonary fun...
Behcet diseases is not only orogenital ulcerations but also it can have many systemic manifestations. In this article we presented 3 cases of Behcet disease associated with pulmonary artery aneurysms affecting...
The aim of this work was to study the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in El-Behira Governorate before and after application of DOTS (direct observed therapy short course strategy) to evaluate the National Tuber...
There have been little published data about extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) situation in Egypt. The aim was to throw some light over EPTB patterns in Egypt regarding demographics, sites of affection, and tr...
Medical thoracoscopy is an important tool for the diagnosis and management of several pleural diseases. The presence of fibrous pleural adhesions may prevent medical thoracoscopy to access the pleural space pr...
Ultrasonography (US) has become an invaluable tool in the management of critically ill patients.
The first step in the diagnostic work up of pleural effusion is the distinction between transudative and exudative pleural effusions (TPEs and EPEs). This discrimination is based on some biochemical tests that...
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common and severe form of pulmonary fibrosis characterized by gradual loss of pulmonary function. Despite rigorous research, the etiology of IPF has remained unk...
The aim of this study was to investigate the possible role of surfactant protein D (SP-D) in the pathogenesis and the prognosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
The aim of this study was to investigate the presence and frequency of abnormalities in subclinical pulmonary function tests (PFTs) in a group of Egyptian children with juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythemato...
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a common complication of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and an important pathophysiologic mechanism of exercise intolerance and poor quality of life in these patients.
Nitric oxide is an important regulatory mediator throughout the body. Naturally, the diagnostic applicability of fraction of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) depends on the availability of reference values that ade...
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways in which many cells play a role, in particular mast cells, eosinophils, and lymphocytes. It is a major chronic airway disorder that poses a serious publ...
A new form of therapy that provides humidified high-flow oxygen through a nasal cannula has been introduced recently as an alternative in the treatment of spontaneously ventilating patients with high oxygen re...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth most common cause of death in the world. COPD prevalence, morbidity, and mortality vary across countries and across different groups within countries....
Telomere length (TL) is considered a biomarker of cellular aging. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is found to be associated with premature aging and the senescence hypothesis is now accepted as a ...
The Erratum to this article has been published in Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2016 10:Art22
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a common, preventable, and treatable disease. Troponin I is a component of the contractile proteins present in all muscles. The amino acid sequence of cardiac troponin ...
To detect the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as a sequel of treated pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB).
Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is hypoxemia and functional intrapulmonary right-to-left shunts in patients with liver disease. It is a well-known complication of liver cirrhosis, portal hypertension, and acute...
Castleman’s disease, a rare condition of uncertain etiology, is associated with lymphoproliferation. It is histologically and prognostically distinct from malignant lymph node hyperplasia.
The risk of death for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) is three times higher than that in RA patients free from ILD. Therefore, this study was carried out to assess the v...
Care for mechanically ventilated patients must incorporate psychological care.
Ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis (VAT) rates in the ICU are variable and may depend on the population examined. The overlap between VAT and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) remains poorly defined.
The aim of this work was to assess the concordance between chest ultrasound (US) and chest computed tomography (CT) findings before medical thoracoscopy (MT) and the impact of the findings on the conduct and o...
Thrombocytopenia is commonly observed among critically ill patients.
Mechanical ventilation (MV) alters the outcome of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
With the evolution of complex bronchoscopic procedures, search for procedures that were less painful to patients and easier for the operators to perform commenced. Conscious sedation partially achieved this ta...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of combined therapy of cyclosporine A (CsA) with prednisolone for acutely exacerbated interstitial pneumonia.
Serum uric acid, the final product of purine degradation, has been shown to be increased in the hypoxic state as well as in systemic inflammation including patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (...
Clinical judgment of healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) represents a major concern as these fragile patients have an unusual presentation that frequently misleads severity assessment and results in poor clini...
Physiological abnormalities are frequent in the skeletal muscle structure of patients with chronic renal failure (CRF), and their main signs are fatigue, muscular weakness, and low exercise tolerance. Respirat...
To assess the diagnostic value of interleukin 6 (IL-6), IL-8 and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) as inflammatory markers in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients.
The advantages of low cost, bedside availability, and no radiation exposure have made ultrasound an indispensable diagnostic tool in modern pulmonary medicine. Color Doppler ultrasound demonstrates normal or i...
There are limited data regarding active pulmonary tuberculosis (APTB) patients requiring ICU admission.
Type A viruses are the most virulent human pathogens among the three influenza types and cause the most severe disease: H1N1, which caused swine flu in 2009, and H5N1, which caused avian flu in 2004.
Ultrasound (US) has received increasing interest from chest physicians in recent years especially in Respiratory ICU (RICU) settings. US examination is a valuable method in diagnosis of various thoracic condit...
Primary pulmonary paraganglioma is an uncommon neuroendocrine tumor of the lung, mostly discovered accidentally.
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients are susceptible to complications, especially volutrauma, during the period of mechanical ventilation; low ventilation is a safe strategy to a...
Malignant pleural mesothelioma ( MPM) is an aggressive tumor arising from the mesothelial cells lining the pleura. It commonly presents with unilateral pleural effusion with variable degree of pleural thickeni...
Mediastinal masses and lymphadenopathy are often incidentally detected on chest radiograph. Despite diagnostic limitations, the chest radiograph is also important for detecting and localizing mediastinal masse...
The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology is affiliated with the The Egyptian Scientific Society of Bronchology (ESSB)
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