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Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:46
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Significance of transthoracic ultra-sonography in early detection of patients with interstitial lung diseases in Aswan University Hospital
Recently, the diagnosis and follow-up of numerous pulmonary diseases such as pneumothorax, pneumonia, and pleural effusion were easily by use of conventional ultrasound, and the maximum usefulness of transthor...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:45 -
Unusual presentation of lung cancer in young patient: case report
This case report describes the diagnostic journey of a 35-year-old patient presenting with interstitial lung disease (ILD). The patient underwent a bronchoscopy, which revealed the presence of cancer. This cas...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:44 -
Clinical predictors of obstructive sleep apnea among residents of Sagamu local government area of Ogun State
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most commonly diagnosed sleep-associated pulmonary disorder in the world. So many risk factors have been attributed to OSA; however, conflicting results exist on how these ...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:43 -
Clinical features and predictors of metabolic syndrome among obstructive sleep apnea patients
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:42 -
Role of exhaled carbon monoxide in assessment of chronic obstructive airway disease severity
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a critical public health issue. Spirometric measurements are used to diagnose chronic obstructive lung disease, as per the guidelines of the GOLD initiative. Pos...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:41 -
Hematological profiles and mortality risk in critically ill and drug-resistant tuberculosis patients: insights from a longitudinal study
While tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant global health threat, data on mortality in critically ill TB patients and those with drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) is limited. This study explores hematological profil...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:40 -
Role of EBUS in lymphoma presenting as superior vena cava syndrome: bronchoscopic and sonographic findings: a case report
The clinical description of superior vena cava syndrome has been widely studied; however, there is limited information on bronchoscopic findings in clinical practice.
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:39 -
Elevated C-reactive protein and mortality risk among COPD patients
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive disease associated with autoimmune systemic inflammation. The evidence on the role of C-reactive protein (-CRP) in predicting mortality among peopl...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:38 -
Role and predictive value of microRNAs 204 and 210 in the diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension and the distinction between idiopathic, systemic sclerosis, and schistosomiasis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension
Pulmonary arterial hypertension is most of the time diagnosed late in the course of the disease and necessitates right cardiac catheterization which is an invasive and costly tool. MicroRNAs have a role in the...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:37 -
The outcome of posterior nasal nerve/vidian nerve neurectomy during FESS on patients of nasal polyposis associated with bronchial asthma
Worldwide, bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis, and chronic rhinosinusitis are highly prevalent conditions, and numerous researches have shown how they affect one another. Still, reports about surgical treatme...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:36 -
Coronavirus infection and neutralizing antibody responses among liver transplant recipients: single-center study
Liver transplant (LT) recipients are classified as a high-risk group and should receive regular surveillance for COVID-19 and are expected to have higher viral load and prolonged viral shedding. Virus-specific...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:35 -
Evaluation of MSCT severity scoring for prediction of mortality among patients with COVID-19
Lung CT imaging may reveal COVID-19 abnormalities earlier than RTPCR. CT may be more sensitive than RT-PCR for diagnosing COVID-19-related pneumonia.
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:34 -
Role of transforming growth factor beta in assessment of severity of hypersensitivity pneumonitis: a single center study
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is a more frequently diagnosed picture of diffuse parenchymal lung disease. It is an inflammation of the lung tissue, provoked by immune mechanisms, which happens to prone ind...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:33 -
Vascular endothelial growth factor in hypersensitivity pneumonitis and connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease
A growing evidence on the role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the pathogenesis of interstitial lung diseases accumulated over the past decade; with the development of nintedanib for the treatm...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:32 -
Sonographic assessment of the diaphragm in COVID 19 and non-COVID ICU patients
Sonographic evaluation of the diaphragm has gained popularity in the ICU due to the necessity of assessing diaphragmatic function in a variety of clinical situations. The sonographic examination of diaphragmat...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:31 -
Non-infectious respiratory complications after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation: single center experience in Egypt
Hematopoietic progenitor cells are infused intravenously, known as hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The range of pulmonary problems after transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells varies significantl...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:30 -
Post-COVID-19 syndrome and its sequelae: a cross-sectional study
The long-term post-COVID is a very complex pandemic phenotype disease. The persistence of manifestations had resulted in classifying COVID-19 infection into bipolar phase which is a post-COVID-19 subacute phas...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:29 -
Elevations in NLR at the first year of pirfenidone treatment may be associated with worse prognosis in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the hemogram parameters, namely NLR and PLR, at the end of the first year of antifibrotic treatment in IPF patients and evaluate the association of change in NLR and P...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:28 -
Incidence of pulmonary hypertension in COPD and its relation to inflammatory marker interleukin-1
Many COPD patients present with severe PH defined by a pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) > 5 WU as measured by right heart catheterization (RHC), and inflammation is thought to be contributing strongly to pu...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:27 -
A rare and late complication of lung cancer: bronchial rupture
Tracheobronchial injuries generally occur due to iatrogenic or traumatic causes. Although bronchial rupture due to teratoma and germ cell tumors has been reported in the literature, no cases related to lung ca...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:26 -
The association of LPCAT1-rs9728 polymorphism with cord blood IL-10, MIF, and VEGF levels in neonatal respiratory distress syndrome: a case–control study
Lysophospholipid acyltransferase (LPCAT) is crucial for surfactant biosynthesis. It is encoded by LPCAT genes. We investigated the LPCAT1-rs9728 genotypes in neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS) cases an...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:25 -
Assessment of hyaluronic acid in COPD patients as a prognostic biomarker
One essential element of the extracellular matrix is hyaluronic acid (HA). It has been claimed that HA and its metabolism are different in the lungs of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:24 -
Blood eosinophil variability in patients presenting with acute exacerbations of COPD within the past year and its correlation with treatment plan
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an acknowledged contributor to universal fatality and morbidity. Using biomarkers to pinpoint its phenotypes is crucial, enabling individualized treatment and en...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:23 -
Predictors of mortality of hospitalized COVID-19 pneumonia patients in university hospital
COVID-19 pneumonia is a leading cause for worse outcome of infected patients. Factors associated with mortality in COVID-19 pneumonia vary among studies; identification of most possible factors related to wors...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:22 -
Double-wall sign for differentiation of spontaneous pneumothorax from giant bullous emphysema
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:21 -
Vitamin D and the microbiota connection: understanding its potential to improve COPD outcomes
The mucosa of the respiratory system is an essential site for local vitamin D synthesis, degradation, and signaling. It modulates the inflammatory and immune response by saving the integrity of the mucosal bar...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:20 -
A case series of co-infection in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other pathogens: insights from nanopore sequencing
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a major global health burden, and co-infection with other pathogens further complicates the diagnosis and treatment of this infectious disease. The present retrospective study...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:19 -
Predictive accuracy of years score in diagnosis of pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a sudden obstruction of pulmonary arteries usually associated with a high rate of mortality due to acute right ventricular failure. Early diagnosis is of much importance because most...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:18 -
Correction: Hematological parameters as predictors of OSA severity
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:17 -
12-month risk factor evaluation for persistent pulmonary symptoms in long COVID-19 patients
Knowledge of the sequelae of new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is still limited owing to the relative recent onset of the disease. However, the study of other different types of coronavirus infections pr...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:16 -
Role of STREM-1 for early prediction of ventilator-associated pneumonia in pediatrics
TREM-1 (setting off receptor imparted on myeloid cells-1) is an immunoreceptor. Neutrophils, monocytes/macrophages, and endothelial cells all express TREM-1. This work aimed to evaluate the role of STREM-1 in ...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:15 -
Study of serum Ykl-40 level and its relationship to BODE index in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a significant global health concern characterized by growing rates of mortality and morbidity. The purpose of this work was to evaluate the serum YKL-40 level an...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:14 -
Subclinical pleuro-pulmonary disease in patients with SLE: functional and radiological methods
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem autoimmune disease with highest prevalence of chest involvement; however, early detection of subclinical pleuropulmonary diseases may improve the quality of ...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:13 -
Endobronchial chondrosarcoma presenting as recurrent pneumonia: a rare pulmonary tumour
Chondrosarcoma is a group of bone tumours made up of cells responsible for cartilage production. It usually affects the axial skeleton, including the pelvis, scapula and base of the skull with frequent metasta...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:12 -
Study of the prevalence and predictive factors of sleep-disordered breathing in patients with interstitial lung diseases
Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) are parenchymal lung conditions that are chronic, progressive, and have a high morbidity and mortality rate. Due to restrictions in their gas exchange and ventilatory dysfunct...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:11 -
Response to prone positioning in COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: a retrospective observational study
COVID-19 pneumonia and respiratory failure are the leading causes of death in COVID-19 patients. Prone positioning was hypothesized to improve oxygenation in ARDS patients and is being studied in COVID-19, but...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:10 -
Evaluation of brain white matter changes on MRI in patients newly diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea compared with the control group
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is nowadays introduced as a risk factor for white matter brain changes. Research on OSA and white matter changes provides contradictory evidence for the contextual link between th...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:9 -
Assessment of interleukin 6 (IL-6) as a marker of inflammation among adult patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Zaria, Nigeria
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Complications of the disease are associated with the host’s inflammatory response. The study aimed to determine the plasma le...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:8 -
Correlation of obstructive sleep apnea severity and lipid profile level
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is accompanied by different metabolic disorders and is linked with a heightened incidence of cardiovascular diseases and death. The information actively engaged in relating obstru...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:7 -
Clinical features and predictors of metabolic syndrome among obstructive sleep apnea patients
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and metabolic syndrome (MetS) are two diseases associated with an increased risk of cardio-metabolic complications and both share the same risk factors such as obesity and smoking.
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:6 -
Role of point of care ultrasound in management of deteriorating respiratory intensive care unit patients and its impact on outcome
Point of care ultrasonography (POCUS) is a real time examination that can be used in the emergency room and intensive care unit (ICU). It can provide low-cost modality in short period of time that can help the...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:5 -
Relationship between airway inflammation, small airway dysfunction, and frequency of acute exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Recurrent exacerbations in COPD patients are associated with accelerated reduction in lung function. Airway inflammation and small airway dysfunction were recognized for a long time as an essential feature of ...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:4 -
Hematological parameters as predictors of OSA severity
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a common disease that has a prevalence of 6 to 13% of the adult population. It is characterized by recurrent obstruction partial or total upper airway and subsequent ...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:3 -
Predictors of mortality in critically ill children hospitalized with laboratory- confirmed COVID-19 pneumonia
Children with COVID-19 infection had fewer severe symptoms, which made it challenging to publish clinical data for this age group. This study aimed to determine the clinical features, laboratory markers, and p...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:2 -
Systemic inflammatory response index as an independent predictor of severity in patients with obstructive sleep apnea
Chronic inflammation plays a crucial role in developing various cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a unique condition characterized by the coexistence of cardiovascular an...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2024 18:1 -
Bedside test for estimating stiff index in mechanically ventilated ARDS patient: a pilot study
Stiff index is defined as the proportion of lung tissue elasticity in relation to chest wall elasticity to pertain to its cyclic tidal volume. It is meant to reflect the risk of overloading lung pressure. Intr...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2023 17:76 -
Impact of obstructive sleep apnea on cognition, mood, and fatigue: an MRI-based study
Obstructive sleep apnea disrupts the normal sleep cycle and is associated with many adverse consequences such as cardiovascular disease, DM, psychological problems, depression, decreased cognitive function, re...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2023 17:75 -
Successful removal of an iatrogenic pleural foreign body—pigtail catheter, using a semi-rigid thoracoscope
Tube thoracostomy stands as the conventional treatment for pleural diseases. Nevertheless, pigtail catheters have gained traction due to their smaller size, potentially resulting in reduced complications. Desp...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2023 17:74 -
No gender-specific differences in comorbidities in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease due to alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
A deficiency in alpha-1 antitrypsin (A1AD) leads to increased activity of proteolytic enzymes. The consequence is a damage of airways and alveoli and, ultimately, the development of emphysema and chronic obstr...
Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2023 17:73
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