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  1. Persistent undiagnosed effusion is present in approximately 15% of all causes of exudative effusion. Pleural effusion caused by immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) is a new type of pleural effusion. Tumor markers such as...

    Authors: Raafat T. El-Sokkary, Nermen M. Abuelkassem, Mohamed Ismail Seddik and Ahmed Metwally
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:38
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  2. Bronchial asthma is considered the most prevalent chronic respiratory disease worldwide and is one of the main causes of hospitalization in the pediatric population. Serum interleukin 38 (IL-38) levels are ele...

    Authors: Asmaa Kamal, Christine W. S. Basanti, Mahmoud A. Kaushty and Azza K. Abdelmegeid
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:37
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  3. Despite advances in antimicrobial therapy and a range of drainage techniques for the infected pleural area, thoracic empyema continues to be a serious reason behind morbidity and mortality. Although chest ultr...

    Authors: Ahmad Mohamed Said, Saad R. Samra, Karim M. Al Fakharny and Ashraf E. Sileem
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:36
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  4. Periodic limb movements during sleep (PLMS) and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) are two frequent coincident sleep disorders. The association of PLMS with OSAS severity and predictors of PLMS in OSAS pa...

    Authors: Randa Ibrahim Ahmed, Rasha Mohamed Hendy, Mona Ibrahim Ahmed, Salah Ahmed Ali, Marwa Hanafy AboOmira and Marwa Moawad Shaban
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:35
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  7. To compare the effectiveness of early rehabilitation program on mechanical ventilated COPD patient in RICU to those using current usual care regarding diaphragm function and weaning outcomes.

    Authors: Lamiaa Shaaban, Ashraf Abdeen, Hend Mohamed Saleh, Safaa A. Mahran and Shereen Farghaly
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:32
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  8. This case report proposes the use of pulsed methylprednisolone in a patient with lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) who was invasively ventilated. A 38-year-old, East Indian gravida 4, para 1+2, patient with worsenin...

    Authors: Ventour Dale, Geosanne Thannoo and Shammi Ramlakhan
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:31
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  9. Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a minimally invasive diagnostic test with a high diagnostic yield. Optimal specimen acquisition is of a key importance; however, ...

    Authors: Maria Inês Matias, João Nunes Caldeira, Paulo Matos, Michele de Santis, Ana Luísa Fonseca and Lurdes Barradas
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:30
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  12. The aim of the study was to evaluate the presence and effects of hematological and biological parameters in the diagnosis of the disease by performing blood tests on COVID-19 patients admitted to the intensive...

    Authors: Sema Ketenci, İlkay Saraçoğlu, Recep Duranay, Çağrı Serdar Elgörmüş and A. Şükrü Aynacıoğlu
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:27
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  14. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) is a very important procedure in hematology clinics. Clinicians often worry about thrombocytopenia before performing FOB because hemorrhagic complications may occur during and aft...

    Authors: Fatih Yıldırım, Fahir Özkalemkaş and Ahmet Ursavaş
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:25
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  15. COVID-19 is a contagious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). As humanity continues to fight this virus, it keeps presenting with new manifestations and complicatio...

    Authors: Renu Kumawat, Mahesh Lal, Jagadeesan S. and Prarit Varshney
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:24
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  16. Some of the pulmonary tuberculous patients who completed their medication course experience lung function impairment which may influence their quality of life. However, the pattern and nature of post-tuberculo...

    Authors: Nermeen A. Abdelaleem, Mostafa K. Ahmed, Marwan N. Mohamed and Hassan A. Bayoumi
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:23
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  17. Evans’ syndrome (ES) is a rare and chronic autoimmune disease characterized by the concomitant or sequential association of auto-immune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), and less freq...

    Authors: Hamdy A. Mohammadien, Lotfy H. Abudab and Azza M. Ahmad
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:22
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  18. A 30-year-old gentleman presented with complaints of fever, productive cough, and shortness of breath for 10 days. On presentation, he had a right intercostal drainage tube (ICD) in situ in view of chest radio...

    Authors: Megha Priyadarshi, Ved Prakash Meena and Animesh Ray
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:21
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  19. Ciliated Muconodular Papillary Tumor (CMPT) was first reported in 2002, and fewer than 100 cases have since been reported. The prognosis after surgical resection is good, and recurrence has not been reported. ...

    Authors: Hailong Liu, Peikai Huang, Meng Zhang, Xianqiang Zhu, Jun Chen and Mengqiang Xiao
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:20
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  20. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is caused by the pathogenic virus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Egypt has launched a national treatment program to provide a cure for Egyptian pat...

    Authors: Essamedin M. Negm
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:19
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  21. Due to limited capacity, health care systems worldwide have been put in challenging situations since the emergence of COVID-19. To prioritize patients who need hospital admission, a better understanding of the...

    Authors: Hebatallah Hany Assal, Hoda M. Abdel-hamid, Sally Magdy, Maged Salah, Asmaa Ali, Rasha Helmy Elkaffas and Irene Mohamed Sabry
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:18
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  22. Lower respiratory tract infections are the leading cause of death in children globally and are transmitted by inhaling airborne droplets. The study demonstrated the prevalence of lower respiratory tract infect...

    Authors: Muhammad Ashraf Khan
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:17
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  23. We conducted a retrospective analysis of the data of patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to investigate the associations between clinical factors and...

    Authors: Minehiko Inomata, Masahiro Matsumoto, Isami Mizushima, Kana Hayashi, Zenta Seto, Kotaro Tokui, Chihiro Taka, Seisuke Okazawa, Kenta Kambara, Shingo Imanishi, Toshiro Miwa, Ryuji Hayashi, Shoko Matsui and Kazuyuki Tobe
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:16
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  24. Tuberculosis (TB) is considered one of the most common causes of bronchiectasis. Bronchiectasis increases clinical and financial burden of patients with TB. Here, we aim to assess the prevalence of bronchiecta...

    Authors: Maiada K. Hashem, Youssef Suliman Marey Nasim, Aliae A.R. Mohamed-Hussein and Ahmad M. Shaddad
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:15
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  25. Since being declared a global pandemic, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) took over healthcare providers and researchers’ interest. However, other epidemic diseases, including tuberculosis (TB), are still a ...

    Authors: Maiada K. Hashem, Aliae A. R. Mohamed Hussein, Mariam Taher Amin, Abdelmalek Mahmoud and Ahmad M. Shaddad
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:14
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  27. Do underlying allergic respiratory diseases such as asthma and rhinitis predispose to a severe coronavirus (COVID-19) infection? We conducted this systematic review to map out and synthesize evidence of publis...

    Authors: Alia Abdelmonem El Shahawy, Kelechi Elizabeth Oladimeji, Aboalmagd Hamdallah, Amal Saidani, Rami Abd-Rabu and Nesrine Ben Hadj Dahman
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:12
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  29. The role of interleukins in the severity and clinical profile of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is not known, but evidence supports the contribution of systemic inflammation to disease pathophysi...

    Authors: Fatma G. M. Hussein, Randa S. Mohammed, Rasha A. Khattab and Laila A. Al-Sharawy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:10
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  30. Several studies have reported the predictors of the prognosis in COVID-19 patients; however, smoking, X-ray findings of pulmonary congestion, and A-profile and areas of consolidation in LUS are independent pre...

    Authors: Mohammad Eltahlawi, Hesham Roshdy, Mohammad Walaa, Panagiota Manthou, Diego Araiza Garaygordobil, Mohammad Elshabrawy, Mohamed Elkholy, Mohammad Abdelkhalek Basha, Marwa Tharwat and Waleed Mansour
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:9
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  31. Ultrasonography can detect different changes in anterior chest wall (ACW) joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) even before being clinically manifested. Airways, pleura, lung parenchyma, and vascul...

    Authors: Mohammed A. Mortada, Fatma Ibrahim Abdelrahman, Amal Abdul-Sattar and Waleed Mansour
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:8
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  32. The pandemic of severe acute respiratory virus (SARS-CoV-2) is characterized by respiratory symptoms with serious consequences, mainly associated with pneumonia and extreme ARDS. There is a lack of data about ...

    Authors: Muhammad Hassan, Fibhaa Syed, Naveed Ullah Khan, Zakir Jan, Hafiza Faiza Mushtaq, Nadir Hussain and Mazhar Badshah
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:7
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  33. Until now, there are more than two hundred million confirmed cases of COVID-19 including more than seven million deaths. Clinical trials of all three vaccines authorized for use in the UK (Pfizer–BioNTech, Oxf...

    Authors: Aliae A. R. Mohamed Hussein, Islam H. Ibrahim, Islam A. Mahmoud, Marwa Amary and Reem Sayad
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:6
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  34. A novel RNA coronavirus was identified in January 2020 as the cause of a pneumonia epidemic affecting the city of Wuhan; it rapidly spread across China.

    Authors: Doaa M. El Shehaby, Marwa Kh. Mohammed, Noha Esmael Ebrahem, Mariam M. Abd El-Azim, Islam G. Sayed and Sarah A. Eweda
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:5
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  35. We aim to assess the role of diaphragm ultrasonography in evaluating the outcome of surgical diaphragmatic plication in adults with symptomatic unilateral diaphragmatic eventration.

    Authors: Mohamed Abdel-Bary, Alaa Rashad, Hamed Elgendy, Mohammed Zaki, Mahmoud Youssef Abdelhamid, Morris Beshay and Khaled Mohamed Abdelaal
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:4
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  36. Nodular fasciitis (NF) is a rare non-neoplastic inflammatory tumor and usually presents as a painless, rapidly growing subcutaneous soft tissue mass. The head and neck are relatively common locations for nodul...

    Authors: Yusuf Shieba, Mahmoud Khairy, Mohamed Elzouk and Albaraa Ali Mansour
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:3
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  37. Poorly controlled bronchial asthma limits patients’ quality of life (QOL), the condition which may potentiate the development of psychiatric disorders. The aim of this study was the assessment of anxiety and d...

    Authors: Samiaa Hamdy Sadek, Maha Mohamed El-kholy, Fareda Ahmed Mohammed and Reham Mohammed El-Morshedy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:2
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  38. Guidelines to standardize treatment and follow-up strategies in pneumomediastinum cases are lacking. The aim of the study was to evaluate the etiology in pneumomediastinum cases and the results of treatment an...

    Authors: Mehmet Çetin, İlteriş Türk, Göktürk Fındık, Koray Aydoğdu, Selim Şakir Erkmen Gülhan, Pınar Bıçakçıoğlu and Sadi Kaya
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022 16:1
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  40. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Randa Salah Eldin Mohamed, Abeer Salah Eldin Mohamed, Waleed Fouad Fathalah, Mohamed Farouk Mohamed and Ahmed Aelgharib Ahmed
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2021 15:55
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    The original article was published in The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2021 15:51

  41. Extramedullary plasmacytoma is a rare monoclonal plasma cell neoplasm that originates from tissues other than the bone marrow and constitutes only 3%–5% of all plasma cell neoplasms. Most cases involve the upp...

    Authors: Shruthi Panduranga, Samson Kade, Swarna Shivakumar, Harisha V and Ravindra M. Mehta
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2021 15:54
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  42. The recent pandemic of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) has been causing intense stress among the global population. In the case of hospitalized and ICU-admitted COVID-19 patients with comorbidities, it has b...

    Authors: Riyan Al Islam Reshad, Sumaiya Hafiz Riana, Mohammad Al-baruni Chowdhury, Abu Tayab Moin, Faruque Miah, Bishajit Sarkar and Nurnabi Azad Jewel
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2021 15:53
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  43. The azygos lobe is a rare anatomical variant seen in the upper lobe of right lung. It occurs during embryological development due to the failure of posterior cardinal vein to migrate supero-medially. It is oft...

    Authors: Sandeep Singh Awal, Som Subhro Biswas, Hitesh Goyal and Sampreet Kaur Awal
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2021 15:52
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  44. The diaphragm muscle whose dysfunction may be very common in patients undergoing mechanical ventilation (Ferrari G, De Filippi G, Elia F, Panero F, Volpicelli G, Aprà F. Crit Ultrasound J 6:8, 2014). Aim: To e...

    Authors: Randa Salah Eldin Mohamed, Abeer Salah Eldin Mohamed, Waleed Fouad Fathalah, Mohamed Farouk Mohamed and Ahmed Aelgharib Ahmed
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2021 15:51
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    The Correction to this article has been published in The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2021 15:55

  45. Secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure gained lesser interest than active smoking. There is evidence from previous studies that SHS exposure had negative effects on fetal growth. This study aimed to examine the effec...

    Authors: Eman Sobh, Asmaa Mahmoud Mohammed, Zeinab Adawy, Aziza Hussein Nassef and Adel Hasheesh
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2021 15:50
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  46. After the first detection in November 2019, SARS-CoV-2 has spread rapidly over the continents and started the pandemic of the millennium. In addition to several novels and repurposed monoclonal antibodies (mAb...

    Authors: Paroma Deb, Md. Maruf Ahmed Molla, KM Saif-Ur-Rahman, Manik Chandra Das and Debashish Das
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2021 15:49
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  47. Pulmonary hypertension is an assorted state that encompasses a spectrum of diseases and is categorized into five groups. The registries are necessary for the identification of risk factors, progression of the ...

    Authors: Mostafa Elshazly, Amira Ismail Mostafa, Asmaa Ibrahim and Irene M. Sabry
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2021 15:48
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  48. Manual hyperinflation and expiratory rib cage compression are methods of chest physiotherapy. They are commonly applied but their value and their early utilization managing mechanically ventilated remain quest...

    Authors: Nahla Shaaban Khalil, Manal Sayed Ismaeel, Ahmed Hassan Askar and Mohamed Soliman Sayed
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2021 15:47
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  49. The conjunction of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is known as overlap syndrome (OS). The coexistence of these diseases has cardiovascular morbidity and mortality...

    Authors: Osama Ibrahim Mohammad, Ahmed Gouda Elgazzar, Shymaa Mohammad Mahfouz and Marwa Elsayed Elnaggar
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2021 15:46
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  50. Retinal and choroidal blood vessels are involved in many systemic diseases because they are complex vascular systems. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is considered as an inflammatory disease that affects...

    Authors: Noha Othman Ahmed, Yasmine Maher Shaaban and Hieba Gamal Ezzelregal
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2021 15:45
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