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https://read.qxmd.com/read/27238178/dietary-pattern-and-asthma-in-india
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Mohammed Noufal Poongadan, Nitesh Gupta, Raj Kumar
INTRODUCTION: The study aimed to evaluate the association between food consumption pattern and asthma in Indian population. MATERIAL AND METHODS: 125 asthma and corresponding age and sex matched healthy controls were recruited for the purpose of a study. A self- reported food-frequency questionnaire (NNR-Dietary Pattern in Asthma Questionnaire) comprising of 80 food and drink items, belonging to 15 groups, was developed based on routine dietary habits and ISAAC phase two and phase three questionnaires...
2016: Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska
https://read.qxmd.com/read/27238177/fungal-infection-of-cystic-fibrosis-patients-single-center-experience
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Barbara Garczewska, Sylwia Jarzynka, Jan Kuś, Wojciech Skorupa, Ewa Augustynowicz-Kopeć
INTRODUCTION: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common monogenetic autosomal recessive disease in the human population. This systemic disease is characterized by changes in multiple organs, mainly in the lung tissue and digestive tract. More than 59% of CF patients become sensitized to fungal spores, mostly Aspergillus fumigatus. 5-15% of CF patients develop allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. The aim of the study was to analyse the occurrence of yeast and filamentous fungi of the respiratory infections in CF patients and evaluation of drug resistance...
2016: Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska
https://read.qxmd.com/read/27238176/prognostic-value-of-th1-th2-cytokines-in-infants-with-wheezing-in-a-three-year-follow-up-study
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Ivane Chkhaidze, Dali Zirakishvili, Natalia Shavshvishvili, Neli Barnabishvili
INTRODUCTION: The immune system is known to play a key role in the development of viral-induced wheeze, but the pattern of cytokine response is not clear. The aim of the study was to determine whether plasma cytokine levels during the acute wheezing illness in infants are associated with the subsequent development of persistent recurrent wheezing (PRW). MATERIAL AND METHODS: 43 infants admitted to Iashvili Central Children Hospital, Tbilisi, Georgia, were selected...
2016: Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska
https://read.qxmd.com/read/27238175/tumor-necrosis-factor-alpha-as-an-asthma-biomarker-in-early-childhood
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EDITORIAL
Paweł Majak
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
2016: Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska
https://read.qxmd.com/read/27238174/methods-of-airway-resistance-assessment
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REVIEW
Tomasz Urbankowski, Tadeusz Przybyłowski
Airway resistance is the ratio of driving pressure to the rate of the airflow in the airways. The most frequent methods used to measure airway resistance are whole-body plethysmography, the interrupter technique and the forced oscillation technique. All these methods allow to measure resistance during respiration at the level close to tidal volume, they do not require forced breathing manoeuvres or deep breathing during measurement. The most popular method for measuring airway resistance is whole-body plethysmography...
2016: Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska
https://read.qxmd.com/read/27238173/what-factors-may-influence-epidemiological-situation-of-tuberculosis-in-poland-and-in-the-world
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Ewa Rowińska-Zakrzewska, Maria Korzeniewska-Koseła, Ewa Augustynowicz-Kopeć, Monika Szturmowicz
The authors present the review of factors influencing epidemiological situation of tuberculosis in Poland and in the world. The groups of increased risk of tuberculosis, and clinical conditions predisposing to activation of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) such as HIV, uremia, diabetes mellitus, transplantation of organs, treatment with glucocorticosteroids and with antibodies to TNF and to its receptors, were presented. The higher prevalence and worse prognosis of tuberculosis in elderly people was emphasised...
2016: Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska
https://read.qxmd.com/read/27238172/a-case-of-systemic-melioidosis-unravelling-the-etiology-of-chronic-unexplained-fever-with-multiple-presentations
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Srujana Mohanty, Gourahari Pradhan, Manoj Kumar Panigrahi, Prasanta Raghab Mohapatra, Baijayantimala Mishra
Melioidosis, caused by the environmental saprophyte, Burkholderia pseudomallei, is an important public health problem in Southeast Asia and Northern Australia. It is being increasingly reported from other parts, including India, China, and North and South America expanding the endemic zone of the disease. We report a case of systemic melioidosis in a 58-year-old diabetic, occupationally-unexposed male patient, who presented with chronic fever, sepsis, pneumonia, pleural effusion and subcutaneous abscess, was undiagnosed for long, misidentified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection elsewhere, but was saved due to correct identification of the etiologic agent and timely institution of appropriate therapy at our institute...
2016: Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska
https://read.qxmd.com/read/27238171/cough-induced-lung-intercostal-hernia
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Joanna Kosałka, Katarzyna Wawrzycka-Adamczyk, Paweł Jurkiewicz, Wiesław Pawlik, Mamert Milewski, Jacek Musiał
A 73-year-old male with marked emphysema was admitted to the 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital in Krakow because of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation. His medical history was significant for total laryngectomy due to laryngeal cancer in 2010.
2016: Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska
https://read.qxmd.com/read/27238170/diffuse-idiopathic-skeletal-hyperostosis-dish-and-non-small-cell-lung-cancer-case-presentation-and-review-of-the-literature
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REVIEW
Ioannis Tomos, Aikaterini Vlami, Anna Karakatsani, Ioanna Korbila, Effrosyni D Manali, Spyros A Papiris
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), also known as Forestier's disease, is a systemic non inflammatory disease of unknown cause. It is characterized by the presence of osteophytes due to calcification and ossification of spinal ligaments and entheses. Moreover, diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis has been associated with a variety of metabolic disorders. However, to the best of our knowledge no association with non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has been reported so far. In the present study we report a case of a patient with NSCLC and DISH...
2016: Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska
https://read.qxmd.com/read/27238169/primary-ciliary-dyskinesia-in-six-patients-with-bronchiectasis
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Mohammadreza Modaresi, Bamdad Sadeghi, Payam Mohammadinejad, Sayed Javad Sayedi, Farzad Masiha, Rohola Shirzadi, Gholamreza Azizi, Asghar Aghamohammadi
INTRODUCTION: Primary ciliary dyskinesia [PCD] is generally considered as a rare autosomal recessive disorder. Previous studies reported various prevalence of PCD among patients with bronchiectasis. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Six PCD patients who were diagnosed during the investigation of 40 patients with bronchiectasis were enrolled in this study. Ultra structural studies for both epithelium and cilia were performed, and the deformities in detailed electron microscopic images confirmed the diagnosis of PCD...
2016: Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska
https://read.qxmd.com/read/27238168/lifestyle-factors-and-asthma-in-india-a-case-control-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mohammed Noufal Poongadan, Nitesh Gupta, Raj Kumar
INTRODUCTION: There has been a recent trend of increasing prevalence of asthma in developing countries; prevalence in the Indian population is reported to be 2%. The link between lifestyle factors and asthma has been mostly derived from western literature. The present study intended to study relationship if any, between life style factors and asthma in a representative Indian population. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study is a case-control study performed for a period of one year, between 2014 and 2015...
2016: Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska
https://read.qxmd.com/read/27238167/prospective-population-based-surveillance-of-the-burden-of-streptococcus-pneumoniae-in-community-acquired-pneumonia-in-older-adults-chrzan%C3%A3-w-county-poland-2010-to-2012
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Rafal Harat, Ronika Alexander, Sharon Gray, Elane M Gutterman, Justyna Pluta, Michael Pride, Sebastian Shite, Joanna Fijolek, Jolanta Kozub
INTRODUCTION: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae is a substantial cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults. This study estimated incidences of CAP, chest x-ray-confirmed CAP (CXR+CAP), S pneumonia- positive CAP, S pneumonia-positive CXR+CAP, and S. pneumoniae serotype distribution among 46,000 at-risk adults aged ≥ 50 years residing in Chrzanów County, Poland. MATERIAL AND METHODS: From January 2010 to January 2012, all facilities providing ambulatory and inpatient care enrolled all consenting resident patients with suspicion of CAP...
2016: Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska
https://read.qxmd.com/read/27238166/low-dlco-in-idiopathic-pulmonary-arterial-hypertension-clinical-correlates-and-prognostic-significance
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Monika Szturmowicz, Aneta Kacprzak, Monika Franczuk, Barbara Burakowska, Marcin Kurzyna, Anna Fijałkowska, Agnieszka Skoczylas, Stefan Wesołowski, Jan Kuś, Adam Torbicki
INTRODUCTION: Decreased diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) is observed in some idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) patients, but its clinical significance is uncertain. We aimed to assess clinical correlates and prognostic significance of low DLCO in IPAH patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: In the group of 65 IPAH patients the cut off value for low DLCO was set up based on histogram as < 55% of predicted value. Demographic data, exercise capacity, lung function tests, hemodynamic parameters and survival of the patients were compared depending on DLCO value...
2016: Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska
https://read.qxmd.com/read/27238165/the-clinical-differences-of-asthma-in-patients-with-molds-allergy
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Krzysztof Kołodziejczyk, Andrzej Bożek, Jerzy Jarząb, Radosław Gawlik
INTRODUCTION: Bronchial asthma is an increasing problem worldwide. The course of bronchial asthma is dependent on the type of inducing allergens. The differences between the clinical features of asthma in patients with monovalent allergies to molds and with other allergies were explored. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Randomly selected 1910 patients (924 women and 986 men) between 18-86 years in age were analyzed according to type of allergy and asthma. The diagnosis of asthma was confirmed on the basis of GINA criteria, physical examination and spirometry...
2016: Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska
https://read.qxmd.com/read/26966025/aspergilloma-in-atypical-localisation-in-severe-asthma-patient-case-report
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Michał Zieliński, Henryka Mazur-Zielińska, Dariusz Ziora
Pulmonary aspergillosis is a condition caused by the fungi Aspergillus. The form of disease depends on the immunological condition of the host organism and other concomitant illnesses that influence the pulmonary tissue. Asthmatic patients, in particular with the severe form of disease, who require the use of systemic glucocorticoids, are predisposed to develop allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. Development of aspergilloma in the lung is preceded by the formation of pathological cavity in the course of another illness...
2016: Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska
https://read.qxmd.com/read/26922898/macrolide-antibiotics-in-respiratory-diseases-recommendations-of-the-polish-expert-group-ad-2015
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Andrzej Emeryk, Henryk Mazurek, Michał Pirożyński, Janusz Klatka, Wojciech Służewski, Adam Antczak, Małgorzata Bartkowiak-Emeryk, Magdalena Kowalska, Agata Dutkowska
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
2016: Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska
https://read.qxmd.com/read/26806418/pulmonary-lesions-in-the-course-of-gastric-cancer-two-cases-of-bard-s-syndrome
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Michał Zieliński, Marek Ochman, Jan Głowacki, Jerzy Kozielski
The Bard's syndrome is a medical condition related to miliary dissemination of gastric cancer to the lungs. Difficulties in diagnosis are associated with the need of differentiation between numerous diseases, which may manifest as disseminated lesions in the lung parenchyma on chest X-ray. Despite the advanced proliferative process, primary focus of neoplasm frequently remains subclinical. Metastatic lesions cause many symptoms in the respiratory system, suggesting primary pulmonary pathology. The Bard's syndrome should be always taken into account in differential diagnosis of disseminated lesions, particularly due to prevalence of gastric cancer...
2016: Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska
https://read.qxmd.com/read/26806417/typing-safe-antibiotics-in-amoxicillin-hypersensitive-patients-development-of-a-stepwise-protocol
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Krzysztof Specjalski, Karolina Kita-Milczarska, Marta Chełmińska, Ewa Jassem
INTRODUCTION: A history of an adverse reaction to amoxicillin, irrespective of the mechanism involved, significantly elevates patients' anxiety and affects therapeutic decisions in the future, leading to unnecessary avoidance of antibiotics. As a consequence, it would be useful to find a safe and reliable protocol for typing safe alternative antibiotics. The aim of the study was to determine negative predictive value of typing safe antibiotic in patients with a history of hypersensitivity reaction to amoxicillin...
2016: Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska
https://read.qxmd.com/read/26806416/european-spirometry-driving-license-in-poland-first-polish-spirometry-training-in-the-framework-of-ers-hermes-spirometry-project
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EDITORIAL
Waldemar Tomalak, Monika Franczuk, Paweł Kuca, Małgorzata Czajkowska-Malinowska
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
2016: Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska
https://read.qxmd.com/read/26693827/pulmonary-arterial-hypertension-a-current-review-of-pharmacological-management
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REVIEW
Sonu Sahni, Marcin Ojrzanowski, Sebastian Majewski, Arunabh Talwar
Pulmonary hypertension (PHTN) is a rare and devastating disease characterized by progressive increases in pulmonary arterial pressure and pulmonary vascular resistance, which eventually leads to right ventricular failure and death. At present there is no cure for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH); however over the past decade targeted pharmaceutical options have become available for the treatment of PAH. Prior to evaluation for therapeutic options a definitive diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension must be made via comprehensive physical exam and definitive diagnostic testing...
2016: Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska
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