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The Role of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis Advanced Lung Disease

open access: yesTransplant Infectious Disease, EarlyView.
Among 270 cystic fibrosis patients, 20.7% were NTM‐positive and had a lower pre‐transplant risk of death or lung transplantation but higher post‐transplant mortality, with no difference in CLAD incidence. These results suggest NTM infection should not be an absolute contraindication to lung transplantation, though careful individual risk assessment is ...
Shirin Barcikowski   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reevaluating the Role of Bronchoscopy Prior to Bronchial Artery Embolization in Nonintubated Patients With Hemoptysis Due to Bronchiectasis and Chronic Pulmonary InfectionTake-Home Points

open access: yesCHEST Pulmonary
Background: When performing bronchial artery embolization (BAE), identifying the side of bleeding and thereby deciding the side of embolization is crucial for an effective and safe procedure.
Takashi Nishihara, MD   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chevalier Jackson, M.D. (1865-1958): Il ne se repose jamais. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In the final year of the American Civil War, 1865, Chevalier Jackson was born on the 4th of November just outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The eldest of three sons of a poor, livestock-raising family, Jackson was raised in a period of social and ...
Cowan, MD, Scott W.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Impact of Doxycycline Prophylaxis on Reducing Ureaplasma and Mycoplasma‐Related Complications in Lung Transplant Recipients

open access: yesTransplant Infectious Disease, EarlyView.
Doxycycline prophylaxis in lung transplant recipients was associated with reduced hyperammonemia syndrome and shorter ventilation, ICU, and hospital stays. These findings suggest that doxycycline prophylaxis may help prevent Ureaplasma/Mycoplasma‐related morbidity.
Lara Jones   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Value of bronchoscopy after computed tomography in the diagnostic work-up of haemoptysis

open access: yesEuropean Clinical Respiratory Journal
Introduction Haemoptysis, a common symptom with a variety of aetiologies, requires a comprehensive diagnostic approach. Computed tomography of the thorax (CT) and bronchoscopy are crucial in this process.
Christian Kildegaard   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Use of Plasmapheresis and Immunosuppressants to Treat Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in a Patient with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is a systemic granulomatous inflammatory disease characterized by small-to-medium vessel vasculitis due to Central Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody (C-ANCA).
Sattar, Yasar   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Lung Biopsies in Patients Referred for Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Diagnostic Accuracy, Diagnostic Yield, and Clinical Utility

open access: yesTransplant Infectious Disease, EarlyView.
Among patients referred for allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation with pulmonary opacities, lung biopsy provided a diagnosis in 72% of procedures and altered management in 51%. Despite a 7% major complication rate, lung biopsy frequently clarified noninfectious etiologies when bronchoscopy was inconclusive.
Sergio Rodriguez‐Rodriguez   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bronchoscopy [PDF]

open access: yesDiagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy, 1995
openaire   +2 more sources

Evaluating the effects of a hospital utilisation improvement program on platelet transfusions: A pre‐post study

open access: yesTransfusion Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Annually millions of platelet concentrate (PC) are transfused worldwide. The decision regarding PC transfusion is often complex; therefore, the implementation of a hospital programme designed to streamline and facilitate the decision‐making process is beneficial. Such a programme helps standardise transfusion practices, ensures that
Piotr F. Czempik   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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