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Comparative survival analysis between idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis

open access: yesPulmonology, 2020
Introduction Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (CHP) is an interstitial lung disease with limited treatment response and bad prognosis. Sometimes it is indistinguishable from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) becoming one of the main differential ...
Maria Laura Alberti   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Palliative care for people with non-malignant lung disease: summary of current evidence and future direction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background: The physical and psychosocial needs of patients with chronic non-malignant lung disease are comparable to those with lung cancer. This article will focus on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, interstitial lung disease and cystic fibrosis ...
Boland, Jason   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Small cell lung cancer with thyroid gland oligometastasis: A case report

open access: yesThoracic Cancer, 2021
Extensive disease small cell lung cancer (ED‐SCLC) is a systemic disease characterized by diffuse metastases and a poor prognosis. Oligometastatic cases in ED‐SCLC are rare. This study reports the case of a 72‐year‐old Japanese male.
Toshiharu Tsutsui   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Isolated major aortopulmonary collateral as the sole pulmonary blood supply to an entire lung segment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Congenital systemic-to-pulmonary collateral arteries or major aortopulmonary collaterals are associated with cyanotic congenital heart disease with decreased pulmonary blood flow.
Grady, R. Mark   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

Scleroderma lung disease [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Respiratory Review, 2013
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a systemic autoimmune disease that is characterised by endothelial dysfunction resulting in a small-vessel vasculopathy, fibroblast dysfunction with resultant excessive collagen production and fibrosis, and immunological abnormalities.
Todd M. Bull   +10 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Serial survey shows community intervention may contribute to increase in knowledge of Tuberculosis in 30 districts of India

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2016
Background Correct knowledge about Tuberculosis (TB) is essential for appropriate healthcare seeking behaviour and to accessing diagnosis and treatment services timely. There are several factors influencing knowledge about TB.
Badri Thapa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficacy and safety of switching from ticagrelor to clopidogrel during the early and late phase in acute coronary syndrome patients after percutaneous coronary intervention

open access: yesPlatelets, 2020
In patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), treatment using ticagrelor demonstrated significant ischemic benefits over clopidogrel; however, it was associated with increased bleeding complications leading to frequent de-escalation to clopidogrel. The
Chenggang Wang   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Case of Bowen’s Disease and Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma: Long-Term Consequences of Chronic Arsenic Exposure in Chinese Traditional Medicine [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Chronic arsenic toxicity occurs primarily through inadvertent ingestion of contaminated water and food or occupational exposure, but it can also occur through medicinal ingestion.
Castren K   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

Rhizopus cohnii as the cause of skin mucormycosis

open access: yesActa Mycologica, 2014
The authors report the case of the mucormycosis of the skin. The diagnosis was made on the presence of Mucoraceae hyphe in the through examination, histology and the positive culture of the material taken from the ulcerations of patients skin.
B. Podsiadło   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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