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Retrospective study of pleural parasitic infestations: a practical diagnostic approach

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Pleural parasitic infestation (PPI) is a disease prevalent in certain parts of the world. It is frequently misdiagnosed due to its lack of standardized diagnostic criteria. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics
Jinlin Wang, Weizhan Luo, Panxiao Shen, Jianxing He, Yunxiang Zeng   +4 more
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Hierarchical clock-scale hand-drawn mapping as a simple method for bronchoscopic navigation in peripheral pulmonary nodule

Respiratory Research, 2022
Background A feasible and economical bronchoscopic navigation method in guiding peripheral pulmonary nodule biopsy is lacking. Objective To investigate the utility of hierarchical clock-scale hand-drawn mapping for bronchoscopic navigation in peripheral ...
Chang-Hao Zhong, Zhu-Quan Su, Wei-Zhan Luo, Wan-Yuan Rao, Jia-Xin Feng, Chun-Li Tang, Yu Chen, Xiao-Bo Chen, Ming-Yue Fan, Shi-Yue Li   +9 more
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Autofluorescence bronchoscopy to identify pre-cancerous bronchial lesions

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2005
Background. This study aimed to assess the diagnostic yield of autofluorescence bronchoscopy (AFB) in the detection of pre-cancerous bronchial lesions in a non-selected sample of patients. Methods.
L. Fuso, G. Pagliari, V. Boniello, A. Trovè, F. Varone, A. Longobardi, S. Basso, L. Trodella   +7 more
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Respiratory health and endotoxin: associations and modification by CD14/-260 genotype [PDF]

, 2011
Exposure to endotoxin has been associated with increased respiratory symptoms and decrements in lung function in occupational settings but little is known about the health effects of domestic exposure in adults.
Jarvis, D., Heederik, D., Svanes, C., M. Kogevinas, Dep IRAS, Norbäck D, D. Jarvis, J. P. Zock, Olivieri, Mario, Bakolis, I., Jarvis, D, C. M. Chen, on behalf of the Indoor group of the ECRHS, S. Guerra, D. Norback, G. Verlato, Norback, D., Bakolis I, Ramasamy, A, Svanes C, Jarvis D, Ramasamy A, Chen CM, J. Heinrich, Guerra, S., Chen, C.M., Chen, C. M., ?, ?, Castro-Giner, F., D. Heederik, null null, Kogevinas, M, Zock JP, Doekes, G., A. Nevalainen, VERLATO, Giuseppe, Nevalainen, A., HITEA Study Group (), Nevalainen, A, Chen, CM, Olivieri, M., Norbäck, D, Guerra, S, Svanes, C, Indoor Group of the ECRHS, I. Bakolis, Castro-Giner, F, Norbäck, Dan,, Kogevinas, M., Verlato, G., Heinrich, J, Risk Assessment of Toxic and Immunomodulatory Agents, Zock, JP, Bakolis, I, Olivieri, M, the Work Package 10 group of HITEA, Heinrich, J., Guerra S, Zock, J. P., Zock, J P, C. Svanes, Heinrich J, Kogevinas M, Chen, C M, Bakolis, I; id_orcid, A. Ramasamy, Verlato, G, Work Package 10 Group of HITEA, Nevalainen A, Doekes, G, Zock, J.P., G. Doekes, Doekes G, M. Olivieri, Heederick D, Ramasamy, A., Heederik, D, F. Castro-Giner   +77 more
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Cytological and histological diagnosis of lung cancer in Sardinia and Italy in the 1990s

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2016
Background. Up to 30-50% of all lung cancer cases remain without cyto-histological characterisation. The aim of our study was to evaluate retrospectively the proportion of histological and/or cytological diagnosis in patients with lung cancer in Sardinia.
P. Pirina, M. Budroni, S. Esposito, S. Ostera, M.F. Polo, L. Santoru, G. Madeddu, A.G. Fois, G.C. Ginesu, G. Padua, F. Tanda, F. Ginesu   +11 more
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Acute respiratory health effects of urban air pollutants in adults with different patterns of underlying respiratory disease [PDF]

, 2012
OBJECTIVE: Whether underlying chronic respiratory diseases are susceptible factors for symptomatic episodes, which lead to primary-level care, in association with air pollutant exposures is unknown.
Tschopp, J. M., Probst-Hensch, N., Amar J Mehta, Schwartz, J., Mehta, A. J., Perez, L., Künzli, N., Joel Schwartz, Brändli, O., Rochat, T., Christian Schindler, Nino Künzli, Otto Brändl, Werner Karrer, Laura Perez, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Schindler, C., Jean Marie Tschopp, Karrer, W., Thierry Rochat   +19 more
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Clinical characteristics of airway impairment assessed by impulse oscillometry in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: findings from the ECOPD study in China

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2023
Background The role of airway impairment assessed by impulse oscillometry (IOS) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains unclear.
Lifei Lu, Jieqi Peng, Fan Wu, Huajing Yang, Youlan Zheng, Zhishan Deng, Ningning Zhao, Cuiqiong Dai, Shan Xiao, Xiang Wen, Jianwu Xu, Xiaohui Wu, Kunning Zhou, Pixin Ran, Yumin Zhou   +14 more
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Analysis of influenza B virus lineages and the HA1 domain of its hemagglutinin gene in Guangzhou, southern China, during 2016

Virology Journal, 2018
Background Few studies have analyzed influenza B virus lineages based on hemagglutinin A (HA) gene sequences in southern China. The present study analyzed the HA gene and the lineages of influenza B virus isolates from Guangzhou during 2016, and compared
Feng Ye, Xiao-juan Chen, Wen-da Guan, Si-hua Pan, Zi-feng Yang, Rong-chang Chen   +5 more
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The role of airway infection in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]

, 2006
PhDThis. thesis examines the role of respiratory bacterial and viral infection in the natural history of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. The rationale for this study is basedu pon previous data demonstratingt hat airway bacterial colonisationi s
Wilkinson, Thomas Michael Alan
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Preserved ratio impaired spirometry is associated with small airway dysfunction and reduced total lung capacity

Respiratory Research, 2022
Background: Preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm) refers to decreased forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) in the setting of preserved ratio. Little is known about the role of PRISm and its complex relation with small airway dysfunction (SAD) and
Ningning Zhao, Fan Wu, Jieqi Peng, Youlan Zheng, Heshen Tian, Huajing Yang, Zhishan Deng, Zihui Wang, Haiqing Li, Xiang Wen, Shan Xiao, Peiyu Huang, Cuiqiong Dai, Lifei Lu, Kunning Zhou, Shengtang Chen, Yumin Zhou, Pixin Ran   +17 more
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