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The pleural fluid lactate dehydrogenase/adenosine deaminase ratio differentiates between tuberculous and parapneumonic pleural effusions

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2017
Background Although pleural fluid lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and adenosine deaminase (ADA) levels are often used to distinguish between tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) and parapneumonic pleural effusion (PPE), this can be challenging as the LDH level
Jinlin Wang, Jun Liu, Xiaohong Xie, Panxiao Shen, Jianxing He, Yunxiang Zeng   +5 more
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Prophylactic antibiotics for preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia: a pairwise and Bayesian network meta-analysis

European Journal of Medical Research, 2023
Background The role of prophylactic antibiotics in preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in patients undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) remains unclear.
Shanshan Zha, Jianyi Niu, Zhenfeng He, Wei Fu, Qiaoyun Huang, Lili Guan, Luqian Zhou, Rongchang Chen   +7 more
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High-dose N-acetylcysteine for long-term, regular treatment of early-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (GOLD I–II): study protocol for a multicenter, double-blinded, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial in China

Trials, 2020
Introduction The presence of increased oxidative stress and airway inflammation has been proven in subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Heshen Tian, Yumin Zhou, Longhui Tang, Fan Wu, Zhishan Deng, Bijia Lin, Peiyu Huang, Shaodan Wei, Dongxing Zhao, Jingping Zheng, Nanshan Zhong, Pixin Ran   +11 more
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Efficacy and safety of intrapleural administration of sodium bicarbonate in patients with acute empyema and complicated parapneumonic effusion: protocol for a prospective, single-arm, interventional study

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background The standard treatment for acute empyema/complicated parapneumonic effusion (CPPE) is antibiotic administration and continuous chest drainage.
Yuichiro Suzukawa, Shuhei Teranishi, Sachi Takakura, Ryo Nakadegawa, Shunsuke Okazaki, Anna Tanaka, Shinya Matsushita, Tatsuya Muraoka, Tomofumi Hirose, Chihiro Maeda, Kenichi Seki, Ken Tashiro, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Masaki Yamamoto, Makoto Kudo, Takeshi Kaneko   +15 more
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High-throughput next-generation sequencing for identifying pathogens during early-stage post-lung transplantation

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2021
Background High-throughput next-generation sequencing (HT-NGS) has the potential to detect a large variety of pathogens; however, the application of HT-NGS in lung transplant (LTx) recipients remains limited.
Qiao-yan Lian, Ao Chen, Jian-heng Zhang, Wei-jie Guan, Xin Xu, Bing Wei, Dan-xia Huang, Jian-xing He, Chun-rong Ju   +8 more
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Correction to: Efficacy and safety of tetramethylpyrazine phosphate on pulmonary hypertension: study protocol for a randomized controlled study

Trials, 2020
After publication of our article [1] the authors have notified us of two typos in the Trial status.
Yuqin Chen, Wenjun He, Haiping Ouyang, Chunli Liu, Cheng Hong, Tao Wang, Kai Yang, Wenju Lu, Jian Wang   +8 more
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Pulmonary cryptococcosis complicated with pulmonary aspergillosis: a series of studies and a literature review

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background/Objective With the development of society, pulmonary fungal diseases, represented by pulmonary aspergillosis and pulmonary cryptococcosis, have become increasingly common.
Xidong Wang, Shaoqiang Li, Mangui Zhu, Ye Qiu, Yilei Hui, Yongming Li, Yangqing Zhan, Yan Wang, Feng Ye, Zhengtu Li   +9 more
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Airway basal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles modulate proliferation, migration and collagen deposition of fibroblasts

Stem Cell Research & Therapy
Background Human bronchial epithelial cell-derived extracellular vesicles have demonstrated the ability to attenuate fibroblasts activation. However, the specific key effector cell populations mediating this inhibitory effect remain unidentified.
Lisi Luo, Huijie Yang, Junfeng Huang, Difei Chen, Yushan He, Jinsheng Lin, Haikang Zeng, Chu Hua, Zikai Lin, Minting Wu, Yuqin Ma, Qilin Deng, Ming Liu, Shiyue Li   +13 more
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Usefulness of gastric aspirates for diagnosing nontuberculous mycobacteriosis

Scientific Reports, 2023
Distinguishing between nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) and pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is difficult. We aimed to evaluate the usefulness of gastric aspirate examination for NTM-PD diagnosis and for differentiating NTM-PD from ...
Masafumi Shimoda, Kozo Morimoto, Takashi Yoshiyama, Yoshiaki Tanaka, Koji Furuuchi, Keiji Fujiwara, Masashi Ito, Masashi Nishimura, Kozo Yoshimori, Ken Ohta   +9 more
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Rituximab induced sympathetic crashing acute pulmonary oedema in a patient with interstitial lung disease: a rare and lifethreatening complication

Asian Journal of Internal Medicine
Rituximab is a monoclonal antibody widely used to treat autoimmune diseases and haematologic malignancies. Although generally well tolerated, it can cause severe infusion-related reactions, including pulmonary complications.
K. Maduranga, S. N. H. Nimesha, A. Srirangan, E. perara   +3 more
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