Associations of fat, bone, and muscle indices with disease severity in patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome.

Purpose: To investigate the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) severity and fat, bone, and muscle indices.

Methods: This study included 102 patients with OSAHS and retrospectively reviewed their physical examination data. All patients underwent polysomnography, body composition analysis, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, computed tomography (CT) and blood test.

The predictive value of PaO/FIO and additional parameters for in-hospital mortality in patients with acute pulmonary embolism: an 8-year prospective observational single-center cohort study.

Background: Rapid stratification and appropriate treatment on admission are critical to saving lives of patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE). None of the clinical prediction tools perform well when applied to all patients with acute PE. It may be important to integrate respiratory features into the 2014 European Society of Cardiology model.

Association between KLKB1 Polymorphisms and Pulmonary Thromboembolism.

Objective: To investigate the potential correlation between the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the KLKB1 region and pulmonary thromboembolism(PTE) in a Chinese Han population.

Methods: In this case-control study, 95 patients with confirmed PTE were enrolled as the PTE group and 90 healthy subjects as the control group. The genotypes, alleles, and haplotypes of the SNPs were analyzed with PLINK 1.

[Pulmonary mucormycosis: report of 5 cases and review of 46 cases reported in China].

Objective: To describe the clinical manifestations and diagnosis of pulmonary mucormycosis.

Methods: We presented 5 proven diagnosed cases of pulmonary mucormycosis in our hospital and reviewed all proven cases of pulmonary mucormycosis previously reported in mainland China. Publications in the form of case reports and articles between January 1982 and December 2011 were searched from Wan Fang Data and China Hospital Knowledge Database.

[Clinical analysis of 15 cases of saddle pulmonary embolism].

Objective: To improve recognition of saddle pulmonary embolism (SPE).

Methods: A retrospectively review was performed for patients diagnosed with SPE determined by CTPA from Jan 2004 to Jan 2012.

Results: Fifteen SPE patients(4.

[Endobronchial lipoma: report of 2 cases and review of the Chinese literature].

Objective: To describe the epidemiology of endobronchial lipoma and to propose appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic policies for this tumor.

Methods: Two cases of endobronchial lipoma were presented and 38 cases reported in literatures published in mainland China were reviewed.

Results: Thirty-one male and 9 female patients were included, with a mean age of (53 ± 11) years.

[Methicillin resistant Staphyloccus aureus infection: a case report and literature review].

Objective: To report a case of infection with methicillin resistant Staphyloccus aureus (MRSA) carrying Staphylococcal chromosome cassette mec (SCCmec) type V, and to identify the origin of the isolates.

Methods: A case of infection with MRSA carrying SCCmec type V was reported. The clinical characteristics of this patient were described.

[The effect of montelukast, a leukotriene antagonist, on improvement of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction].

Objective: To study the efficacy of montelukast, a cysteinyl leukotriene receptor antagonist, in the treatment and prevention of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) in mild asthmatic patients and patients with exercise-induced asthma (EIA).

Methods: Thirty mild asthmatic patients with positive standardized exercise challenge test were enrolled. The subjects received montelukast 10 mg once daily in the evening.