Turkish Thoracic Society's Statement Report on Electronic Cigarettes and Heated Tobacco Products.

Tobacco addiction, which causes the death of more than 8.5 million people in the world every year, is a preventable global public health problem. There are 1.

Evaluation of Carbonmonoxide, Diffusion Capacity, Respiratory Muscle Strength Values, and Pulmonary Volume in Smoking Men over 40 Years Old.

Objective: To determine the effects of tobacco use on the lungs before respiratory symptoms or basic functional disorders occur.

Material And Methods: Forty-six active smokers between June 2018 and June 2019 who did not have any respiratory complaints, had no lung or chronic disease affecting the respiratory system, and consumed at least 20 packs/year were prospectively evaluated. In addition, a control group consisting of 50 non-smokers was formed.

F-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Images of Severe Primary Lung Lymphoma.

Primary lung lymphoma is one of the rarest forms of lymphoma and pulmonary space-occupying lesions. This case report represents the F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography images of the most severe form of the primary pulmonary lymphoma reported in the literature.

The impact of hypoxemia on serum total and free prostate-specific antigen levels in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is the most important biochemical marker in the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with prostate cancer. In recent years, a relationship between PSA levels and hypoxic conditions has been described. However, no study has investigated the PSA levels in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).