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Clinical and Paraclinical Characteristics of Endobronchial Pulmonary Squamous Cell Carcinoma-A Brief Review.

Background: Endobronchial squamous cell carcinoma is one of the most common types of tumors located inside the tracheobronchial tree. Patients often present in advanced stages of the disease, which most often leads to a targeted therapeutic attitude of pneumonectomy. Practicing lung parenchyma-preserving surgery led us to undertake this review.

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Characteristics in Patients with Pneumotorax Associated with COVID-19 versus Non-COVID-19 Pneumotorax.

: Pneumothorax is a condition that usually occurs in thin, young people, especially in smokers. It is an unusual complication of COVID-19 disease that can be associated with worse results. This disease can occur without pre-existing lung disease or without mechanical ventilation.

Cervico-Thoracic Air Collections in COVID-19 Pneumonia Patients - Our Experience and Brief Review.

Abstract COVID-19 (Coronavirus-19 disease), a new clinical entity caused by SARS-COV-2 infection, could explain the physiopathology of cervicothoracic air collections (pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and subcutaneous emphysema). We conducted an 8-months retrospective analysis of a single-center SARS-CoV-2 cases associating pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and subcutaneous emphysema, either alone or combined. All non-intubated patients with the complications cited above had a favorable outcome after pleural drainage, percutaneous drainage, and/or conservative treatment, while the intubated patients, with multiple comorbidities, have had an unfavorable outcome, regardless the chosen treatment.

The Association of Minimally Invasive Surgical Approaches and Mortality in Patients with Malignant Pleuropericarditis-A 10 Year Retrospective Observational Study.

Malignant neoplasms are common causes of acute pleuropericardial effusion. Pleuropericarditis denotes poor patient prognosis, is associated with shortened average survival time, and represents a surgical emergency. We analyzed the impact of two minimally invasive surgical approaches, the type of cancer, and other clinical variables on the mortality of 338 patients with pleuropericarditis admitted to an emergency hospital in Romania between 2009 and 2020.

Attitude of the surgical approach in hyperparathyroidism: A retrospective study.

The present study constitutes a retrospective study for patients with hyperparathyroidism surgically operated on at the Department of Thoracic Surgery of the Central Military Emergency University Hospital 'Dr. Carol Davila', Bucharest, Romania (SUUMC), over a period of 6 years. The study aimed to elucidate the diagnostic and surgical attitude for an effective treatment, practiced at SUUMC, Romania.

A Screening Test for Early Diagnosis of Microcellular Bronchopulmonary Cancer-Pilot Study.

Introduction: According to WHO, in worldwide cancer mortality statistics, the first place is occupied by bronchopulmonary cancer. This reason has led us to carry out the present pilot study, was with the participation of the Clinics of Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest in order to apply a technique developed earlier by Stefan-van Staden, for early detection of this type of cancer, initiate a personalized diagnosis, and implicitly apply a personalized treatment in order to increase the life expectancy among these patients. In recent years, there has been a tendency to find fast non-invasive screening methods for the early diagnosis of cancer.

Pattern recognition of neuron specific enolase and carcinoembryonic antigen in whole blood samples.

New tools and methods for pattern recognition of neuron specific enolase (NSE) and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) were proposed for the screening of whole blood samples. The new tools were based on stochastic sensors designed using nanoporous gold microspheres, graphite, graphene, diamond paste as well as α-CDs, and 5,10,15,20-tetraphenyl-21H,23H-porphyrin. The best sensor for the assay of CEA was the one based on P/graphite (the limit of determination was 16 fg/ml and sensitivity was 2.

Molecular recognition of HER-1 in whole-blood samples.

Multimode sensing was proposed for molecular screening and recognition of HER-1 in whole blood. The tools used for molecular recognition were platforms based on nanostructured materials such as the complex of Mn(III) with meso-tetra (4-carboxyphenyl) porphyrin, and maltodextrin (dextrose equivalence between 4 and 7), immobilized in diamond paste, graphite paste or C60 fullerene paste. The identification of HER-1 in whole-blood samples, at molecular level, is performed using stochastic mode and is followed by the quantification of it using stochastic and differential pulse voltammetry modes.

Pattern recognition of HER-1 in biological fluids using stochastic sensing.

Stochastic sensing was employed for pattern recognition of HER-1 in biological fluids. Nanostructured materials such as 5,10,15,20-tetraphenyl-21H,23H-porphyrin, maltodextrin and α-cyclodextrin were used to modify diamond paste for stochastic sensing of HER-1. Pattern recognition of HER-1 in biological fluids was performed in a linear concentration range between 5.