Effectiveness of Healthcare Coordination in Patients with Chronic Respiratory Diseases.

Coordination of healthcare effectively prevents exacerbations and reduces the number of hospitalizations, emergency visits, and the mortality rate in patients with chronic respiratory diseases. The purpose of this study was to determine clinical effectiveness of ambulatory healthcare coordination in chronic respiratory patients and its effect on the level of healthcare services as an indicator of direct medical costs. We conducted a retrospective health record survey, using an online database of 550 patients with chronic respiratory diseases.

[The relation between lymphocyte profile in BALF and the course of sarcoidosis based on short term observation].

The aim of this study was to assess how the extent of the number and percentage of lymphocytes in BALF and also the CD4 to CD8 ratio can help to predict the short outcome in sarcoidosis. Material consisted of 74 patients, 39 men and 35 women in the age from 23 to 58 years. 11 patients had chest lesions in stage I, 43 in stage II and 20 in stage III.

[A case of lung and liver cystic hydatid disease in a 31-year old man].

The case of cystic hydatid disease in a man working in the past in Greece was described. He was admitted to hospital because of a very marked limited shadow in the right lung. During diagnostic procedures, two cysts were revealed in the liver.