Incidence of COVID-19 after pulmonary function tests: a retrospective cohort study.

Introduction: It has been proposed that exposure to pulmonary function tests (PFT) could be associated with a higher risk of viral transmission. The risk of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission after performing PFT is unknown. We aimed to assess the incidence  of COVID-19 after a PFT at an academic teaching facility in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

[Complications following transbronchial biopsy: the role of cryobiopsy in the incidence of postoperative pneumothorax].

Introduction: Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBCB) has emerged as a diagnostic alternative to surgical lung biopsy mostly in interstitial lung disease. Despite its less invasive nature and reported higher diagnostic yield, some associated complications have been described, such as pneumothorax. Moreover, a comparison between TBCB and transbronchial forceps biopsy is seldomly made.

[Therapeutic bilateral lung lavage in an adolescent with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. Case report].

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is an unusual diffuse lung disease characterized by abnormal accumulation of pulmonary surfactant and lipoproteins in the alveolar space, which impairs gas exchange with a variable clinical course, ranging from an asymptomatic clinical presentation to severely affected respiratory failure. A 16-year-old girl with diagnosis of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis presented to our hospital for therapeutic lung lavage after a recent history of progressive dyspnea, respiratory distress, declining lung function measurements, and worsening radiographic abnormalities. We obtained baseline pulmonary function tests and laboratory measurements before and after therapeutic bilateral lung lavage.

[Bilateral single sesion whole lung lavage under venous-venous ECMO in a case of severe pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: five years follow up].

Unlabelled: Introduction: Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare disease caused by accumulation of proteinaceous material in the alveolar spaces. The most common mechanism implied is the development of antibodies directed to granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF). which inhibits activation of alveolar macrophage, thereby causing accumulation of surfactant.

[Pulmonary Vein Stenosis after Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: clinical presentation as a Lung cancer. Case report.].

Pulmonary vein stenosis is an infrequent complication of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. Its incidence varies widely from 0.3% to 6% according to different publications.

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations and embolic complications in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.

Patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) and pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) face higher risk of embolic complications. It is not clear whether poor outcomes are related to PAVM severity or pulmonary symptoms. Furthermore, there is currently no available data on HHT patients in Argentina.