Lung cancer in patients with pulmonary fibrosis: characteristics features and prognosis.

Background And Aim: Lung cancer is one of the significant comorbidities seen in patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). However, there is limited data on non-IPF Pulmonary Fibrosis (PF) patients with lung cancer (LC). The present study aims to compare the characteristics and survival outcomes of patients diagnosed with LC in IPF and non-IPF PF.

Pulmonary Physician Consultancy in Emergency Services in Turkiye (PuPCEST) - a cross-sectional multicenter study.

Pulmonology is one of the branches that frequently receive consultation requests from the emergency department. Pulmonology consultation (PC) is requested from almost all clinical branches due to the diagnosis and treatment of any respiratory condition, preoperative evaluation, or postoperative pulmonary problems. The aim of our study was to describe the profile of the pulmonology consultations received from emergency departments in Turkiye.

Predictors of Mortality in Sarcoidosis.

Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disorder that affects individuals of all racial/ethnic origins and occurs at any time of life. Spontaneous remission is frequent and may occur in 2 of 3 patients, while the remaining cases have chronic, progressive disease, with some patients presenting with organ- and life-threatening involvements. Many reports have investigated which features may be related to poor outcomes in patients with sarcoidosis.

The Effect of Yoga on Early Clinical Outcomes and Pulmonary Functions in Patients Scheduled for Bariatric Surgery: a Randomized Controlled Study.

Purpose: The present research was undertaken to investigate the effect of yoga on pulmonary function and early clinical outcomes in patients scheduled for bariatric surgery.

Materials And Methods: This research with a randomized control group was performed on patients scheduled for bariatric surgery between October 2021 and June 2022 in the General Surgery Clinic of a University Hospital in Eastern Turkey. The sample consists of 100 randomized patients who received yoga breathing exercises and routine care.

The role of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration in the differential diagnosis of isolated mediastinal and/or hilar lymphadenopathy.

Introduction: Isolated mediastinal and/or hilar lymphadenopathy (IMHL) has become an increasingly common finding as a result of the increased use of thoracic imaging modalities. Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is accepted as the first step diagnostic method in the differential diagnosis of IMHL.

Objective: To determine the diagnostic yield of the procedure and to analyze clinical and sonographic findings that can be used to differentiate the etiology of lymph node pathologies.

Is the Perioperative Period No Longer a Problem for Adult Asthmatics under Control?-OPERA Study.

Objectives: Asthma is a global problem and chronic condition that persists through patient's entire life, during which the possibility of a surgical procedure is common. An accurate clinical and functional evaluation of respiratory functions and asthma control is needed in patients undergoing surgical procedures and requiring general anesthesia. The aim of this study was to disclose any possible relation between postoperative complications and some pre- and postoperative factors.

Prognostic value of copeptin in patients with acute pulmonary thromboembolism.

Background And Aims: The aim of this study was to determine the level of copeptin, which is one of the new cardiac markers in acute pulmonary thromboembolism (PE) cases, and to determine the relationship between the severity of the disease, risk classification and hospital, first month, third month and 3-month total mortality.

Methods: The study included 100 cases with PE and 60 healthy control subjects. Copeptin was measured in control group.

Our eight years experience in postintubation/posttracheostomy tracheal stenosis.

Introduction: The most common cause of tracheal stenosis (TS) continues to be traumas according to the intubation and tracheostomy. Bronchoscopy is considered the gold standard for the detection and diagnosis of tracheobronchial pathology. There are several treatment options.

The relationship between platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio and pulmonary embolism severity in acute pulmonary embolism.

Background: The aim of this study was to determine the level of platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in patients with acute pulmonary embolism (APE) according to high and low risk for early mortality based on simplified Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (sPESI). In addition, it was investigated the relationship between PLR and NLR with systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAP), cardiac markers, disease severity and hospital, 1th month, 3th month and 3-month total mortality.

Methods: Our hospital's electronic patient database was searched for the patients with APE during last year and eighty-two patients retrospectively evaluated.

Serum Cystatin C Levels in COPD: Potential Diagnostic Value and Relation between Respiratory Functions.

Background: The aim of this study was to determine the level of serum cystatin C (CysC) in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) during exacerbation and stable periods and to investigate its potential diagnostic value and the relationship between CysC levels and the pulmonary function test (PFT).

Methods: One hundred twenty-six patients with COPD (68 in stable periods, 58 during exacerbation periods) and 50 healthy subjects were included in the study. PFT, body mass index (BMI), white blood cell counts, C-reactive protein (CRP), serum urea and creatinine levels were evaluated in both groups of patients.

Can ADMA play a role in determining pulmonary hypertension related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?

Background And Aims: Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) decreases the levels of nitric oxide by inhibiting nitric oxide synthases. In this study, the possible role of ADMA in determining pulmonary hypertension (PH) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients was investigated.

Methods: Stable COPD patients who were admitted to pulmonology outpatient clinic were involved in the study.

Predictors of Mortality in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis.

Objective: The goal of this study was to assess the prognostic strength of factors in predicting respiratory death in a large cohort of patients with sarcoidosis with at least 8 years' follow-up.

Methods: Data were collected on age, sex, self-declared race, time of death, spirometry findings, diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide, chest radiograph stage, extent of fibrosis on high-resolution CT (HRCT) scanning, and presence of precapillary pulmonary hypertension (PH). The Gender-Age-Physiology (GAP) index and Walsh model criteria for high vs low risk were calculated.

Serum Heat Shock Protein Levels and the Relationship of Heat Shock Proteins with Various Parameters in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients.

Objectives: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is accompanied by increased cellular stress and inflammation. Most of the Heat Shock Proteins (HSPs) have strong cytoprotective effects. The role of HSPs in COPD pathogenesis has not determined completely.

The Incidence and Related Risk Factors of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension after Acute Pulmonary Embolism.

Objectives: More than half of (> 50%) the patients with choronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) have no acute pulmonary embolism history with clinical signs, so determining the actual incidence and prevalence of CTEPH is difficult. This study aimed to investigate the incidence of CTEPH and the risk factors that may be associated with CTEPH in patients with acute pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE).

Material And Methods: Three hundred and eighteen patients with acute pulmonary embolism diagnosed by thorax CT or ventilation/perfussion scintigraphy in our clinic were included into this study.

Differential Expression of MicroRNAs in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Background: This study aimed to investigate the associations of miRNA with COPD patients.

Objectives: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by progressive and largely irreversible airflow limitation. COPD is one of the most common causes of death globally and it is still a serious public health problem worldwide.

Lymph node characteristics of sarcoidosis with endobronchial ultrasound.

Background: Sonographic features of lymph nodes on endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) have been shown to be useful in prediction of malignancy in mediastinum and hilum. The aim of this study was to assess the utility of morphologic features of mediastinal and/or hilar lymph nodes obtained by EBUS in patients with sarcoidosis.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the records of 224 patients with mediastinal/hilar lymph node enlargements who underwent EBUS for diagnostic purpose.

Combination and comparison of two models in prognosis of pulmonary embolism: results from TUrkey Pulmonary Embolism Group (TUPEG) study.

Background: Clinical parameters, biomarkers and imaging-based risk stratification are widely accepted in pulmonary embolism(PE). The present study has investigated the prognostic role of simplified Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (sPESI) score and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) model.

Methods: This prospective cohort study included a total of 1078 patients from a multi-center registry, with objectively confirmed acute symptomatic PE.

The maximum standardized FDG uptake on PET-CT in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Background: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for approximately 80% of new diagnoses of pulmonary carcinoma. This study investigated the correlation between 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in computerized tomography integrated positron emission tomography and tumor size, lymph node metastasis, and distant metastasis in patients with NSCLC.

Methods: The records of 151 NSCLC patients (139 male, 12 female; mean age 59.

[Validity and reliability of Turkish version of St. George's respiratory questionnaire].

Introduction: The importance of the evaluation of health status in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is recently highlighted in many studies. In this study, we aimed to test the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of St. George Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ).

Isolated left pulmonary artery agenesis: a case report.

Unlabelled: Unilateral pulmonary artery agenesis without any cardiovascular malformation is a rare anomaly. We present the imaging findings of a patient who was diagnosed as isolated left pulmonary artery agenesis. A 27-year-old female patient was admitted to our hospital due to dyspnea during exercise for five years.

[Reliability and validity of Turkish version of COPD assessment test].

Introduction: This study is aimed to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Assessment Test (CAT) in seven centers.

Materials And Methods: 321 patients between 4-75 years of age, diagnosed and staged by Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) 2011 criteria were included. The Breathlessness, Cough, Sputum scale (BCSS), mMRC (Modified Medical Research Council ) dyspnea index, St.