Background: Pneumonia is the main complication of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2; however, the incidence proportions and prognostic factors for Omicron-associated pneumonia have not been established. We conducted this study to characterise the incidence proportions and influence of various factors on prognosis of Omicron-associated pneumonia.
Methods: We collected data from 714 patients infected with the Omicron variant in The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University (Chongqing, China) who were divided into different groups for analysis.
Background: Lung cancer metastasis to major organs is an important factor affecting survival. We analyzed the influence of patient characteristics on the incidence and survival of metastasis to major organs.
Methods: We collected data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database on 58 659 patients diagnosed with stage IV primary lung cancer, including age, sex, race, histological type of tumor, laterality, primary site, number of extrametastatic sites, and treatment.
Background: A typical symptom of central airway stenosis is progressive dyspnea. The exercise capacity and relationship between pulmonary function testing (PFT) and central airway stenosis have not been reported.
Objectives: To investigate, for the first time, the impact of central airway stenosis due to tracheobronchial tuberculosis (TBTB) on exercise capacity in adults.
Objective: To determine whether the combined use of glucocorticoid with other immunosuppressants increased the risk of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) in autoimmune inflammatory disease (AIID) patients.
Methods: The data were collected from the PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science databases. We excluded HIV-infected patients and those < 16 years of age, and included patients who combined use of glucocorticoid with other immunosuppressants or used glucocorticoid alone.