Association of major postoperative wound and anastomotic complications in thoracic surgery with COVID-19 infection.

Background: One of the most uncommon manifestations of perioperative Covid-19 infection is impaired wound healing. The aim of this study is to present previously unreported observation of thoracotomy and esophageal anastomosis dehiscence in the course of Covid-19 infection after uncomplicated thoracic surgeries.

Methods: This is a single-center study describing unusual wound and anastomosis complications in COVID-19 patients after uncomplicated thoracic surgeries.

Target volume for postoperative radiotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer: results from a prospective trial.

Background And Purpose: A previous prospective trial reported that three-dimensional conformal postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) for pN2 NSCLC patients using a limited clinical target volume (CTV) had a late morbidity rate and pulmonary function that did not differ from those observed in pN1 patients treated with surgery without PORT. The aim of this study was to assess locoregional control and localization of failure in patients treated with PORT.

Materials And Methods: The pattern of locoregional failure was evaluated retrospectively in 151 of 171 patients included in the PORT arm.

[Surgical treatment of malignant lung tumors in solid organ recipients].

Diagnostic difficulties, serious prognosis and often insufficient response to treatment are all common features of pulmonary complications in solid organ recipients. Some of these complications need invasive diagnostic procedures and surgical treatment or prolonged pharmacological treatment. Tuberculosis, Pneumocystis and fungal infections are examples of infectious complications.

Cardiopulmonary morbidity and quality of life in non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with or without postoperative radiotherapy.

Aim: To prospectively assess the cardiopulmonary morbidity and quality of life in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) in comparison to those not receiving PORT.

Materials And Methods: From 2003 to 2007, 291 patients entered the study; 171 pN2 patients received 3D-planned PORT (PORT group), 120 pN1 patients (non-PORT group) did not. One month after surgery, all patients completed EORTC QLQ C-30 questionnaire and had pulmonary function tests (PFT); cardiopulmonary symptoms were assessed by modified LENT-SOM scale.

[Use of perfusion lung scintigraphy for diagnosis of pleural empyema].

Two cases of pleural empyema with the special reference to the value of perfusion scintigraphy in the diagnostics are presented. It's role in assessment of functional disorders caused by disease as well as in choosing way of treatment is emphasized.

Carcinosarcoma of the lung. Report of three cases.

This article presents three cases of carcinosarcoma of the lung which is considered to be a rare neoplasm. The authors describe supposed etiology, clinical symptoms, preoperative diagnostic difficulties, surgical interventions performed, postoperative course and follow-up. The role of modern histopathological techniques like use of monoclonal antibodies reaction against keratin, vimentin and neurofilaments in differential diagnosis is emphasized.

Epidemiologic aspects of a St. Louis encephalitis outbreak in Fort Walton Beach, Florida in 1980.

From July 10 through August 4, 1980, five cases of St. Louis encephalitis (SLE) occurred in and near Fort Walton Beach on the Gulf Coast of northwest Florida. These were the first cases of SLE ever reported from the Florida panhandle.

[Cause of rare pulmonary tumors. Two cases of pulmonary carcinosarcoma].

Two cases of primary pulmonary carcinosarcoma in men, aged 59 and 57 years, have been described. These are 100-th and 101-st descriptions in the world literature, being the second and third in Poland. The preoperative diagnosis of malignant neoplasm of endobronchial tumour was established on the basis of cytologic examination of sputum and specimen from bronchus.

Influenza and pneumococcal pneumonia immunization. Protecting our high risk population.

Pneumonia and influenza (P & I) constitute Florida's sixth leading cause of death. The P & I death rate in 1987, 10.5 per 100,000, was the highest since 1978.

Syndromes of Vibrio vulnificus infections. Clinical and epidemiologic features in Florida cases, 1981-1987.

Study Objective: To describe the clinical and epidemiologic features of Vibrio vulnificus infections.

Design: Case series based on notifiable disease report forms and patient medical records.

Setting: Cases reported to the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services from 1981 to 1987.

Rocky Mountain spotted fever acquired in Florida, 1973-83.

From 1973 to 1983, 49 Florida residents were reported with confirmed Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), 25 of whom were considered to have had Florida-acquired disease. Although there was no history of tick exposure for six of these 25 persons, all had contact with dogs or outdoor activities during the incubation period. The tick vectors of RMSF are widely distributed throughout Florida.

Norwalk virus gastroenteritis. An outbreak associated with a cafeteria at a college.

An explosive outbreak of gastrointestinal illness occurred among students and employees at a small college in Florida in November 1980. Common symptoms were diarrhea, nausea, weakness, abdominal cramps, chills, vomiting, and low-grade fever. Cases of illness were identified in 40% of 628 students and 15% of 162 employees who responded to a survey.

St. Louis encephalitis--Florida 1977. Patterns of a widespread outbreak.

From 8 August through 5 December 1977, 110 laboratory-documented cases (78 confirmed, 32 presumptive) of St. Louis encephalitis (SLE) occurred in 20 counties throughout central-south Florida. Most cases were initially identified through an active surveillance system involving repeated contact of hospital infection control officers.

Norwalk virus gastroenteritis following raw oyster consumption.

In January, 1980, six out of 13 persons (46%) attending a party in a small northwest Florida town near the Gulf of Mexico became ill with Norwalk virus gastroenteritis after eating raw oysters. Symptoms experienced by the ill persons were principally nausea (100%), vomiting (83%) and diarrhea (50%) and were of brief duration. The symptom complex and epidemiology of Norwalk virus infection closely resemble the gastrointestinal illness commonly referred to as the 24-hour intestinal flu or "stomach flu.

Non-O group 1 Vibrio cholerae gastroenteritis associated with eating raw oysters.

A cluster of five cases of non-O group 1 (non-O1) V. cholerae gastroenteritis occurred in one Florida locality during November 1979. Clinical findings included nausea, vomiting, and abdominal cramping in all affected persons; two had bloody diarrhea.

Trends of brucellosis in Florida. An epidemiologic review.

Human brucellosis in Florida is documented for the 47-year period 1928-1975. Of the 936 cases reported in 1930-1975, more than half (505) occurred in the decade 1940-1949. The incidence declined rapidly to an average rate of five cases per year, although there was an increase in 1974 and 1975.