Publications by authors named "Jeff S Kwon"

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  • A 72-year-old man visited the emergency department less than a day after experiencing sudden nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and pain in his legs, which were also swollen and had developed a new rash.
  • His symptoms appeared shortly after completing a chemotherapy regimen for stage IIIb classical Hodgkin lymphoma, raising concerns about a possible reaction to the treatment.
  • Additional symptoms included fever, chills, and swollen pain in his left thumb, with no recent injuries or changes in his diet that could explain his condition.
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We describe a case of IgG4-related lung disease presenting as a lung mass with associated weight loss. IgG4-related disease is a systemic sclerosing disorder that causes fibrotic, often tumor-like manifestations that variably effect different organ systems. The clinical presentation of IgG4-related disease is protean.

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Obesity is increasing world-wide; obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS), formerly Pickwickian syndrome, has increased in parallel. Despite its prevalence, OHS has not been studied well, but there is abundant evidence that it is tightly linked with sleep-disordered breathing, most commonly obstructive sleep apnea. This article reviews the pathophysiology of OHS as well as the literature regarding the benefits of treating this disorder with positive airway pressure.

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Prior research has shown that individuals with obstructive lung disease are at risk for sleep fragmentation and poor sleep quality. We postulated that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and obstructive sleep apnea (known as overlap syndrome) who have more severe lung disease, as measured by lung hyperinflation (inspiratory capacity/total lung capacity), would have greater sleep disturbances independent of traditional measures of sleep apnea. We performed a retrospective chart review of consecutive patients evaluated and treated in an academic pulmonary clinic for overlap syndrome.

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