Are oropharyngeal exercises effective in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome?

Objective: This study has been conducted to examine the effects of posture, cervical region and oropharyngeal exercises in patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS).

Method: Thirty patients with OSAS have been randomly divided into two groups. The first group received supervised exercise program including oropharyngeal, posture and cervical region exercises for 12 weeks.

Predictive models for tuberculous pleural effusions in a high tuberculosis prevalence region.

Background: Patients with pleural effusions who reside in geographic areas with a high prevalence of tuberculosis frequently have similar clinical manifestations of other diseases. The aim of our study was to develop a simple but accurate clinical score for differential diagnosis of tuberculosis pleural effusion (TPE) from non-TB pleural effusion (NTPE).

Methods: This was an unblinded, prospective study of Turkish patients 18 years of age or older with pleural effusion of indeterminate etiology conducted from June 2003 to June 2005.

CPAP compliance in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is characterized by repeated cessations of breathing during sleep. Major symptoms of this disease are excessive daytime sleepiness, snoring, and witnessed apnea. Most of the patients are treated with CPAP.

The effect of inhaled budesonide and formoterol on bronchial remodeling and HRCT features in young asthmatics.

Asthma is a chronic disease that may cause remodeling of the airways. We aimed to observe the effects of the combined use of inhaled budesonide and formoterol on both the reversibility of remodeling and structural changes in the airways. Thirty-six male patients (age range, 20-31) with mild-to-moderate persistent asthma were given inhaled formoterol and budesonide treatment for three months.

Effect of corticosteroids on hemostasis and pulmonary arterial pressure during chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation.

Background: Hemodynamic and hemostatic abnormalities are reportedly frequent in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Objectives: We investigated the changes in systolic pulmonary artery pressure (PAPs) and hemostatic status and the effects of systemic steroid treatment (SST) during COPD exacerbation.

Methods: Consecutive 26 male and 4 female patients as well as 10 controls were enrolled.

Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease: analysis of 244 cases.

Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease (KFD) was first described in Japan in 1972. The disease frequently mimics tuberculous lymphadenitis, malign lymphoma, and many other benign and malignant conditions. To our knowledge, there is no previous study comparing the clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients from different geographical parts of the world.

Pyo-pneumothorax in patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis: an analysis of 17 cases without intrapleural fibrinolytic treatment.

Objective: To review the medical records of patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and pyo-pneumothorax (PPT).

Subjects And Methods: Medical records of 17 patients (14 male, 3 female, mean age 23.8 years, range 20-52) with PPT and active pulmonary tuberculosis at Gulhane Military Medical Academia Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, were reviewed from January 1998 to December 2002.

Does the primary Lung Cancer rate increase among females?

Lung cancer is still the most frequently seen malignancy among males where as females are less affected. Recently the lung cancer prevalence has been reported to increase among females in parallel to the increment in cigarette consumption. In our 2 clinic 11.

[A case of arteriovenous malformation seen as an endobronchial lesion].

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) is an abnormal communication between pulmonary arteries and pulmonary veins, and congenital form is seen more prevalently. The classic radiological appearance is a round, well-circumscribed lesion. PAVM was observed in a 22-year-old male as an endobronchial lesion, and treated by wedge resection.

Pulmonary function tests and thyroid hormone concentrations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between pulmonary function tests, arterial blood gases, and thyroid gland functions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Subjects And Methods: Thirty-two patients (mean age 64.1 +/- 7.

Investigation of Helicobacter pylori in bronchoscopic lung specimens of young male patients with bronchiectasis but without gastrointestinal symptoms.

Anti-Helicobacter pylori IgG serum levels were measured in 31 young male bronchiectasis patients without gastrointestinal symptoms, and 56 healthy males. The possible presence of H. pylori was also investigated by rapid urease tests, culture and histopathological examination of protected catheter brush and biopsy specimens from the bronchiectatic site.

Prevalence and prognostic value of c-erbB2 expression in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

The c-erbB2 oncoprotein is highly expressed in approximately one third of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. We determined the status of c-erbB2 expression in our patients with NSCLC and investigated its correlation with disease stage, histological type and response to treatment. Eighty-four patients were examined for the expression of c-erbB2 by immunohistochemistry using a polyclonal antibody.

The value of pleural fluid anti-A60 IgM in BCG-vaccinated tuberculous pleurisy patients.

Objectives: To determine if detection of IgM and IgG antibodies against mycobacterial antigen A60, together with the Mantoux tuberculin skin test (TST), could be used in the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy (TP) in BCG-vaccinated cases.

Methods: We investigated 125 BCG-vaccinated patients with pleural effusion. Of these, 88 had TP and 37 had non-tuberculous pleurisy (NTP).

Clinical experience of surgical therapy in 207 patients with thoracic hydatidosis over a 12-year-period.

Principles: Hydatid disease is the most severe helminthic zoonosis, with a major medical, social, and economic impact in Turkey. The aim of this study was to evaluate retrospectively 207 patients diagnosed with hydatid cyst and treated surgically in our department between January 1990 and December 2001.

Methods: Hundred and ninety three patients were male and 14 female.

Hemostatic changes in active pulmonary tuberculosis.

Objective: Severe pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is sometimes complicated by deep vein thrombosis (DVT). We have searched for possible hemostatic disturbances that are predisposing factors for venous thrombosis in patients with PTB.

Design: Coagulation and platelet function tests were studied in 45 patients with active PTB and 20 healthy control volunteers before therapy.

The effect of pleural fluid content on the development of pleural thickness.

Setting: Residual pleural thickness (RPT) is a common complication of tuberculous pleurisy (TP), and the degree of RPT cannot be predicted in advance.

Objectives: To determine whether pleural fluid content has an effect on the development of RPT.

Design: Forty-seven patients with TP were enrolled in the study.

Can't lung cancer patients detoxify procarcinogens?

Background: Glutathione S-transferase mu (GST mu) enzyme detoxifies carcinogens in tobacco smoke. We assessed the clinical usefulness of serum assay of GSTm in determining the risk for lung cancer.

Materials And Methods: Fifty-nine patients with primary lung cancer and 32 control cases were enrolled.

Detection of thoracotomy-induced alterations in cell- and humoral-mediated immune response.

Objective: It is well known that thoracotomy leads to several complications. In this study, effects of thoracotomy on cellular and humoral immunities have been investigated. Leukocyte counts and lymphocyte counts of 100 patients operated by thoracotomy have been determined preoperatively and on the postoperative 3rd hour, and 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th days.

[Type 2 Streptococcus suis (R-Streptococci) as pathogens of occupational diseases. Report of a case and a review of the literature].

Report on the second human case of a Streptococcus suis type 2 (group R streptococci) infection in the GDR. The patient, a 33-year-old butcher, fell ill with an acute meningitis and an initial myocarditis. Group R streptococci were isolated from cerebrospinal fluid and blood.