Diaphragmatic ultrasonography in patients with IPF: Is diaphragmatic structure and mobility related to fibrosis severity and pulmonary functional changes?

Introduction: There is evidence to suggest that dyspnea and impaired exercise capacity are associated with respiratory muscle dysfunction in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) patients. We aimed to evaluate the functions of the diaphragm with ultrasonography (US) and to determine the correlation of the data obtained with the pulmonary function parameters of the patients, exercise capacity, and the extent of fibrosis radiologically.

Materials And Methods: Diaphragmatic mobility, thickness, and thickening fraction (TF) were measured by ultrasonography in IPF patients and the control group.

Comparison of clinical outcomes in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients with and without hiatal hernia.

Introduction: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive disease of unknown etiology with an unpredictable course. We aimed to investigate the effects of the presence of hiatal hernia (HH) and its consequences on the clinical manifestation of IPF.

Materials And Methods: Patients diagnosed with IPF with or without hiatal hernia were retrospectively compared in terms of clinical findings, total fibrosis scores (TFS), and lung function in the interstitial lung diseases (ILD) outpatient clinic.

The Comparison Between Non-High Risk Patients with and Without Cancer Diagnosed with Pulmonary Embolism.

Objective: This study aimed to compare the pulmonary embolism (PE) location and clot burden on computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA), the degree of right ventricular dysfunction (RVD), D-dimer, and cardiac troponin I (cTnI) levels, and the presence of a lower extremity deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in patients with and without cancer diagnosed with a non high risk pulmonary embolism (PE).

Method: We calculated Miller score for each patient for clot burden. The location of PE was also evaluated at CTPA.

Carotid intima-media thickness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and survival: A multicenter prospective study.

Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is a noninvasive method assessing atherosclerosis.

Objective: It was aimed to determine relationship and survival between COPD and CIMT.

Desquamative interstitial pneumonia: Risk factors, laboratory and bronchoalveolar lavage findings, radiological and histopathological examination, clinical features, treatment and prognosis.

Desquamative interstitial pneumonia is a type of smoking-associated major idiopathic interstitial pneumonia, which is characterized by accumulation of alveolar macrophages in alveolar lumens and septa and develops secondary to mainly active or passive exposure to cigarette smoke. Desquamative interstitial pneumonia mostly occurs in male smokers in association with non-specific symptoms responsive to steroid therapy and has a better prognosis than usual interstitial pneumonia. To date, no large-scale clinical studies have been performed on desquamative interstitial pneumonia patients.

[Bronchial thermoplasty for asthma treatment].

New asthma therapies such as omalizumab, mepolizumab and reslizumab are used according to the inflammatory phenotype, but there are many patients with asthma which are not suitable for these therapies or do not improve with these therapies. Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) was approved by FDA for the treatmet of adults with severe asthma and uncontrolled symptoms despite treatment with inhaler corticosteroids (ICS) and long-acting bronchodilators in 2010. BT is a minimally invasive bronhoscopic intervention based on radiofrequency energy delivery to the larger airways to reduce excessive airway smooth muscle mass.

Hepatitis C and pulmonary fibrosis.

Hepatitis C is one of the most important infectious agents worldwide. There are conflicting results regarding the relationship between pulmonary fibrosis and hepatitis C. It is thought that hepatitis C may play a role in the development or exacerbations of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, but no clear link between hepatitis C and pulmonary fibrosis development has been demonstrated yet to date.

[Venous thromboembolism and cancer].

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is one of the complications which have significant influence on mortality in patient with cancer. Early mortality rate is high in cancer patients who have VTE. This complication is related with cell type and stage of the cancer, surgery applied during cancer treatment, applying catheter and the chemotherapeutic agents.

Relation between inflammatory cytokine levels in serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and gene polymorphism in young adult patients with bronchiectasis.

Aim: Bronchiectasis develops as a result of genetic and environmental factors and its etiopathogenesis is not still clear. Recent studies have revealed that inflammatory cytokines, which are formed as a result of chronic infection and inflammation, play a role in the pathogenesis of bronchiectasis. For this purpose, the level of inflammatory cytokines in bronchiectasis and the presence or absence of a genetic predisposition with the gene polymorphism of these cytokines was investigated.

Evaluation of quality of life with the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease assessment test in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and the effect of dyspnea on disease-specific quality of life in these patients.

Purpose: The chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) assessment test (CAT) was recently introduced for use in assessing disease-specific quality of life and follow-up of patients with COPD. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of the dyspnea on disease-specific quality of life detected by CAT score in patients with COPD.

Materials And Methods: In this study, 90 stable patients with COPD as defined by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) criteria were included.

Angiopoietin 2 levels in serum and bronchial lavage fluids and their relationship with cancer stages in lung cancer patients.

Background: Angiopoietin 2 (Ang-2) has an important role in tumor angiogenesis. In this study, Ang-2 levels of serum and bronchioloalveolar lavage fluids (BALF) in patients with lung cancer were measured and correlated with clinical and biochemical parameters.

Methods: Thirty-five cases newly diagnosed with lung cancer and 18 controls with non-cancerous lung diseases were included in the study.

[Current approach to respiratory problems in neuromuscular diseases].

Neuromuscular diseases lead to respiratory failure as they cause progressive weakness of the muscle of respiration. Studies show that noninvasive mechanical ventilation improves symptoms, gas exchange, quality of life, and survival in these patients. Noninvasive mechanical ventilation should be use at the onset of nocturnal hypoventilation.

[Tuberculosis incidence and primary drug resistance rates in young soldiers: data from 14 military hospitals in Turkey].

Tuberculosis is an important health care problem worldwide as well as in Turkey and the control programmes are still in progress. Epidemiological data are necessary to conduct control studies related to the disease. Tuberculosis incidence and drug resistance rates are two necessary parameters which should be monitored for the effective establishment of tuberculosis control.

[Case report: Löffler's syndrome due to Ascaris lumbricoides mimicking acute bacterial community--acquired pneumonia].

In this study we present a patient with Loeffler's syndrome caused by Ascaris lumbricoides who presented with the clinical findings of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Our patient, who was twenty-five years old, and who had had symptoms such as coughing, expectorating, dyspnea and fever for approximately ten days, was hospitalized. We auscultated polyphonic rhonchuses at the both hemithoraxes.

[Affecting factors of nicotine dependence in the smoker health workers].

Nicotine dependence is pointed out as the first reason of smoking behavior continuity and treatment failure. We investigated the nicotine dependence level (NDL) of health workers and the factors which affect it. We carried out the Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence (FTND) and a questionnaire composed of 24 questions that evaluate demographic characters and the smoker ideas about smoking on health workers who staff at the a training hospital in Istanbul.

The course of serum adenosine deaminase levels in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.

Background: This study was done to investigate the course of serum adenosine deaminase (sADA) level during pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and its relationship with clinical, radiological, and laboratory parameters in TB patients.

Material/methods: sADA levels were measured at the beginning and after the first, second, and sixth months in 38 smear-positive TB patients. Chest X-rays were taken.

Giant hamartoma originating from the chest wall in an adult.

Hamartomas of the chest wall are rare benign lesions usually appear in infancy. We report an adult with giant hamartoma of the chest wall. A 21-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with swelling on his scapular region.

Delay in the diagnosis of Turkish servicemen with pulmonary tuberculosis.

Objective: This study was designed to assess the time between the first appearance of symptoms and the start of treatment among Turkish servicemen with tuberculosis (TB).

Methods: Ninety-seven patients with pulmonary TB were enrolled in the study. We surveyed their complaints and education levels, the opportunity to visit a health care facility, and the time elapsed until diagnosis and treatment.

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.

[The value of bronchial lavage in patients with radiologically suggestive pulmonary tuberculosis with no sputum production and gastric lavage smear negativity].

We assessed whether acid-fast bacilli (AFB) investigation in bronchial lavage (BL) contributes to diagnosis in patients with gastric lavage smear negative and radiologically suggestive of pulmonary tuberculosis. Eighty-three patients were recruited for the study, five cases were excluded due to diagnosis of inactive disease or non-tuberculosis disease. The remaining 78 patients were evaluated.

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.