The frequency and clinical features of posttransplant pneumonia in solid-organ transplantation recipients: A transplant center experience.

Introduction: In solid-organ transplant (SOT) recipients, while survival rates have improved with immunosuppressive therapies, the risk of opportunistic infections has also increased. This study aimed to evaluate the frequency of pneumonia, identify microbiological factors, investigate diagnostic methods, and analyse prognosis.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective study was conducted to identify adult SOT recipients referred to the pulmonary diseases department with a preliminary pneumonia diagnosis between 2011 and 2019.

Effects of home-based telerehabilitation-assisted inspiratory muscle training in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: A randomized controlled trial.

Background And Objective: There are few studies that have used inspiratory muscle training (IMT) as an intervention for patients with isolated idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). This study aimed to investigate and interpret the effects of home-based telerehabilitation-assisted IMT in patients with IPF.

Methods: Twenty-eight participants with IPF took part in the study.

The effects of inspiratory muscle warm-up prior to inspiratory muscle training during pulmonary rehabilitation in subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized trial.

Background: While a whole-body warm-up may not adequately prepare the inspiratory muscles for exercise, inspiratory warm-up is an effective approach in preparing the inspiratory muscles for exertion.

Objectives: To investigate the effects of inspiratory muscle warm-up performed prior to inspiratory muscle training (IMT) during pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in patients with moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and inspiratory muscle weakness.

Methods: Pulmonary function tests, maximal inspiratory and expiratory pressures (MIP and MEP), 6-minute walk test distance (6MWD), modified Medical Research Council Dyspnea Scale(mMRC), St.

Exposure to Fumes of a Vegetable Margarine for Frying: Respiratory Effects in an Experimental Model.

Deep frying is one of the strongest emission sources into indoor air. A vegetable margarine has recently been used in commercial kitchens. This study investigated the respiratory effects of exposure to its fumes in an experimental model.

Can Some Viral Respiratory Infections Observed Before the Pandemic Announcement Be Related to SARS-CoV-2?

Objective: There have been doubts that SARS-CoV-2 has been circulating before the first case was announced. The aim of this study was to evaluate the possibility of COVID-19 in some cases diagnosed to be viral respiratory tract infection in the pre-pandemic period in our center.

Material And Methods: Patients who were admitted to our hospital's pulmonary diseases, infectious diseases, and intensive care clinics with the diagnosis of viral respiratory system infection within a 6-month period between October 2019 and March 12, 2020, were screened.

Breathlessness Beliefs and Related Factors in Male Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Objective: Dyspnea may be a debilitating factor for people with pulmonary problems as it may cause fear of movement. The aim of the present study was to determine the related factors with breathlessness beliefs, in other words, dyspnea-related fear of movement, in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Material And Methods: Male patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were included in the study.

Usefulness of a new parameter in functional assessment in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: desaturation - distance ratio from the six-minute walk test.

Background And Aim: New parameters in the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) are needed for assessing exercise capacity in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). To our knowledge, no previous study has investigated the potential of using the desaturation distance ratio (DDR) to assess exercise capacity specifically in patients with IPF. This study aimed to investigate whether DDR is a potential tool for assessing the exercise capacity of patients with IPF.

COVID-19 in Liver Transplant Patients: A University Hospital Experience.

Background: We aimed to examine the comorbidity, disease progress, and vaccination status of liver transplant patients followed up in our hospital who had COVID-19.

Methods: Liver transplant patients with COVID-19 were included between 11 March 2020 and 15 September 2022. Demographic data, disease progress, and COVID-19 vaccines were recorded.

30-day Readmission After an Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is Associated with Cardiovascular Comorbidity.

Objective: Readmission after hospitalization for a chronic disease is a major concern of interest for health care quality. Our aim was to investigate the predictors and rates of early readmission after an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) in a tertiary care hospital.

Material And Methods: Over a 3-year period, patients hospitalized in our pulmonary disease clinic with a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and who had an index hospitalization for AECOPD were included.

Effects of supervised exercise program and home exercise program in patients with systemic sclerosis: A randomized controlled trial.

Aim: To compare the effects of supervised exercise and home exercise program in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc).

Methods: Thirty-seven SSc patients were included. Patients with SSc were allocated into 2 groups as supervised and home exercise.

The effect of oropharyngeal exercise in patients with moderate and severe obstructive sleep apnea using CPAP: a randomized controlled study.

Purpose: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an important public health problem. Beyond common treatment options, solution-oriented options are needed. Oropharyngeal exercise training may be a research area in this respect.

The effect of Oxygen application with nCPAP for the prevention of desaturation during EBUS-TBNA.

Purpose: EBUS-TBNA is a frequently used diagnostic method for mediastinal/hilar lymphadenopathies and masses. This procedure is performed with intravenous sedation (IVS). During IVS, patients often develop hypoxemia and nasal oxygen delivery is insufficient in some patients.

Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients: A National Center Experience.

Objectives: Immunosuppressive therapies have impro-ved survival in solid-organ transplant recipients at the expense of increased prevalence of opportunistic infections. We investigated the prevalence, risk factors, and prognosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in solid-organ transplant recipients who were followed by our transplant unit.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a retrospective observational study using medical record reviews to identify all adult solid-organ transplant recipients who underwent bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage between January 2011 and 2018.

Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Multidimensional Dyspnea Profile in outpatients with respiratory disease.

Background/aim: Dyspnea is the subjective feeling of breathing discomfort, which is a significant problem for patients with heart and respiratory disease and also an important determinant of exercise tolerance, quality of life, and mortality in various diseases. Most of the scales are not enough to investigate the multidimensional effects of dyspnea; therefore, the Multidimensional Dyspnea Profile (MDP) was developed and validated in many languages. This study aimed to translate and culturally adapt the MDP into Turkish and investigate the psychometric properties of this adapted version in outpatients with respiratory disease.

Determinants and characteristics of tuberculosis in liver transplant recipients.

Background/aim: Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients have increased risk of tuberculosis (TB). We aimed to investigate the prevalence and features of TB in liver transplant (LT) recipients at our transplantation canter.

Materials And Methods: All patients who underwent LT between January 2004 and December 2013 and whose data were accessible were included in the study.

The importance of PET/CT findings and hematological parameters in prediction of progression in sarcoidosis cases.

We aimed to reveal the correlation of NLR rate, RDW and MPV values and with the findings of PET/CT regarding the prediction of disease progression and the clinical characteristics. The treatment naive sarcoidosis cases, of whose PET/CT have been taken due to mediastinal lymphadenopathy of whose diagnosis have been confirmed by biopsy, were included in the study. Hematological parameters, clinical, radiological and PET/CT findings are evaluated.

Multiple distant metastases in a case of malignant pleural mesothelioma.

Introduction: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a malignant of mesodermal neoplasm and arises from multipotential mesothelial or subserosal cells of the pleura, pericardium and peritoneum.

Case: A seventy five year-old male patient was admitted with chest and lower limb pain. He was a heavy smoker and exposed to environmental asbestos in his childhood.

Community-acquired pneumonia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring admission to the intensive care unit: risk factors for mortality.

Purpose: The aims of this study are to identify factors predicting mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission and to examine whether noninvasive ventilation treatment reduces mortality.

Materials And Methods: An analysis was performed on data from patients with CAP hospitalized in the ICUs of 19 different hospitals in Turkey between October 2008 and January 2011. Predictors of mortality were assessed by both univariate and multivariate statistical analyses.

Metabolic syndrome and carotid intima-media thickness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Background: The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS), carotid intima media thickness (IMT), and serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and the possible relationships among them.

Methods: Fifty stable COPD patients and 40 healthy controls were included in the study. The participants were further divided into four groups according to their smoking status.

Mortality indicators in community-acquired pneumonia requiring intensive care in Turkey.

Background: Severe community-acquired pneumonia (SCAP) is a fatal disease. This study was conducted to describe an outcome analysis of the intensive care units (ICUs) of Turkey.

Methods: This study evaluated SCAP cases hospitalized in the ICUs of 19 different hospitals between October 2008 and January 2011.

Validity and reliability of "Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire" in a sample of Turkish adult asthmatic patients.

We aimed to investigate the validity and reliability and of "Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ)" in Turkish adult asthmatic patients. New or previously diagnosed [according to Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) 2008] symptomatic 118 consecutive stable asthmatic patients between 18 and 55 years old were included. Asthma severity was determined and Turkish adaptation of the AQLQ was administered.

Serum and pleural fluid N-Terminal-Pro-B-Type natriuretic peptide concentrations in the differential diagnosis of pleural effusions.

Currently, new biomarkers like N-Terminal-Pro-B-Type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) have been used in the differential diagnosis of pleural effusions. In our study, we aimed to investigate the diagnostic value of NT-proBNP, especially in cardiac originated pleural effusions. Forty-five patients with pleural effusions were included in the study.

An unusual presentation of bronchial rupture.

Persistent hydropneumothorax was diagnosed in a 62-year-old female with a history of blunt trauma, although she was treated with chest tube and closed underwater seal drainage. Computed tomography and fiberoptic bronchoscopy findings were consistent with "fallen lung" syndrome. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy also found a cavitary lesion at the right tracheobronchial angle.