Gender difference in clinical presentation of Turkish patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.

The study was aimed to investigate the diagnostic differences between male and female patients in pulmonary tuberculosis in a tertiary 660 bedded Educational Respiratory Medicine Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. A retrospective study was conducted with the new diagnosed, 50 men and 50 female pulmonary tuberculous patients. Age, symptoms, personal history, radiologic and sputum smear findings were collected from their files.

Chlorine-induced extensive tracheobronchial necrosis concomitantly benzene-induced pancytopenia presented with severe pneumonia.

We report a case of 25-year-old woman with severe tracheobronchial necrosis caused by chlorine released from a mixture household cleaning agents. She subsequently exposed benzene while she was fixing the seats with benzene containing gum. The case was found interesting with its history, delayed diagnosis, bronchoscopic features, and fatal outcome.

Long-term exposure to biomass fuel and its relation to systolic and diastolic biventricular performance in addition to obstructive and restrictive lung diseases.

Background: Previous studies have demonstrated an increased risk for cardiovascular events and pulmonary disease in patients with biomass fuel exposure (BFE). However, biventricular heart function has yet to be investigated in these patients. Left ventricular (LV) myocardial performance index (LVMPI), which is an index of global ventricular function, incorporates ejection, isovolumic relaxation, and contraction times.

Unusual presentation of hydatid cyst: diagnosis with bronchoscopy.

Hydatid disease is one of the major health problems in countries where hydatidosis is endemic. Atypical radiological findings may lead to misdiagnosis or delay in diagnosis in these patients. A 13-year-old boy was presented who admitted to the hospital with a history of cough and hemoptysis for six months.

Mortality rates and risk factors associated with nosocomial Candida infection in a respiratory intensive care unit.

To determine the incidence and mortality rate of nosocomial Candida infections (NCI) with respect to associated risk factors in the respiratory intensive care unit (RICU) patients. Data of 163 RICU patients were analyzed for NCI in 2006 retrospectively. Diagnosis of NCI; at least one Candida spp.

BNP levels in patients with long-term exposure to biomass fuel and its relation to right ventricular function.

Unlabelled: Previous studies have demonstrated a consistent increased risk for cardiovascular events and pulmonary disease in patients with biomass fuel exposure (BFE). However right ventricular (RV) function have not been investigated yet in these patients. In this study, pulmonary function, right ventricular function and their relations with Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) were investigated in non-smoking female patients with BFE.

Six minute walking distance in kyphoscoliosis patients with chronic respiratory failure.

Aim: To evaluate kyphoscoliosis patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure (CHRF) using the six minute walk test (6MWT) distance (6MWD) and cardio-pulmonary function tests.

Method: This prospective cross-sectional study was carried out in a tertiary training and research hospital in Turkey. Kyphoscoliosis patients with CHRF on home mechanical ventilation (HMV) followed in a respiratory intensive care unit (RICU) out-patient clinic were enrolled.

Pressure vs. volume control in COPD patients intubated due to ARF: a case-control study.

To compare volume- and pressure- controlled ventilation (VCV-PCV) as an initial ventilatory mode in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. Case-control study conducted in respiratory intensive care unit (RICU) at a large teaching hospital, between January 2002 and January 2004. PCV was applied in 20 COPD patients with ARF more than 24 hours.

[Follow-up hemoglobin concentrations in ICU: relationship between diagnostic blood loss and daily fluid balance].

Unlabelled: To evaluate DeltaHb (daily changes of hemoglobin concentrations) in nonbleeding critically ill patients, and to investigate its relation with diagnostic blood loss (DBL) and fluid balance (FB). Hospital records of 34 nonseptic patients who stayed in respiratory intensive care unit (RICU) at least 72 hours with no evidence of acute bleeding, renal failure and bleeding diathesis, were evaluated retrospectively. Demographics, clinical features, acute physiology assessment and chronic health evaluation (APACHE) II scores, daily Hb levels, DBL and FB were recorded.

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in non-human immunodeficiency virus-infected adults in an endemic region.

Aims: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) still constitutes an important clinical problem. We aimed to evaluate the incidence and features of extrapulmonary tuberculosis.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 14,266 tuberculosis patients diagnosed between January 1999 and December 2003 in a tertiary care hospital in Istanbul.

Does needle size affect diagnostic yield of transthoracic needle biopsy in malignant pulmonary lesions? Comparison of 18-, 22- and 25-gauge needles in surgical specimens.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of needle size on the diagnostic yield of transthoracic needle aspiration biopsy in malignant pulmonary lesions.

Methods: The study assessed samples from 35 patients who underwent surgery for lung cancer. We used surgical specimens for needle aspiration biopsy.

Histopathological diagnosis of endobronchial endometriosis treated with argon laser.

The authors present a case of endobronchial endometriosis with catamenial haemoptysis. The lesion was diagnosed as endobronchial endometriosis based on histopathological examination of a bronchial biopsy from the right second carina. Fibreoptic bronchoscopic examination revealed a tiny hyperaemic submucosal area with bleeding and a brown-coloured diverticulum at bottom of this lesion encompassing a 2-cm2 area at the right second carina.

Pleural complications of pulmonary hydatid disease.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and diagnostic features of pleural manifestations of pulmonary hydatid disease.

Methodology: Patients with pleural pathology in association with surgery for pulmonary hydatid disease over an 8-year period were evaluated.

Results: Twenty-nine (6%) of 474 patients with histologically confirmed pulmonary hydatid disease had pleural abnormalities.

Modified slide tracheoplasty for the management of tracheobroncopathia osteochondroplastica.

In this paper we report a case with tracheobroncopathia osteochondroplastica presented with a long segmental tracheal stenosis. Modified slide tracheoplasty was undertaken for the management of the stenosis. In our modification, the oblique tracheal cut was performed from left to right to widen the latero-lateral dimension of tracheal lumen.