Is High-Flow Nasal Oxygenation a Game Changer in Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration?: A pilot study.

Objectives: This study aimed to compare the high-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) and supraglottic airway device (SAD) techniques in oncological patients undergoing endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) and transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) to evaluate the efficacy of HFNO in them.

Methods: This pilot study was conducted at Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Centre, Muscat, Oman, from May 2022 to March 2023. Patients undergoing EBUS TBNA under moderate sedation were quasi-randomised into the HFNO and SAD groups.

Persistence of Symptoms Following Hospitalization for COVID-19 in Oman: A Bidirectional Observational Study.

Objectives: This study sought to assess the prevalence of persistent COVID-19-related symptoms in patients with mild, severe, and critical disease.

Methods: We conducted a bidirectional cohort observational study that included all adult patients ≥ 18 years, admitted to Armed Forces Hospital, Muscat between July 2020 and June 2022, with COVID-19 infection and discharged alive. Patients were requested to attend outpatient clinic at weeks six and 12 post-discharge, where they filled out a questionnaire and underwent a chest X-ray.

Bleomycin and perioperative care: a case report.

 Bleomycin is associated with pulmonary toxicity ranging from pneumonitis, pulmonary fibrosis, to fatal acute respiratory distress syndrome. Oxygen administration can potentiate or precipitate bleomycin pulmonary toxicity, and the most common setting of oxygen exposure is during anesthesia. We report here the successful management and perioperative care of a patient with documented bleomycin pulmonary toxicity who had to undergo an eight hour long retroperitoneal surgery.

Lung cancer screening in the gulf: Rationale and recommendations.

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide among both men and women. Although advances in therapy have been made, the 5-year survival rates for lung cancer remain poor, ranging from 10% to 20%. One of the main reasons is late presentation, as only 25% of patients are amenable to cure at the time of presentation.

Respiratory Complications after COVID-19.

COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with high short-term morbidity and mortality. Lungs are the main organs affected by SARS-CoV-2 infection. In the long-term, the pulmonary sequelae related to COVID-19 are expected to rise significantly leading to an extended impact on community health and health care facilities.

A 48-Year-Old South African Woman with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lung Nodules.

We present the case of a 48-year-old South African woman with no smoking history, and seropositive rheumatoid arthritis diagnosed in 2001. She was treated with chloroquine (150 mg, 4 times per week) and methotrexate (30 mg weekly) with well-controlled symptoms until 2015, when she developed a disease flare. Her treatment regimen was changed to leflunomide (20 mg daily) monotherapy with subsequent symptom control.

Recurrent Pulmonary Aneurysms: Hughes-Stovin Syndrome on the Spectrum of Behçet Disease.

In this report, we describe a male patient who presented with recurrent life-threatening hemoptysis due to the sequential formation of multiple pulmonary aneurysms. Both pulmonary artery coil embolization and right lower lobectomy were performed, with limited success. The patient experienced extensive bilateral femoral DVT extending into the inferior vena cava, with massive hemoptysis, fulfilling the diagnosis of Hughes-Stovin syndrome.