Publications by authors named "Sylwia Bartyzel"
Background: Airway structural changes are important in asthma pathology and require further investigations.
Objective: We sought to evaluate which computed tomography (CT) indices, bronchial histological traits, or blood and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) biomarkers correlate best with lung function abnormalities in asthma.
Methods: In 105 white adult asthmatics (53 with a component of fixed airflow obstruction), we determined airway cross-sectional geometry of two proximal (the right upper lobe apical segmental and the left apicoposterior) and two distal (the right and the left basal posterior) bronchi, quantified the low-attenuation lung area (LAA%), and analysed clusters based on airway CT-metrics.
Introduction: Bronchofiberoscopy (BF) is a key tool used in the management of patients with respiratory diseases. Describing factors that contribute to patient anxiety surrounding BF has the potential to influence patient management and willingness to undergo the procedure again in the future if needed.
Objectives: This study sought to understand what factors influence anxiety and satisfaction experienced by patients undergoing BF under conscious sedation.
ANCA-positive and ANCA-negative phenotypes of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA): outcome and long-term follow-up of 50 patients from a single Polish center.
Clin Exp Rheumatol
July 2014
Objectives: The aim of the study was to compare the course of the disease and treatment outcomes in ANCA-positive and ANCA-negative eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) patients from one Polish tertiary referral centre.
Methods: Retrospective and prospective cohort study carried out on 50 patients treated in our department between 1998 and 2012. EGPA diagnosis was based on the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria.