Microplastics, as a risk factor in the development of interstitial lung disease- a preliminary study.

Microplastic (MPs) pollution is a global concern that affects all living organisms, yet research on MP-related disorders in humans, including incidence and symptoms, remains limited. In this study, the presence, composition, and characterization of MPs in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), which reflects lung tissue, and blood were examined. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy was performed to collect BAL samples from patients suspected of having interstitial lung disease (ILD) as well as from a control group.

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.

A valuable endobronchial ultrasound scoring system predicting malignant lymph nodes.

Background: This study aims to determine the sonographic criteria of lymph nodes to predict malignancy with endobronchial ultrasound.

Methods: A total of 1,987 lymph nodes of 967 patients (666 males, 301 females; mean age: 62.1±11.

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.

Transbronchial lung cr onchial lung cryobiopsy for the diagnosis of diffuse obiopsy for the diagnosis of diffuse parenchymal lung disease: Pitfalls and challenges, a single center experience.

Background: : Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) is a minimally invasive technique of the diagnosis of diffuse parenchymal lung diseases (DPLD). The aim of this study is to determine the clinical-radiological and histopathological characteristics of patients in whom cryobiopsy contributes to the diagnosis.

Methods: : In this retrospective study, we searched for the medical records of patients who underwent TBLC from July 2015 to March 2020 at the pulmonology department of our university hospital clinic.

F-18 FDG PET/CT findings of intrathoracic lymphadenopathy in EBUS-TBNA-proven anthracosis.

Introduction: Anthracosis is a kind of pneumoconiosis that may cause parenchymal and bronchiolar injury and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. In this study, we aimed to investigate F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computerized tomography (PET/CT) findings of patients who had anthracosis diagnosis with endobronchial ultrasonography (EBUS).

Materials And Methods: The patients who underwent EBUS-transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) and were diagnosed with anthracosis in a five year period were included in the study.

Contribution of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT and contrast-enhanced thoracic CT texture analyses to the differentiation of benign and malignant mediastinal lymph nodes.

Background: Texture analysis and machine learning methods are useful in distinguishing between benign and malignant tissues.

Purpose: To discriminate benign from malignant or metastatic mediastinal lymph nodes using F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) and contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) texture analyses with machine learning and determine lung cancer subtypes based on the analysis of lymph nodes.

Material And Methods: Suitable texture features were entered into the algorithms.

Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Clinical Outcomes in Hospitalized Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients: A Single-Center Study from Turkey.

Background: In patients with coronavirus disease 2019, the gastrointestinal symptoms have been reported increasingly in addition to the respiratory system symptoms. The studies show that the prevalence of gastrointestinal system symptoms and how the gastrointestinal system contributes to the severity and prognosis of the disease is still not clear. This study aims to find the prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms and the correlation between the gastrointestinal symptoms and the clinical results in hospitalized patients diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019.

Characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients with IPF: A multi-center retrospective study.

Background: There are few data on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (COVID-19) infection in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The objective of this study is to describe the characteristics and outcomes of IPF patients confirmed COVID-19 infection.

Methods: In this retrospective, multi-center, cohort study, patients from 4 hospital medical records with known IPF and a COVID-19 diagnosis were identified.

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.

Can thrombocytosis or thrombocytopenia predict complicated clinical course and 30-days mortality in patients with pneumonia?

Background/aim: While several different scoring systems aim to determine the clinical outcomes for patients with pneumonia, there is limited emphasis on the platelet count. This study investigated the relationships between thrombocyte count and 30-day mortality and complicated clinical course of patients with pneumonia.

Materials And Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study enrolled patients over 18 years old with a diagnosis of pneumonia in the emergency department for six months.

How were Non-COVID pulmonary patients and diseases affected from COVID-19 pandemic period?

Objective: This study aimed to focus on non-COVID-19 patients during the process when all physicians focused on COVID-19 patients. Patients with pulmonary diseases in the COVID-19 pandemic period were analyzed.

Material And Methods: Non-COVID-19 cases who were hospitalized in the pulmonology clinic, outpatients, and patients who applied to the non-COVID-19 emergency service and requested a pulmonology consultation in the period from March 16, 2020 to May 15, 2020 and in the same period of the previous year (i.

Evaluation of Patients with Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease: Preliminary results from the Turk-UIP Study.

Objective: Differential diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is important among fibrotic interstitial lung diseases (ILD). This study aimed to evaluate the rate of IPF in patients with fibrotic ILD and to determine the clinical-laboratory features of patients with and without IPF that would provide the differential diagnosis of IPF.

Material And Methods: The study included the patients with the usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) pattern or possible UIP pattern on thorax high-resolution computed tomography, and/or UIP pattern, probable UIP or possible UIP pattern at lung biopsy according to the 2011 ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT guidelines.

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.

Comparison of Postoperative Pulmonary Complication Indices in Elective Abdominal Surgery Patients.

Background: Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC) are important problems that prolong hospital stays by increasing morbidity and mortality of patients. Early identification of risky cases through preoperative evaluation is important for reducing the complications that may be seen in patients postoperatively. The aim of this study is to calculate, evaluate and compare the risk indices for PPC in patients who will undergo elective abdominal surgery.

A rare cause of noninvasive ventilation failure: tracheal stenosis.

Noninvasive ventilation is the first line treatment of choice in acute respiratory failure in many diseases including post-extubation respiratory failure. Herein we report a case unresponsive to noninvasive ventilation due to tracheal stenosis. A 49- year -old female was admitted to intensive care unit after successful resuscitation of cardiac arrest.

A practical technique in laparoscopic diaphragm pacing surgery: Retrospective analyse of 43 patients.

Introduction: Diaphragm pacing stimulation (DPS) is a treatment method used in respiratory failure occurs in diseases such as high-level cervical spinal cord injury, central hypoventilation syndrome and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Materials And Methods: A total of 43 patients, who had undergone DPS implantation surgery were evaluated retrospectively. The patients were divided into two groups according to the surgical technique (Group 1: classical surgical technic and Group 2: modified surgical technic) applied.

Preoperative parameters and their prognostic value in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients undergoing implantation of a diaphragm pacing stimulation system.

Introduction: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neuromuscular disease with devastating and fatal respiratory complications. Diaphragm pacing stimulation (DPS) is a treatment option in diaphragm insufficient ALS patients. Ventilatory insufficiency depending on diaphragmatic failure is treated by the present study aimed to investigate prognostic value of preoperative clinical and functional characteristics of ALS patients undergoing implantation of a DPS system and to determine appropriate indications for the DPS system.

Clinical and hemodynamic profiles of elderly patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: a single center, prospective study.

Backgrounds: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) was previously considered an illness that affects mostly the young, but now it is also increasingly recognized in the elderly. The aim of this study was to compare the features of elderly versus younger patients diagnosed with PAH, and to define the prognostic factors which affect their long-term survival.

Methods: In this prospective, single center study, the clinical, echocardiographic, hemodynamic characteristics, and the outcomes of younger (18-65 years) and elderly (≥ 65 years) patients with definitive diagnosis of precapillary PAH were compared.

The role of endobronchial ultrasonography for mediastinal lymphadenopathy in cases with extrathoracic malignancy.

Introduction: Many extrathoracic malignancies can metastasize to lungs and mediastinal lymph nodes. Whether mediastinal lesions are metastasis in these patients changes staging, prognosis, and treatment strategy. In this study, we aimed to find out the contribution of EBUS-TBNA to the diagnosis in cases with extrathoracic malignancy.

Prognostic value of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Objective: To evaluate the prognostic value of baseline neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in the prediction of long-term mortality in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).

Methods: This prospective study recorded NLR during initial diagnostic right-sided cardiac catheterization in adult patients with PAH. Demographic, clinical, laboratory and haemodynamic variables were compared by NLR tertile.

The place of indirect venography tests after pulmonary computed tomography angiography in the diagnosis of pulmonary thromboemboli.

Aim: To investigate the effectiveness of indirect computed tomography (CT) venography applied after pulmonary CT angiography to patients with suspected pulmonary embolism.

Material And Methods: The study comprised 80 patients at high/moderate risk of pulmonary embolism (PE) according to the clinical findings. Computed tomography venography (CTV) was performed 3-3.

Importance of diaphragm thickness in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients with diaphragm pacing system implantation.

Introduction: Severe respiratory failure develops as a result of the involvement of the respiratory muscles in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Implantation of diaphragm pacing system (DPS) has been carried out on ALS patients since 2005 to avoid these situations, but the importance of diaphragm thickness has not yet been established clearly.

Material And Method: We retrospectively evaluated 34 ALS patients who had previously implanted DPS to detect the importance of diaphragm thickness.

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.

[Mortality and factors affecting mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease].

Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity in the world. Mortality rates vary between 15-54% in investigations. There is a limited number of studies evaluating factors associated with mortality and morbidity in our country.