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Tunis Med
November 2023
Department of Internal Medicine , La Rabta Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis , University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
Aim: To describe characteristics of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients with infectious complications and to determine frequency, clinical and microbiological features and outcomes of reported infections.
Methods: This is a descriptive, retrospective study conducted over an 11-year period at the Internal Medicine Department La Rabta Hospital Tunis, collecting medical records of SLE patients who had experienced infectious complications.
Results: Fifty-six patients were included, consisting of 52 females and 4 males (gender ratio M/F= 0.
Chest CT scan for the screening of air anomalies at risk of pulmonary barotrauma for the initial medical assessment of fitness to dive in a military population.
Front Physiol
October 2022
Service de Médecine Hyperbare et d'Expertise Plongée (SMHEP), Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Sainte-Anne, Toulon, France.
The presence of intra-pulmonary air lesions such as cysts, blebs and emphysema bullae, predisposes to pulmonary barotrauma during pressure variations, especially during underwater diving activities. These rare accidents can have dramatic consequences. Chest radiography has long been the baseline examination for the detection of respiratory pathologies in occupational medicine.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPleural fluid cytology in prompt diagnosis of pleuro-pulmonary nocardiosis masquerading as COVID-19.
Indian J Pathol Microbiol
August 2022
Department of Internal Medicine, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Introduction: There are few reports of nocardial infections among the Indian population. We report this case because of its rarity and unique presentation and to highlight the role of cytology in diagnosis.
Case Details: A 74-year-old woman presented with fever and chest pain of a duration of 15 days.
Could transthoracic ultrasound be useful to suggest a small airways disease in severe uncontrolled asthma?
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol
October 2022
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy; Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Policlinico universitario "Riuniti" di Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
Background: Transthoracic ultrasound (TUS) is an accepted complementary tool in the diagnostic process of several pleuro-pulmonary diseases. However, to the best of our knowledge, TUS findings in patients with severe asthma have never been systematically described.
Objective: To explore if TUS examination is a useful imaging method in suggesting the presence of a "small airways disease" in patients with severe uncontrolled asthma.
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