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Clinical standards for the assessment, management and rehabilitation of post-TB lung disease
(International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2021)
BACKGROUND: Increasing evidence suggests that post-TB lung disease (PTLD) causes significant morbidity and mortality. The aim of these clinical standards is to provide guidance on the assessment and management of PTLD and ...
Biopsia pulmonar abiertaOpen lung biopsy
(Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, 2010)
Histopathological lung changes in children due to biomass fuel
(American Thoracic Society, 2012)
To the Editor: Three billion people use biomass fuel worldwide, and up to 2 million deaths are attributed to its exposure each year (1). In Peru, over 9 million people use biomass fuel, and in developing countries, biomass ...
Low Body Mass Index Is Associated with Higher Odds of COPD and Lower Lung Function in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
(Taylor and Francis, 2019)
The relationship of body mass index (BMI) with lung function and COPD has been previously described in several high-income settings. However, few studies have examined this relationship in resource-limited settings where ...
Clinical, radiological and functional characteristics of pulmonary diseases among htlv-1 infected patients without prior active tuberculosis infection
(MDPI, 2021)
The lifelong infection with the human T lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) has been associated with a variety of clinical manifestations; one of the less-explored is HTLV-1-associated pulmonary disease. Imaging of lung ...
Environmental exposures and systemic hypertension are risk factors for decline in lung function
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Chronic lung disease is a leading contributor to the global disease burden; however, beyond tobacco smoke, we do not fully understand what risk factors contribute to lung function decline in low-income and ...
Confluent cavitated nodules in invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma: A case report
(Modestum LTDGBR, 2023-04-03)
"Invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma is a rare variant of lung adenocarcinoma. Here, we present the case of a
patient with invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma with cavitary lung lesions. A 61-year-old painter-and-bricklayer.
She ...
"Confluent cavitated nodules in invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma: A case report"
(Modestum LTDGBR, 2023-06-20)
Invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma is a rare variant of lung adenocarcinoma. Here, we present the case of a patient with invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma with cavitary lung lesions. A 61-year-old painter-and-bricklayer. She ...
Automatic classification of pediatric pneumonia based on lung ultrasound pattern recognition
(Public Library of Science, 2018)
Pneumonia is one of the major causes of child mortality, yet with a timely diagnosis, it is usually curable with antibiotic therapy. In many developing regions, diagnosing pneumonia remains a challenge, due to shortages ...
PKCε Is Required for KRAS-Driven Lung Tumorigenesis
(American Association for Cancer Research, 2020-12)
Non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most frequent subtype of lung cancer and remains a highly lethal malignancy and one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Mutant KRAS is the prevailing oncogenic ...