Search
Now showing items 11-20 of 4548
Therapeutic Guidelines for Latin American Lupus Patients: Methodology
(Wolters Kluwer Health, 2018)
Modern medicine is in a continuous state of flux given the relentless development of new evidence; thus, it is quite difficult for clinicians to remain abreast of all advances as they happen. Trustworthy clinical practica ...
Automatic algorithm for quantifying lung involvement in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, infection with SARS-CoV-2, paracoccidioidomycosis and no lung disease patients
(2021-06-01)
In this work, we aimed to develop an automatic algorithm for the quantification of total volume and lung impairments in four different diseases. The quantification was completely automatic based upon high resolution computed ...
Current strategies and opportunities to manufacture cells for modeling human lungs
Chronic lung diseases remain major healthcare burdens, for which the only curative treatment is
lung transplantation. In vitro human models are promising platforms for identifying and testing
novel compounds to potentially ...
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 ...
Acute exacerbation of interstitial lung disease as a sequela of COVID-19 pneumonia
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by
dyspnea and bilateral infiltrations of the lung. While some cases are idiopathic (e.g., idiopathic
pulmonary fibrosis), others are ...
Addressing geographical variation in the progression of non-communicable diseases in Peru: The CRONICAS cohort study protocol
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2012)
Background: The rise in non-communicable diseases in developing countries has gained increased attention. Given that around 80% of deaths related to noncommunicable diseases occur in low- and middleincome countries, there ...
Iron homeostasis in the lung
(Sociedad de Biología de Chile, 2006)
Sweet’s syndrome with pulmonary involvement: Case report and literature reviewq
(2012)
A 74 year old female presented with fever, associated with papules and plaque in her upper and lower extremities. Exams revealed blood leukocytosis and a positive urine culture. Antibiotic therapy was initiated with no ...