Laura Ciobanu, Antonio Esquinas, Daniela Boisteanu
{"title":"New arguments for NIV efficacy in the treatment of acute respiratory failure from the ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.","authors":"Laura Ciobanu, Antonio Esquinas, Daniela Boisteanu","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20345,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologia","volume":"65 2","pages":"108"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35916007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bianca Paraschiv, Camelia Cristina Diaconu, Stefan Dumitrache-Rujinski, Ionela Nicoleta Belaconi, Tudor Constantinescu, Carmen Columbia Stroescu, Elena Dantes, Ariadna Petronela Fildan, Miron Alexandru Bogdan, Claudia Lucia Toma
{"title":"Treatment options in stage III non-small cell lung cancer.","authors":"Bianca Paraschiv, Camelia Cristina Diaconu, Stefan Dumitrache-Rujinski, Ionela Nicoleta Belaconi, Tudor Constantinescu, Carmen Columbia Stroescu, Elena Dantes, Ariadna Petronela Fildan, Miron Alexandru Bogdan, Claudia Lucia Toma","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Lung cancer is responsible for over 1 million deaths annually, worldwide. The disease becomes symptomatic in advanced stages, so the diagnosis is delayed and 90% of cases cannot benefit from a curative treatment. In NSCLC surgical resection represents the best option for long term survival in resectable stage III and in clinical stage I/II. Patients with stage IIIB or IV usually receive chemotherapy or palliative treatment. For patients with no driver mutation detected platinum based combination chemotherapy is the first choice. Definitive radiotherapy is considered an lternative for patients who are not candidates for combined modality treatment. When a stage IV cancer is diagnosed based on an isolated metastasis, the patient’s benefit from the removal of the etastasis and of the primary tumor if it is resectable. The prognosis in NSLC is mainly influenced by the TNM stage at diagnosis. The rate of survival decreases in opposing correlation with the stage of the cancer. Poor performance status, reduced lung capacity, weight loss, vascular invasion are indicators for a poor prognosis</p>","PeriodicalId":20345,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologia","volume":"65 2","pages":"67-70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35912811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The pleural effusion in ovarian tumors: Often a diagnosis challenge.","authors":"Roxana Chirilă, Alina Croitoru, Traian Burcos","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pleural effusions associated with ovarian tumors are not always malignant. Neoplastic etiology of pleural efussion needs histopathological confirmation. We present three cases that illustrate various etiologies for pleural effusions in patients with ovarian tumors: thromboembolism, malignancy and Meigs syndrome. For these patients, it is essential to establish the correct etiology of the pleurisy, since it may change the therapeutic approach. All the cases must be carefully assessed and all the efforts must be done by a multidisciplinary team in order to offer the best solution for each case.</p>","PeriodicalId":20345,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologia","volume":"65 2","pages":"97-100"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35915997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cătălina Elena Ene, Claudia Toma, Ionela Belaconi, Stefan Dumitrache-Rujinski, Daniela Jipa, Adrian Tudor, Diana Leonte, Miron Alexandru Bogdan
{"title":"Skin, ear and testis--unusual sites of tuberculosis.","authors":"Cătălina Elena Ene, Claudia Toma, Ionela Belaconi, Stefan Dumitrache-Rujinski, Daniela Jipa, Adrian Tudor, Diana Leonte, Miron Alexandru Bogdan","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pulmonary localization is the most common site of tuberculosis (TB)and the most contagious form. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis with the rarest and most unexpected localizations represents a significant proportion of all cases of tuberculosis and remains an important public health problem. We report three unusual TB locations: skin, ear and testis occurred in three immunocompetent patients. In the case of skin and testicular lesions, diagnosis was based on pathological confirmation of granulomas with caseous necrosis. In the third case the diagnosis was made possible by identification of positive Acid-Fast Bacilli smear and positive culture from othic drainage fluid. The outcome at all three patients was good with antituberculous treatment. These unusual localization of tuberculosis also highlight the possibility of extrapulmonary tuberculosis as a differential diagnosis in many common diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":20345,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologia","volume":"65 1","pages":"36-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34402762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Williams-Beuren syndrome--a rare cause of recurrent hemoptysis.","authors":"Victor Botnaru, Doina Rusu, Oxana Munteanu","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS) is a rare genetic disease with a distinctive constellation of clinical findings. The disease can be diagnosed clinically by a recognizable pattern of malformations, including cardiovascular malformations, a characteristic facial dysmorphism, as well as neurological and cognitive features. We present the case of a 23-years-old woman repeatedly admitted to Pulmonology Clinic for massive hemoptysis. Diagnosis of Williams-Beuren syndrome was revealed by clinical findings and confirmed by CT-angiography data of cardiovascular malformations and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) genetic test. WBS is a multisystem disorder and usually is recognized by clinician. If clinical impression is not clearly consistent with WBS, FISH remains the most widely used test.</p>","PeriodicalId":20345,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologia","volume":"65 1","pages":"39-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34402764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bronchodilators or combination of long acting beta 2 adrenergic and inhaled steroids: another competition in the future?!.","authors":"Florin Mihălţan","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20345,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologia","volume":"65 1","pages":"7-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34507245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Diego Hernández-Velásquez, Roberto Monreal-Robles, Diego Ruiz-Sánchez, Guillermo Delgado-García
{"title":"Massive hemoptysis due to intercostal artery aneurysm in pulmonary tuberculosis.","authors":"Diego Hernández-Velásquez, Roberto Monreal-Robles, Diego Ruiz-Sánchez, Guillermo Delgado-García","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Massive hemoptysis is a life-threatening complication of pulmonary tuberculosis. In the presence of pulmonary tuberculosis, massive hemoptysis can result from a number of different causes, with an artery aneurysm being rarely reported. Here we present a case of recurrent massive hemoptysis in a 28-year-old man suffering from active pulmonary tuberculosis due to an aneurysmatic lesion of the second intercostal artery. In patients presented with recurrent massive hemoptysis the non-bronchial systemic arterial blood supply should be assessed.</p>","PeriodicalId":20345,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologia","volume":"65 1","pages":"48-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34402768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dragana Jovanovic, Tudor P Toma, Alexandru Corlăţeanu, Ivane Chkhaidze, Alexander G Mathioudakis, Elena Andreeva, Miroslav Samarzija, Yavor Ivanov, Jana Skricková, Vladimir Hodzhev
{"title":"Towards a regional network of respiratory medicine.","authors":"Dragana Jovanovic, Tudor P Toma, Alexandru Corlăţeanu, Ivane Chkhaidze, Alexander G Mathioudakis, Elena Andreeva, Miroslav Samarzija, Yavor Ivanov, Jana Skricková, Vladimir Hodzhev","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20345,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologia","volume":"65 1","pages":"56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34414612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Severe pulmonary arterial hypertension in an adult patient with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection operated in infancy.","authors":"Efrén Martinez-Quintana, Fayna Rodríguez-González","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The goal of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection repair is to obtain an unobstructed communication between the pulmonary veins and the left atrium and removing intracardiac shunting. However, pulmonary venous obstruction orstenosis may be seen in 5-10% of patients, is usually evident in the first 6 months following surgery and may lead to pulmonary congestion, pulmonary arterial hypertension, and late mortality. In such cases, early intervention may be indicated before irreversible secondary changes occur. We present the case and the therapeutic approach of an adolescent patient with total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage to the superior vena cava operated in infancy who developed pulmonary venous obstruction and secondary severe pulmonary arterial hypertension.</p>","PeriodicalId":20345,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologia","volume":"65 1","pages":"46-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34402765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}