R.M. Díaz Campos , R. García Luján , R. Alonso Moralejo , C. García Quero , E. de Miguel Poch
{"title":"¿Influye la experiencia del operador en la rentabilidad de la broncoscopia en el diagnóstico de lesiones pulmonares focales malignas?","authors":"R.M. Díaz Campos , R. García Luján , R. Alonso Moralejo , C. García Quero , E. de Miguel Poch","doi":"10.1016/S1576-9895(12)70139-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1576-9895(12)70139-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>The fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FB) is a useful technique in the diagnosis of focal pulmonary nodules and masses. The profitability of the FB and transbronchial biopsy (TB) is variable and depends on different factors such as the operator's experience. The aim of this study was to determine if the diagnostic profitability of these techniques, in the diagnosis of malignant focal pulmonary lesions (FPL), changed with the incorporation of a new medical staff compared with previous data of our center.</p></div><div><h3>Material and methods</h3><p>A FPL was defined as an intra - parenchymatous pulmonary lesion that is well circumscribed and completely surrounded by healthy lung.</p><p>We analyzed all the FBs between 02/2008 and 08/2009 in patients with a FPL with a definitive diagnosis of malignancy. 85 patients were included.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The diagnostic profitability of the TB was 0.55; it was higher when the FPL was > 2<!--> <!-->cm (≤ 2<!--> <!-->cm vs > 2<!--> <!-->cm; 0.38 vs 0.62; p<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0.02) but no difference was found by site (central vs. peripheral; 0.67 vs 0.54; p<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0.16). The previous profitability of TB was 0.76 without differences by size (≤ 2<!--> <!-->cm vs > 2<!--> <!-->cm; 0.72 vs 0,78; p<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0,48) or site (central vs peripheral; 0.83 vs 0.74; p<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0,39).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>We conclude that the operator's experience influences in the diagnostic profitability of the TB, in the malignant FPL.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37742,"journal":{"name":"Revista de Patologia Respiratoria","volume":"15 2","pages":"Pages 40-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1576-9895(12)70139-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56525432","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}
M. Estors , P. Rinaldi , C. Gaspar , F. Sánchez , R. Esturi , J.M. Galbis
{"title":"Neumotórax de repetición como presentación de sarcoma sinovial pleuropulmonar","authors":"M. Estors , P. Rinaldi , C. Gaspar , F. Sánchez , R. Esturi , J.M. Galbis","doi":"10.1016/S1576-9895(12)70142-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1576-9895(12)70142-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Synovial sarcomas are a soft-tissue neoplasms which affects young and middle-aged people, with no difference in distribution between sexes. They are located in the extremities in the 90% of the cases.</p><p>Pleuropulmonary primary synovial sarcoma SSPP is very unusual, constitutes 0.1% of pulmonary tumors. In most cases the SSPP present themselves with cough and / or hemoptysis whereas pneumothorax is an uncommon form of presentation.</p><p>Prognosis is usually poor, they present high risk of local recurrence. The survival rate depends on the surgical treatment, being the complete tumor resection the main predicting factor. Surgery is the treatment of choice followed by chemotherapy, radiotherapy or both.</p><p>We present a case report of a pleuropulmonary synovial sarcoma which presented with pneumothorax.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37742,"journal":{"name":"Revista de Patologia Respiratoria","volume":"15 2","pages":"Pages 61-63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1576-9895(12)70142-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56525483","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":"Tratado de tabaquismo, 3.ª edición","authors":"Javier de Miguel Díez","doi":"10.1016/S1576-9895(12)70145-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1576-9895(12)70145-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37742,"journal":{"name":"Revista de Patologia Respiratoria","volume":"15 2","pages":"Page 70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1576-9895(12)70145-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56525533","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}
José Javier Jareño-Esteban , José Ignacio de Granda-Orive
{"title":"Nuevas guías en la EPOC 2012","authors":"José Javier Jareño-Esteban , José Ignacio de Granda-Orive","doi":"10.1016/S1576-9895(12)70138-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1576-9895(12)70138-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37742,"journal":{"name":"Revista de Patologia Respiratoria","volume":"15 2","pages":"Pages 37-39"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1576-9895(12)70138-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56525414","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}
S. Mayoralas Alises , S. Díaz Lobato , M.J. Fernández Aceñero , E. Pérez Rodríguez
{"title":"Factores que influyen en la decanulación de pacientes que requieren ventilación mecánica por traqueotomía. Resultados de un protocolo de decanulación basado en ventilación mecánica no invasiva","authors":"S. Mayoralas Alises , S. Díaz Lobato , M.J. Fernández Aceñero , E. Pérez Rodríguez","doi":"10.1016/S1576-9895(12)70140-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1576-9895(12)70140-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Design</h3><p>A prospective, longitudinal, consecutive and non randomised study.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Analysis of the factors related to the decannulation of a group of tracheostomized patients admitted in a pneumological ward coming from the intensive care unit, all of them with prolonged mechanical ventilation.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>One hundred patients were studied between January 1994 and December 2001 (72 males, 28 females). Age: 59,26<!--> <!-->±<!--> <!-->12,98 years old. 92% were coming from a medical ICU and 8% from a surgical ICU. 59% of patients were smokers. The diagnoses were: ALS (5); Thoracic cage defects (16); COPD (29); Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (11); Postsurgical complications (9); NMD (14); Sleep apnea syndrome (15); Bronchiestasis (1). Time to tracheotomy: 9,8<!--> <!-->±<!--> <!-->2,9 days. Time to arrival to pneumological ward: 28,6<!--> <!-->±<!--> <!-->36,2 days. Total stay 64,4<!--> <!-->±<!--> <!-->44,5 days (ICU stay: 38,4<!--> <!-->±<!--> <!-->36,4; ward stay: 25,6<!--> <!-->±<!--> <!-->18,8 days). 88% of the patients were decanulated. The 64% of the patients received any kind of domiciliary ventilation support (pressure or volume). One-year survival was 92%. Multivariant analysis shown age, sex and motoneuron disease as factors negatively related to decanulation.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Most patients admitted in our pneumological ward coming from the ICU and receiving ventilatory support by tracheotomy, can be candidates to safe decannulation using non-invasive mechanical ventilation. ALS patients could not be decannulated.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37742,"journal":{"name":"Revista de Patologia Respiratoria","volume":"15 2","pages":"Pages 45-53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1576-9895(12)70140-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56525449","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}
C. Cieza Peral, C. Jurkojc Mohremberger, S. Díaz Lobato
{"title":"Evolución fulminante de un adenocarcinoma pulmonar con linfangitis carcinomatosa","authors":"C. Cieza Peral, C. Jurkojc Mohremberger, S. Díaz Lobato","doi":"10.1016/S1576-9895(12)70143-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1576-9895(12)70143-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The way in which lung cancer presents itself is related to the location of the tumour and its local and systemic complications. Aggressive forms of presentations have been described in young patients, although fulminating presentation is not usual. We present the case of a patient who in the space of one week went form being asymptomatic to dying from the spread of lung cancer.</p><p>This case is exceptional for several reasons: <em>a)</em> the abrupt presentation without previous symptoms or constitutional syndrome; <em>b)</em> the fulminating evolution towards the respiratory failure and death of the patient and <em>c)</em> the unusual initial presentation of the cancer with carcinomatosis lymphangitis.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37742,"journal":{"name":"Revista de Patologia Respiratoria","volume":"15 2","pages":"Pages 64-66"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1576-9895(12)70143-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56525509","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}
A.M. Benítez Vázquez, A. Prieto Fernández, E. Nava Tomás, A.L. Muñoz Ruiz, N. Sánchez Rubio, P. Redondo Buil
{"title":"Aneurisma de la vena ácigos. A propósito de un caso","authors":"A.M. Benítez Vázquez, A. Prieto Fernández, E. Nava Tomás, A.L. Muñoz Ruiz, N. Sánchez Rubio, P. Redondo Buil","doi":"10.1016/S1576-9895(12)70144-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1576-9895(12)70144-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37742,"journal":{"name":"Revista de Patologia Respiratoria","volume":"15 2","pages":"Pages 67-69"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1576-9895(12)70144-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56525521","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}
S. Solano Reina , P. Vaquero Lozano , R. Solano García-Tenorio , J.C. Márquez Nieto , J.I. de Granda Orive , C.A. Jiménez Ruiz
{"title":"Eficacia y seguridad de vareniclina en el abandono del tabaquismo","authors":"S. Solano Reina , P. Vaquero Lozano , R. Solano García-Tenorio , J.C. Márquez Nieto , J.I. de Granda Orive , C.A. Jiménez Ruiz","doi":"10.1016/S1576-9895(12)70132-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1576-9895(12)70132-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Backgrounds</h3><p>The purpose was to analyze the efficacy and safety of Varenicline in smokers who want to try to quit, verifying abstinence and adverse events during the treatment and follow-up phase.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>An analytic, longitudinal and prospective study was performed. A total of 598 smokers who wanted to quit were included. Women accounted for 55% with a mean age of 45.7 years. A clinical history of smoking habit was obtained and associated comorbidity was investigated. Seven visits (baseline, weeks 2 and 4; 8, 12, 24, and week 52) were made. Telephone calls were also made in-between. Verbal manifestation of abstinence was confirmed with measurement of CO in exhaled air (<10<!--> <!-->ppm). Treatment was received with Varenicline at standard dose (1<!--> <!-->mg/12<!--> <!-->h), for 12 weeks.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Mean consumption of cigarettes was 27/day, cooximetry 28 ppm, Fagerström Test mean 6.70. The first cigarette was smoked in less than 30 minutes by 85% of the participants. Abstinence rate was 56% at week 12, 49% at week 24, and 41% at week 52. Most frequent adverse effects were nauseas, headache, insomnia, vomiting, abnormal sleep.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Varenicline has been shown to be an option for 1st line treatment of smoking cessation and can be an alternative to bupropion or nicotine replacement therapy, safe and well tolerated not only in healthy smokers but also in groups of smokers with comorbidity. More studies are needs in the groups of smokers having these characteristics.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37742,"journal":{"name":"Revista de Patologia Respiratoria","volume":"15 1","pages":"Pages 4-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1576-9895(12)70132-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56525322","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}
G. Segrelles Calvo, C. Cisneros, R. Gómez-Punter, J.A. García Romero de Tejada, O. Rajas
{"title":"Empiema causado por Streptococcus constellatus","authors":"G. Segrelles Calvo, C. Cisneros, R. Gómez-Punter, J.A. García Romero de Tejada, O. Rajas","doi":"10.1016/S1576-9895(12)70136-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1576-9895(12)70136-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We presented a case of patient with bipolar disorder that he was admitted in the respiratory unit of our hospital by empyema produced by <em>Streptococcus constellatus (S. constellatus).</em></p><p><em>S. constellatus</em> can produce lung infections, specially patients with airway manipulation. The response to treatment with penicillin usually are good.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37742,"journal":{"name":"Revista de Patologia Respiratoria","volume":"15 1","pages":"Pages 30-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1576-9895(12)70136-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56525383","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}