Abstract: We present the first reported case of recurrent acute pancreatitis occurring with alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (PI*ZZ phenotype). Despite evidence of a clinically significant association between alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency and other inflammatory diseases, the literature surrounding...
Keywords: Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency; Alpha-1 deficiency; Anti-protease deficiency; AAT deficiency; Alpha-1-antitrypsin; Alpha-1; AATD; Pancreatitis; Recurrent acute pancreatitis; Recurrent pancreatitis; Acute recurrent pancreatitis; Augmentation therapy
Special Issue Article “Systolic Dysfunction”
Abstract: Surgery plays a principal role in the exact management, diagnosis and staging of non-small cell lung cancer....
Keywords: Lung cancer patients; Surgery; FVE1
Special Issue Article “Neuromuscular Medicine”
Abstract: Introduction and Objectives Until resorting to tracheotomy became popular in the late 1960s, all ventilator dependent people were managed noninvasively, that is, by body ventilators until 1953 then subsequently, by noninvasive intermittent positive pressure ventilatory support (NVS) delivered...
Keywords: Infection; Growth factor; Zinc; Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Special Issue Article “Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia”
Abstract: The cicatricial variant of organizing pneumonia (CCOP) is a distinct morphological manifestation of organizing pneumonia. It may present with shortness of breath, dyspnea on exertion, and dry cough...
Keywords: Cicatricial organizing pneumonia; Organizing pneumonia; Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia
Special Issue Article “Pulmonary Fibrosis”
Abstract: As for the serum biomarkers clinically available for progressive pulmonary fibrosis including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Surfactant Protein D (SP-D) and Krebs von den Lungen-6 antigen (KL-6) have been used for more than 20 years in Japan not only for supporting diagnosis but detecting...
Keywords: Micro-RNAs (miRNAs); Surfactant protein D (SP-D); Krebs von den Lungen-6 antigen (KL-6); Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF); Forced vital capacity (FVC); C-reactive protein (CRP); Standard deviations (SD)
Special Issue Article “Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia”
Abstract: The article is devoted to biography of A.-F.-J. K. Zivert (1872-1922), a Russian physician of German ethnic origin, who lived in the Silver Age (a period in the History of Russian culture between 1890 and early 1920ies). Dr. Zivert made early, significant and internationally recognized contribution...
Keywords: Alfons-Ferdinand-Julius Karlovich; Siewert; Zivert–Kartagener triad; Primary ciliary dyskinesia; Active diastole; History of medicine; Silver age; Russian civilization
Special Issue Article “Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia”
Abstract: Organizing Pneumonia (OP) is a clinical condition associated with a histopathologic pattern of lung repair that results from alveolar damage and characterized by a patchy filling of alveoli and bronchioles by loose plugs of connective tissue. Organizing pneumonia is classified as either Cryptogenic...
Keywords: Pneumonia; COP; Drug; BOOP
Special Issue Article “Histoplasmosis”
Abstract: Central Nervous System (CNS) histoplasmosis is a rare manifestation of the Histoplasma capsulatum infections, often misdiagnosed due to the wide spectrum of neurological presentation. CNS histoplasmosis occurred most often in immunocompromised individuals, but some patients were previously...
Keywords: Histoplasma capsulatum; Histoplasmosis; Central nervous system; HIV; AIDS
Special Issue Article “Laparoscopic Adrenal Surgery”
Abstract: Adrenal surgery for metastatic disease is unfrequently performed. Pooled analyses showed a survival benefit and adrenal surgery in this setting is a validated procedure in the endocrine and oncology guidelines...
Keywords: Adrenal surgery; Metastatic disease; Abscopal effect; Stereotactic radiotherapy
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