Combination Nasal Steroid-Antihistamine Is More Effective Than Either Agent A…

Intranasal steroids are the most effective pharmacologic treatment for seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR), but they can take several days to take effect, and some patients don't achieve full relief of symptoms. Add-on oral antihistamines or montelukast (Singulair) do not add much benefit.

Tsunami lung

We encountered three cases of lung disorders caused by drowning in the recent large tsunami that struck following the Great East Japan Earthquake. All three were females, and two of them were old elderly.

Peritoneal tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) can involve any part of the gastrointestinal tract and is the sixth most frequent site of extrapulmonary involvement. Both the incidence and severity of abdominal tuberculosis (AT) are expected to increase with increasing incidence of HIV infection. Peritoneal tuberculosis (PT), a form of AT, occurs in three forms: wet type with ascites, dry type with adhesions, and fibrotic …

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Prevalence of Pneumoconiosis and Its Relationship to Dust Exposure in a Cohor…

Information on radiographic evidence of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP) is presented for a group of 3,194 underground bituminous coal miners and ex-miners examined between 1985 and 1988. Prevalence of CWP was related to estimated cumulative dust exposure, age, and rank of coal. On the basis of these data, miners of medium to low rank coal, who work for 40 years at the current federal dust …

Prevalence and characteristics of COPD among pneumoconiosis patients at an oc…

Pneumoconiosis may play an important role in the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and the complication of COPD may impose a heavy burden of illness

Efektifitas Senam Asma untuk Meningkatkan Fungsi Paru Penderita Asma

Asma merupakan penyakit inflamasi kronis yang diakibatkan oleh hiperesponsif jalan napas dan menyebabkan episodik berulang berupa mengi atau wheezing, sesak napas, perasaan berat pada dada, dan batuk terutama malam hari atau pagi hari yang reversibledengan atau tanpa pengobatan.Diagnosis penyakit asma ditegakkan melalui pemeriksaan fisik dan uji fungsi paru dengan menggunakanspirometer.Penatala…

Postmortem Stability of SARS-CoV-2 in Nasopharyngeal Mucosa

Analyses of infection chains have demonstrated that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is highly transmissive. However, data on postmortem stability and infectivity are lacking. Our finding of nasopharyngeal viral RNA stability in 79 corpses showed no time-dependent decrease. Maintained infectivity is supported by virus isolation up to 35 hours postmortem

Outcomes Associated With Antibiotic Timing Post-Bronchoscopy In Ventilator-As…

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the second most common ICU nosocomial infection associated with increased mortality. Current VAP guidelines recommend early empiric antibiotic therapy based on local pathogen distribution

Natural disasters and the lung

As the world population expands, an increasing number of people are living in areas which may be threatened by natural disasters. Most of these major natural disasters occur in the Asian region.