Predictors of successful weaning in patients requiring extremely prolonged mechanical ventilation

Yuval Leonov, Igor Kisil, Alona Perlov, Vladimir Stoichev, Yulia Ginzburg, Alla Nazarenko, Yuri Gimelfarb

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Study of genetic variants in chromosome 5p15.33 region in non-smoker lung cancer patients

Iman Mandour, Sabah Ahmed Mohamed Hussein, Rania Essam, Menna Ahmad El-Hossainy

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Uncontrolled asthma in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Degena Bahrey Tadesse, Melaku Negash, Kbrom Gemechu Kiros, Ebud Ayele, Abrha Hailay, Teklehaimanot Gereziher Haile, Mebrahtu Abay, Gebre Teklemariam Demoz

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Effects on vital signs after twenty minutes of vaping compared to people exposed to second-hand vapor

Molly L McClelland, Channing S Sesoko, Douglas A MacDonald, Louis M Davis

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Clinical outcome, viral response and safety profile of chloroquine in COVID-19 patients — initial experience

Ram Niwas, Aneesa Shahul S, M K Garg, Vijaya lakshmi Nag, Pradeep Kumar Bhatia, Naveen Dutt, Nishant Chauhan, Jaykaran Charan, Shahir Asfahan, Praveen Sharma, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Mithu Banerjee, Pawan Garg, Binit Sureka, Gopal Krishna Bohra, Maya Gopalakrishnan, Sanjeev Misra

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Knowledge, anxiety and the use of hydroxychloroquine prophylaxis among health care students and professionals regarding COVID-19 pandemic

Vinita Jindal, Saurabh Mittal, Tanvir Kaur, Avtar Singh Bansal, Prabhjot Kaur, Gurmeet Kaur, Hem C Sati, Avneet Garg

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Bronchodilatory effects of B-type natriuretic peptide in acute asthma attacks: a randomized controlled clinical trial

Hassan Motamed, Arash Forouzan, Habib Heybar, Mohammad Javad Khorasani, Saeed Hesam

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Incidence and predictors of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension following first episode of acute pulmonary embolism

Sahar Asl Fallah, Saeed Ghodsi, Hamidreza Soleimani, Mehrnaz Mohebi, Ali Hossein Sabet, Hamid Ariannejad, Shahpour Shirani, Sakineh Jahanian, Yaser Jenab

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Role of ultrasonography in assessment of anatomic upper airway changes in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Sabah Ahmed Hussein, Khaled Mahmoud Kamel, Safy Zahid Kaddah, Emad Efat Abd El-hamid, Marwa Moawad Shaban

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Study of inflammatory biomarkers in COPD and asthma exacerbations

Alice G Vassiliou, Vlassios Vitsas, Matina Kardara, Chrysi Keskinidou, Pinelopi Michalopoulou, Nikoletta Rovina, Ioanna Dimopoulou, Stylianos E Orfanos, Georgios Tsoukalas, Antonia Koutsoukou, Anastasia Kotanidou

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High incidence of masked hypertension in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea despite normal automatedoffice blood pressure measurement results

Milan Sova, Samuel Genzor, Marketa Sovova, Eliska Sovova, Katarina Moravcova, Shayan Nadjarpour, Jana Zapletalova

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Human factors and usability of an incentive spirometer patient reminder (SpiroTimer™)

Joshua Pangborn, Layla Kazemi, Adam E. M. Eltorai

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Basics of mechanical ventilation for non-aneasthetists. Part 2: Clinical aspects

Zbigniew Putowski, Marcelina Czok, Piotr S Liberski, Łukasz J Krzych

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The coincidence of diabetes mellitus and asthma, their probable causal relationships and therapeutic opportunities

Marcin Kosmalski, Monika Różycka-Kosmalska, Andrzej Witusik, Tadeusz Pietras

Review paper

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Nintedanib — efficacy, safety and practical aspects of treatment for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Magdalena Martusewicz-Boros, Katarzyna Górska

Review paper

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Pott disease: when lumbar pain is not innocent

Evgenia Kalamara, Evangelos Ballas, Guergana Petrova

Case report

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Cystic fibrosis or not? Familial occurrence of a rare mutation in the CFTR gene

Paweł Zapolnik, Beata Zapolnik

Case report

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Asymptomatic patient with “lumpy and bumpy” airways. A case of pulmonary MALToma

Mehul Agarwal, Manohar Lal Gupta, Kunal Deokar, Neha Bharti

Case report

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SARS-CoV-2 lung disease in a patient with pulmonary sarcoidosis — case report

Lucyna Magdalena Opoka, Dorota Wyrostkiewicz, Jolanta Winek, Katarzyna Błasińska, Joanna Miłkowska-Dymanowska, Monika Szturmowicz

Case report

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Unexplained vascular pulmonary nodule

Fabio Davoli, Chiara Baldovini, Guido Caroli, Franco Stella, Maria Teresa Minguzzi, Giulio Rossi

Clinical vignette

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Miliary pulmonary tuberculosis after the first dose of intravesical BCG instillation in a patient with high-grade bladder cancer

Adam Stępień, Michał Brudło, Tomasz Stachura, Paulina Marcinek, Jerzy Soja, Krzysztof Sładek

Clinical vignette

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The “masks for the ventilator” in the COVID-19 era

Rohit Kumar, Siddharth Raj Yadav, Amit Kumar, Pranav Ish, Nitesh Gupta, Shibdas Chakrabarti

Letter to the Editor

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When attacked by a new enemy, do not forget the old ones. A tale of 2 diseases: tuberculosis and COVID-19

Gopal Chawla, Pratap Upadhya, Rohit Vadala, Arpitha Ananthraju

Letter to the Editor

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Fogging of goggles in PPE during COVID-19 pandemic. A practical problem with multiple possible solutions

Manu Madan, Nipun Malhotra, Nitesh Gupta, Somya Ish, Pranav Ish

Letter to the Editor

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Should emergency medical service stuff use respirators with filtered valve in COVID-19 pandemic?

Katarzyna Barycka, Tomasz Dzieciątkowski, Anna Drozd, Łukasz Szarpak, Miłosz J Jaguszewski, Krzysztof J Filipiak

Letter to the Editor

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Spirometry during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Guidelines and practical advice from the expert panel of Respiratory Physiopathology Assembly of Polish Respiratory Society

Monika Franczuk, Tadeusz Przybyłowski, Małgorzata Czajkowska-Malinowska, Jakub Radliński, Grażyna Bochenek, Stefan Wesołowski, Paweł Sliwiński

Guidelines / Expert consensus

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