Recently added articles from Annals of Thoracic Medicine:
Lessons from patients with hemoptysis attending a chest clinic in India.(Original Article)(Clinical report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... Byline: Rajendra. Prasad, Rajiv. Garg, Sanjay. Singhal, Piyush. Srivastava Objective:To evaluate the various etiologies of hemoptysis. Materials and Methods: Four hundred and seventy-six consecutive patients of hemoptysis who were admitted to the Department of Pulmonary Medicine ...
Outcome of patients with pulmonary embolism admitted to the intensive care unit.(Original Article)(Clinical report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... Byline: Hadeel. Al Otair, Mohammed. Chaudhry, Shaffi. Shaikh, Ahmed. BaHammam Background:Pulmonary embolism (PE) is an important cause of in-hospital mortality. Many patients are admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) either due to hemodynamic instability or severe hypoxemia ....
Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in unplanned extubation.(Original Article)(Clinical report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... Byline: Emel. Eryuksel, Sait. Karakurt, Turgay. Celikel Background:Unplanned extubation is quite common in intensive care unit (ICU) patients receiving mechanical ventilatory support. The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of noninvasive positive pressure ...
Annals of Thoracic Medicine . a three-year journey.(Editorial)
Jan 01, 2009; ... Byline: Mohamed. Al-Moamary There is a paucity of published scientific data from the Middle East region in the fields of respiratory and critical care medicine. There is also limited information regarding the types of respiratory diseases prevalent in this region.[sup] [1] This ...
A neglected problem of developing countries: Noncystic fibrosis bronchiectasis.(Original Article)(Clinical report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... Byline: Arzu. Babayigit, Duygu. Olmez, Nevin. Uzuner, Handan. Cakmakci, Tuba. Tuncel, Ozkan. Karaman Background:Bronchiectasis has been defined as the abnormal and permanent dilation of the bronchi. It is still an important problem in many developing countries. Aim:The aim of ...