Lipoid pneumonia (LP) is defined as the sum of clinical and radiological abnormalities due to aspiration of oil based foreign materials. There are two kinds of LP defined in the literature. Exogenous LP is associated with ...

Purpose the objective of this study is to investigate the effects of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) on the polysomnographic parameters related to OSAS. Materials and Methods We conducted this 3-year prospective ...

Objective: Antithrombotic treatment is avoided in geriatric population owing to its side effects. Thus, we aimed to examine complication rates related to thrombolytic treatment in geriatric patients with pulmonary ...

OBJECTIVES: Healthcare workers (HCWs) possess a high risk for both latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and active disease. This study aimed to investigate tuberculosis (TB) disease history in hospital staff working in ...

Caregiving has become an increasingly important medical and social issue in recent decades. We performed a cross-sectional study on pulmonary patients and accompanying informal caregivers who were hospitalized in the chest ...

Introduction: This study aims to examine the clinical differences between the Pulmonary Thromboembolism patients aged 65 and above and younger patients attending the clinic of chest diseases. Materials and Method: The study ...

Dear Editor, Tobacco control (TC) is underpinned in two main strategies: preventing youth initiation and promoting tobacco cessation among users1 . Healthcare professionals (HCPs), and specially physicians, should lead ...

Background: Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is associated with increased susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). AATD results from mutations in the SERPINA1 gene and over 500 rare mutations ...