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Coexistence of three malignancies: Two different lung cancers synchronous with lymphoma
(2017-10-26)
Epithelial tumors synchronous with hematologic malignancies are very rare. The hystopathologic type
and stage of synchronous tumors are very important for prognosis. A 77-year-old male patient was diagnosed
with lymphoma ...
Are Red Blood Cell Distribution Width and RDW/ Hemoglobin Ratio Predictable in Mortality Among Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?
(2019)
Objective: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the third most common cause of death in the world, is a multicomponentdisease with pulmonary and extrapulmonary manifestations. The red blood cell distribution width ...
The incidence of polyneuropthy and its relation with disease parameters in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(2019)
Objective: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is accompanied by several concomitant conditionsdue to its systemic effects. Hypoxia and oxidative stress associated with COPD are also believed to contributeto the ...
A Case of Sjögren’s Syndrome-Related Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Treated with Iloprost and Bosentan Combination Therapy
(2018)
Sjögren’s syndrome (SS), which is characterized bylymphocytic infiltration of the exocrine glands, is thesecond most common multisystem autoimmune disease after rheumatoid arthritis. Pulmonary involvement ranges from 9% ...
Morphological overview of cardiovascular comorbidities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Frank's sign
(Mosby-Elsevier, 2020)
Objective: Cardiovascular diseases are the most common and important comorbidities in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Literature indicates that there may be a relationship between diagonal earlobe ...
The effect of serum electrolyte disturbances and uric acid level on the mortality of patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(2020)
Objectives: The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of electrolyte and uric acid disturbances and their effects on mortality in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...
Short-term variations of optic coherence tomography findings in mild and severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(2020)
Objective To evaluate the short-term changes in subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT), ganglion cell complex (GCC)
analysis, and retinal nerve fiber length (RNFL) of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...
Rarely occurrance of two diffuse idiopathic neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia cases
(2018)
Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia (DIPNECH) is a rare disease which needsa long time for diagnosis and usually defined by case reports and small series. We reported two cases,one with 67 and the ...
Evaluation of COPD patient’s relatives assessment of disease awarness, load of care giving and loss of workforce: Turkish Thoracic Society COPD working group
(2018)
Objective: Our aim is to measure the level of awareness of patient’s relatives COPD, to determine the caregiver
burden of patient's relatives, and to determine whether there is a work day loss.
Material and method: 252 ...
Do N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levels determine the prognosis of community acquired pneumonia?
(2019)
Objective: Pneumonia is a leading cause of mortality worldwide, especially in theelderly. The use of clinical risk scores to determine prognosis is complex and thereforeleads to errors in clinical practice. Pneumonia can ...
