Vol. 8 (2013)

View Vol. 8 (2013)
Published: 31-12-2013

  • Association between self-reported snoring, STOP questionnaire and post-operative pulmonary complications in patients submitted to ortophaedic surgery

    Ahmet Ursavaş, Tahir Güven, Funda Coskun, Ercüment Ege, Aysun Yılmazlar
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.469

  • The usefulness of pedometry in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Nicoleta Bertici, Ovidiu Fira-Mlădinescu, Cristian Oancea, Voicu Tudorache
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.474

  • HRCT findings of pulmonary sarcoidosis; relation to pulmonary function tests

    Fatih Ors, Seyfettin Gumus, Mehmet Aydogan, Sebahattin Sari, Samet Verim, Omer Deniz
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.477

  • Advanced age and apnea-hypopnea index predict subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

    Bilal Arik, Mehmet Fatih Inci, Cesur Gumus, Kenan Varol, Meltem Refiker Ege, Omer Tamer Dogan, Ali Zorlu
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.478

  • Investigation of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome prevalence among long-distance drivers from Zonguldak, Turkey

    Muhammed E. Akkoyunlu, Remzi Altın, Levent Kart, Figen Atalay, Tacettin Örnek, Mehmet Bayram, Meltem Tor
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.479

  • Sensitization to timothy grass pollen allergenic molecules in children

    Alessandra Scaparrotta, Marcello Verini, Nicola Pietro Consilvio, Anna Cingolani, Daniele Rapino, Marina Attanasi, Marzia Cerasa, Sabrina Di Pillo, Francesco Chiarelli
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.491

  • Ultrasound-guided pleural puncture in supine or recumbent lateral position: feasibility study

    Gino Soldati, Andrea Smargiassi, Riccardo Inchingolo, Sara Sher, Salvatore Valente, Giuseppe Maria Corbo
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.492

  • Use of positive expiratory pressure during six-minute walk test: results in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Antonello Nicolini, Federico Merliak, Cornelius Barlascini
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.493

  • Markers of lower respiratory tract infections in emergency departments

    Dursun Tatar, Gunes Senol, Ceyda Anar, Gultekin Tibet
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.494

  • Utilization of PET-CT in target volume delineation for three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer and atelectasis

    Li-Jie Yin, Xiao-Bin Yu, Yan-Gang Ren, Guang-Hai Gu, Tian-Gui Ding, Zhi Lu
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.495

  • “Il flauto magico” still works: Mozart’s secret of ventilation

    Klaus Laczika, Oliver P. Graber, Gerhard Tucek, Alfred Lohninger, Nikolaus Fliri, Gertraud Berka-Schmid, Eva K. Masel, Christoph C. Zielinski
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.498

  • COPD management in primary care: is an educational plan for GPs useful?

    Enrica Bertella, Alessandro Zadra, Michele Vitacca
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.500

  • Diagnosis of cutaneous sarcoidosis: clinical and the prognostic significance of skin lesions

    Halil Yanardag, Cuneyt Tetikkurt, Muammer Bilir, Sabriye Demirci, Aydin Iscimen
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.502

  • INDACO project: a pilot study on incidence of comorbidities in COPD patients referred to pneumology units

    Giorgio Fumagalli, Fabrizio Fabiani, Silvia Forte, Massimiliano Napolitano, Paolo Marinelli, Paolo Palange, Antonella Pentassuglia, Stefano Carlone, Claudio Maria Sanguinetti
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.504

  • Pulmonary manifestations in Behçet disease: impaired natural killer cells activity

    Kamel Hamzaoui, Anissa Berraies, Wajih Kaabachi, Jamel Ammar, Agnès Hamzaoui
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.505

  • Sensitization to rodents (mouse/rat) in urban atopic populations without occupational exposure living in Campania district (Southern Italy): a multicenter study

    Gennaro Liccardi, Gennaro Baldi, Anna Ciccarelli, Marina Cutajar, Maria D’Amato, Domenico Gargano, Domenico Giannattasio, Gennaro Leone, Mario Lo Schiavo, Francesco Madonna, Giovanni Menna, Carmen Montera, Antonio Pio, Maria Russo, Antonello Salzillo, Anna Stanziola, Gennaro D’Amato
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.506

  • Prevalence of tracheobronchomalacia and excessive dynamic airway collapse in bronchial asthma of different severity

    Roberto W. Dal Negro, Silvia Tognella, Massimo Guerriero, Claudio Micheletto
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.509

  • Predictive value of troponins and simplified pulmonary embolism severity index in patients with normotensive pulmonary embolism

    Savas Ozsu, Yasin Abul, Asim Orem, Funda Oztuna, Yilmaz Bulbul, Huseyin Yaman, Tevfik Ozlu
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.512

  • Role of interleukin 4 and its receptor in clinical presentation of chronic extrinsic allergic alveolitis: a pilot study

    Martina Sterclova, Radoslav Matej, Petra Mandakova, Jelena Skibova, Martina Vasakova
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.513

  • Value of serum and induced sputum surfactant protein-D in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Berna Akinci Ozyurek, Sevinc Sarinc Ulasli, Serife Savas Bozbas, Nilufer Bayraktar, Sule Akcay
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.534

  • Does drug compliance change in asthmatic patients during pregnancy?

    Insu Yilmaz, Ferda Oner Erkekol, Sevki Celen, Mujdegul Zayifoglu Karaca, Omur Aydin, Gulfem Celik, Zeynep Misirligil, Dilsad Mungan
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.536

  • Can we use influencing factors to predict aspiration pneumonia in the United Kingdom?

    Judi Hibberd, Jenni Fraser, Claire Chapman, Hannah McQueen, Adrian Wilson
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.537

  • Effects of nutraceutical diet integration, with coenzyme Q10 (Q-Ter multicomposite) and creatine, on dyspnea, exercise tolerance, and quality of life in COPD patients with chronic respiratory failure

    Stefano Marinari, Maria Rosaria Manigrasso, Fernando De Benedetto
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.538

  • A pulmonary rehabilitation program reduces levels of anxiety and depression in COPD patients

    Athanasios Tselebis, Dionisios Bratis, Argiro Pachi, Georgios Moussas, Ioannis Ilias, Maria Harikiopoulou, Elpida Theodorakopoulou, Silvia Dumitru, Epaminondas Kosmas, Alexandros Vgontzas, Nikolaos Siafakas, Nikolaos Tzanakis
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.539

  • Clinical significance in COPD patients followed in a real practice

    Júlio César Mendes de Oliveira, Isabella de Carvalho Aguiar, Ana Carolina Negrinho de Oliveira Beloto, Israel Reis Santos, Fernando Sergio Studart Leitão Filho, Luciana M. Malosa Sampaio, Claudio F. Donner, Luís Vicente Franco de Oliveira
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.541

  • Lung cancer epidemiology in North Sardinia, Italy

    Panagiotis Paliogiannis, Federico Attene, Antonio Cossu, Mario Budroni, Rosaria Cesaraccio, Francesco Tanda, Mario Trignano, Giuseppe Palmieri
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.543

  • Evaluation of association between airway hyperresponsiveness, asthma control test, and asthma therapy assessment questionnaire in asthmatic children

    Daniele Rapino, Marina Attanasi, Nicola P. Consilvio, Alessandra Scaparrotta, Anna Cingolani, Marzia Cerasa, Angelika Mohn, Sabrina Di Pillo, Francesco Chiarelli
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.546

  • Diagnostic usefulness of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A in suspected pulmonary embolism

    Serdar Berk, Omer Tamer Dogan, Eylem Itir Aydemir, Asli Bingol, Sefa Levent Ozsahin, Ibrahim Akkurt
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.548

  • A retrospective study on acute health effects due to volcanic ash exposure during the eruption of Mount Etna (Sicily) in 2002

    Daniele Lombardo, Nicola Ciancio, Raffaele Campisi, Annalisa Di Maria, Laura Bivona, Venerino Poletti, Antonio Mistretta, Annibale Biggeri, Giuseppe Di Maria
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.550

  • Clinical significance of incidental thyroid nodules identified on low-dose CT for lung cancer screening

    Jong Hoo Lee, Sun Young Jeong, Yee Hyung Kim
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.566

  • Predictors of cardiovascular disease in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Michela Bellocchia, Monica Masoero, Antonio Ciuffreda, Silvia Croce, Arianna Vaudano, Roberto Torchio, Monica Boita, Caterina Bucca
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.570

  • Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Nuri Tutar, Gokhan Metan, Ayşe Nedret Koç, Insu Yilmaz, Ilkay Bozkurt, Zuhal Ozer Simsek, Hakan Buyukoglan, Asiye Kanbay, Fatma Sema Oymak, Inci Gulmez, Ramazan Demir
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.571

  • Obesity can influence children’s and adolescents’ airway hyperresponsiveness differently

    Bruno Sposato, Marco Scalese, Maria Giovanna Migliorini, Maria Piera Riccardi, Massimo Tosti Balducci, Luigi Petruzzelli, Raffaele Scala
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.572

  • Metabolic syndrome and carotid intima-media thickness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Aylin Ozgen Alpaydin, Isin Konyar Arslan, Selim Serter, Aysin Sakar Coskun, Pinar Celik, Fatma Taneli, Arzu Yorgancioglu
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.573

  • Leptin, ghrelin and calprotectin: inflammatory markers in childhood asthma?

    Nazan Cobanoglu, Nilufer Galip, Ceyhun Dalkan, Nerin Nadir Bahceciler
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.574

  • The relationship between C-reactive protein and prognostic factors in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Reshu Agarwal, Mohammad Shoaib Zaheer, Zubair Ahmad, Jamal Akhtar
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.575

  • Effect of thyroid function on COPD exacerbation frequency: a preliminary study

    Sevinc Sarinc Ulasli, Serife Savas Bozbas, Zeynep Erayman Ozen, Berna Akinci Ozyurek, Gaye Ulubay
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.576

  • CD24+/CD38- as new prognostic marker for non-small cell lung cancer

    Feridoun Karimi-Busheri, Aghdass Rasouli-Nia, Victoria Zadorozhny, Habib Fakhrai
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.577

  • Erectile dysfunction and sex hormone changes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients

    Hasan Kahraman, Bilal Sen, Nurhan Koksal, Metin Kilinç, Sefa Resim
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.578

  • Predictors of seasonal influenza vaccination in chronic asthma

    Rachelle Asciak, Martin Balzan, Jesmar Buttigieg
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.580

  • The maximum standardized FDG uptake on PETCT in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

    Mehmet Akif Özgül, Gamze Kirkil, Ekrem Cengiz Seyhan, Erdoğan Çetinkaya, Güler Özgül, Mahmut Yüksel
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.581

  • Pulmonary function testing and chest tomography in patients with acromegaly

    Gustavo Bittencourt Camilo, Fernando Silva Guimarães, Débora Pedroza Guedes Silva, Roberto Mogami, Leandro Kasuki, Mônica Roberto Gadelha, Pedro Lopes Melo, Agnaldo José Lopes
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.582

  • Comparison of reducing effect on lung injury of dexamethasone and bosentan in acute lung injury: an experimental study

    Omer Araz, Elif Demirci, Elif Yilmazel Ucar, Muhammet Calik, Didem Pulur, Adem Karaman, Muhammed Yayla, Eren Altun, Zekai Halici, Metin Akgun
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.586

  • Communication in a medical setting: can standards be improved?

    Silvia Rossi Ferrario, George Cremona
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.466

  • Peri-operative physiotherapy

    Dewi Nurul Makhabah, Federica Martino, Nicolino Ambrosino
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.471

  • Inflammation signals airway smooth muscle cell proliferation in asthma pathogenesis

    Mohammad Afzal Khan
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.480

  • Climate change, air pollution and extreme events leading to increasing prevalence of allergic respiratory diseases

    Gennaro D’Amato, Carlos E. Baena-Cagnani, Lorenzo Cecchi, Isabella Annesi-Maesano, Carlos Nunes, Ignacio Ansotegui, Maria D’Amato, Gennaro Liccardi, Matteo Sofia, Walter G. Canonica
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.481

  • Prevention of respiratory tract infections with bacterial lysate OM-85 bronchomunal in children and adults: a state of the art

    Fernando De Benedetto, Gianfranco Sevieri
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.510

  • Expiratory CT scan in patients with normal inspiratory CT scan: a finding of obliterative bronchiolitis and other causes of bronchiolar obstruction

    Michele Gaeta, Fabio Minutoli, Giuseppe Girbino, Alessandra Murabito, Caterina Benedetto, Rosario Contiguglia, Paolo Ruggeri, Salvatore Privitera
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.542

  • The value of FeNO measurement in childhood asthma: uncertainties and perspectives

    Giuliana Ferrante, Velia Malizia, Roberta Antona, Giovanni Corsello, Stefania La Grutta
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.549

  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: the need for early diagnosis

    Gaetano Cicchitto, Claudio M. Sanguinetti
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.554

  • The role of chest ultrasonography in the management of respiratory diseases: document I

    Alessandro Zanforlin, Rosangela Giannuzzi, Stefano Nardini, Americo Testa, Gino Soldati, Roberto Copetti, Giampietro Marchetti, Salvatore Valente, Riccardo Inchingolo, Andrea Smargiassi
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.555

  • The role of chest ultrasonography in the management of respiratory diseases: document II

    Andrea Smargiassi, Riccardo Inchingolo, Gino Soldati, Roberto Copetti, Giampietro Marchetti, Alessandro Zanforlin, Rosangela Giannuzzi, Americo Testa, Stefano Nardini, Salvatore Valente
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.556

  • Clinical variability of respiratory pulmonary hypertension: implications for diagnosis and management

    Lucio Casali, Pierluigi Carratù, Matteo Sofia
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.584

  • Diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary embolism: a multidisciplinary approach

    Federico Lavorini, Vitantonio Di Bello, Maria Luisa De Rimini, Giovanni Lucignani, Letizia Marconi, Gualtiero Palareti, Raffaele Pesavento, Domenico Prisco, Massimo Santini, Nicola Sverzellati, Antonio Palla, Massimo Pistolesi
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.587

  • A critical analysis of sarcoidosis incidence assessment

    Jerome M. Reich
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.569

  • Oxytocin: an unexpected risk for cardiologic and broncho-obstructive effects, and allergic reactions in susceptible delivering women

    Gennaro Liccardi, Maria Beatrice Bilò, Ciro Mauro, Antonello Salzillo, Amedeo Piccolo, Maria D’Amato, Annabella Liccardi, Gennaro D’Amato
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.579

  • Isolated renal metastasis from squamous cell lung cancer

    Jun Cai, Gai Liang, Zhiqiang Cai, Ting Yang, Shuang Li, Jiyuan Yang
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.467

  • Husband and wife with sarcoidosis: possible environmental factors involved

    Ilaria Leli, Ivano Salimbene, Francesco Varone, Leonello Fuso, Salvatore Valente
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.472

  • Isoniazid- and rifampicin-induced thrombocytopenia

    Fatih Yakar, Namşan Yildiz, Aysun Yakar, Zeki Kılıçaslan
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.482

  • Computed tomography features of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia pneumonia in patients with neutropenic fever: report of two cases

    Tsang Wai Kan Kassel, Lee Ka Lok Ryan, Allen Li
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.488

  • Type I Arnold-Chiari malformation with bronchiectasis, respiratory failure, and sleep disordered breathing: a case report

    Raffaele Campisi, Nicola Ciancio, Laura Bivona, Annalisa Di Maria, Giuseppe Di Maria
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.489

  • Successful management of warfarin-exacerbated diffuse alveolar hemorrhage using an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

    Jong Hoo Lee, Su Wan Kim
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.490

  • Isolated IgG4-related interstitial lung disease: unusual histological and radiological features of a pathologically proven case

    Thomas Wibmer, Cornelia Kropf-Sanchen, Stefan Rüdiger, Ioanna Blanta, Kathrin M. Stoiber, Wolfgang Rottbauer, Christian Schumann
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.496

  • Hemoptysis in patients of celiac disease with disproportionately severe anemia: tip of the iceberg?

    Kamal Kumar Singhal, Ashok K. Janmeja, Rakhee Sodhi, Rajpal S. Punia
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.501

  • Respiratory failure in a patient with dermatomyositis

    Ivano Salimbene, Ilaria Leli, Salvatore Valente
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.503

  • Myocardial infarction in an adult with cystic fibrosis and heart and lung transplant

    James Eaden, Daniel Peckham
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.535

  • Tracheal pseudo-tumor caused by herpes simplex virus

    Stamatis Katsenos, Dimitrios Sampaziotis, Stavros Archondakis
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.540

  • Large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of lung with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene mutation and co-expression of adenocarcinoma markers: a case report and review of the literature

    Yasuhiro Sakai, Takashi Yamasaki, Yoshito Kusakabe, Daisuke Kasai, Yoshikazu Kotani, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Tomoo Itoh
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.545

  • CT-guided needle lung biopsy is possible during apneic oxygenation: a case series

    Benedict Kjaergaard, Peter R. Zepernick, Annette Bergmann, Henrik K. Jensen, Milka Mladenovic, Bodil S. Rasmussen
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.585

  • Intensive care and non-invasive mechanical ventilation in kyphoscoliosis: are new perspectives still needed?

    Antonio M. Esquinas, Yoshinori Matsuoka, Nalan Adıgüzel, Zuhal Karakurt
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.507

  • Functional maturation of nasal mucosa: role of secretory immunoglobulin A (SIgA)

    Luisa Bellussi, Jacopo Cambi, Desiderio Passali
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.544

  • Volcanic ash in the air we breathe

    Bernadette M. Longo, Anthony A. Longo
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.552

  • Reviewer acknowledgement 2012

    Fernando De Benedetto, Claudio F. Donner, Claudio M. Sanguinetti
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2013.473