Introduction: Massive hemoptysis is a rare but serious presentation of pulmonary hydatid cysts. The literature reporting this clinical phenomenon is limited to sporadic cases.
Material and methods:
A 30-year-old man who died from brain metastasis of cardiac angiosarcoma is presented. His chest X-ray film showed cardiac tamponade and bilateral pleural effusion. His symptoms were improved only by drainage of the bloody pericardial and pleural effusion. During the course of the disease, multiple
A 21-year-old man presented to the ED of The George Washington University Hospital complaining of chills, shortness of breath, hemoptysis, and a generalized rash. Three days before admission, he noticed a productive cough, severe sore throat, and subjective fever. He also experienced extreme
Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage is a life-threatening event that can cause permanent disability. This life-threatening event can be further complicated by subsequent cardiac and pulmonary disability. The presence of a neurogenic cardiomyopathy and pulmonary edema increases the morbidity and
Hydatid disease is a considerable health problem worldwide. Two case reports of relatively uncommon presentations of the disease are presented.The first case is that of a 25 years old female from region of Afghanistan that borders Pakistan's Baluchistan province. She presented with cough, hemoptysis
BACKGROUND
Despite literature pertaining to algorithms of care, operating room charges and other financial management issues in medicine, there is a paucity of data pertaining to the fiscal consequences of bronchoscopic practice.
OBJECTIVE
To identify hospital charges directly attributable to
BACKGROUND
Etoposide is a highly schedule-dependent drug. We investigated combination chemotherapy of oral etoposide and intravenous cisplatin for small cell lung cancer (SCLC).
METHODS
Fifty-seven patients with SCLC with extensive disease (ED) or limited disease (LD) with pleural effusion
Medical records of 150 patients with high-altitude pulmonary edema seen over a 39-month period in a Colorado Rocky Mountain ski area at 2,928 m (9,600 ft) (mean age 34.4 years; 84% male) were reviewed. The mean time to the onset of symptoms was 3 +/- 1.3 days after arrival. Common symptoms were
Severe leptospirosis rarely presents with primary pulmonary manifestations, without any associated jaundice or renal dysfunction. The authors report a nine-year-old boy who presented with complaints of abrupt onset of high fever; with myalgia, headache, and pain in right chest region, productive
A 32-year-old man presented with severe headache, vomiting, and painless loss of vision of 5 days' duration. He had no seizures, other neurologic deficits, or fever. Two months prior to presentation, he had an episode of hemoptysis of 30 to 50 mL, which resolved spontaneously; there was no
BACKGROUND
A novel influenza A (H1N1) virus of swine origin caused human infection and acute respiratory illness in Mexico during the spring of 2009. After that, the virus spread globally, resulting in the influenza pandemic.
OBJECTIVE
To observe the clinical manifestations of the 2009 pandemic
OBJECTIVE
this prospective study aimed to assess the quality of life related to health (QLRH) of patients with lung cancer after chemotherapy treatment.
METHODS
The QLRH was assessed using the questionnaires Quality-of-Life Questionnaire-Core 30 (QLQ-C30) and Lung Cancer Module (LC13), version
Weight loss in patients with cancer is caused by cancer cachexia and chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. Recent developments in antiemetic drugs have substantially improved nausea and vomiting, but this intervention did not reduce weight loss and other more severe side effects of chemotherapy,
OBJECTIVE
Quality of life (QoL) is an important factor in patient care. This analysis is focused on QoL before and after radio(chemo)therapy in patients with thoracic carcinomas, as well as on its influence on clinical follow-up and survival, and the correlation with treatment-related
A 43-year-old female with a medical history of renal stones, hypertension, diabetes mellitus Type 2, and depression presented to her urologist with bilateral flank pain. She complained of worsening exertional dyspnea over the last several months with recent weight gain. She also endorsed night
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